UnderWings (ShadedMoons)

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okay here’s a small to-do-list for me (shade)
*make a tribe sigil really...
*make a fullbody base. Why did you stop at headshot
*finish the page obviously
=Introduction=
No dragon alive today would ever know there used to be a tribe of ten thousand dragons living on curling tail of the forgotten land of Pantala. No one would remember the tenth IceWing queen who attempted to seize Pantala as her own and forced the first tribe of Pantala into hiding. And from the dark, damp tunnels of deep underground they grew.
Scrolls never carry even the slightest mention or implication of the UnderWings; they might be just wiped off the surface of the continent. But recently, with the othermind defeated and the vicious Queen Wasp imprisoned hopefully for good, Queen Termite is planning to pay a visit to the LeafSilk Kingdom, or at least send a letter regarding her hidden tribe.
Perhaps then the UnderWings will be able to flourish, trading goods and interacting with other tribes like they used to, centuries ago.
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A fan-made tribe created by Shade based primarily off moles and other deep earth-dwelling animals. UnderWings reside in the underground caverns of Pantala, hence their name, and tend to be stealthy fighters stereotyped to be dishonest and deceptive. Still a work in progress and being developed.
See the Permission tab when making an UnderWing.
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===No Permission Required===
*Normal UnderWings
*Hybrids with canon/fanon tribes
*UnderWings with fur, rare colors, albinism, erythrism, melanism et cetera
*Orescales
*Animi
===Permission Required===
*Important historical figures
===Not Allowed===
*UnderWings capable of flight
**This is mainly an exception for hybrids with a tribe(s) capable of flight
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=Appearance=
==Physical Appearance==
UnderWings have four limbs; two front legs and two hind legs, unlike typical Pantalan dragons; SilkWings and HiveWings with eight limbs and LeafWings with six (excluding CentiWings). UnderWings do not possess any wings and simply have sharp crystal-like spikes coming out of the shoulder blades where normally their wings should be. 
UnderWings also have two large, (usually) straight horns, short spikes on their tail, and a nose horn, with smaller, thinner stone-like spikes trailing down their backs; these spikes are very blunt and therefore not a very effective defense against enemies, unlike what most dragons think.
UnderWings have uniquely six claws on each talon, unlike typical dragon tribes (with five claws on each talon), and they are unusually long and sharp compared to the rest of their body. This is an adaption due to living underground, to easily dig though dirt and clear heavy boulders and rocks out of the way while “tunneling”. 
UnderWings are almost always small and long-bodied, to squeeze into the narrow tunnels and gaps made either naturally or artificially to hide oneself, though big/stout UnderWings have been noted occasionally. Typical UnderWings have a short, stout snout and legs, with a snakelike body and tail.
Their scales have been described to be stone-hard or jewel-hard, and they are assembled in large, individual “plates”, instead of being tightly packed together. Large diamond-shaped scales trail down the sides of their necks, while slightly rounder scales are underneath. Their face has the familiar smaller scales, packed together neatly but rough to the touch, like stone.
==Varying Details==
The most common colors of an UnderWing is varying shades of pale brown or peach. However, it has been noted that albinism is common among UnderWings — about one in fifty dragons — and many UnderWings are paler, semi-translucent, due to lack of melanin from living underground.
Some UnderWings also have simply pure-white scales, though this is fairly uncommon. In addition, UnderWing’s eye colors can vary differently; it can be any color, though pale pink irises with dark pupils can be found in most UnderWings. 
UnderWings can have a variety of unique markings, such as, but not limited to, stripes, spots, speckles, or even rosettes. These markings can be virtually any color — paler or darker than the primarily scale color of the dragon. It is important to note that these markings can not normally be black. While dragons with such markings do exist, it is extremely rare.
=Abilities=
==Tribal Abilities==
===Heat Resistance===
All UnderWings can resist the heat of even the hottest, scorching deserts of the Kingdom of Sand by burrowing deep into the sand to cool their body temperature. Even if there is no possible way for tunnel to be dug, UnderWings have naturally adapted to resist heat, though not as efficiently as the SandWings.
===Enchanced Night Vision===
Centuries upon centuries underground, being hidden in almost complete darkness has allowed UnderWings to obtain exceptional night vision. All UnderWings (excepting cases of hybrids with recessive UnderWing heritage) can see clearly in the dark of the tunnels they’ve burrowed underground. UnderWings can also easily spot prey and predators in darkness thanks to their sharp eyes. 
===Echolocation===
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==Defenses==
===Painful Bite===
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===Stone-hard Scales===
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===Orescales===
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===Animus===
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==Weaknesses==
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=History=
==Elder Times==
The time before they went into hiding. UnderWings, even today, call those happier years the Elder Times. The happier years they hoped to come once again someday… they thought it was hopeless. They didn’t know how close they were to it until today, until Queen Termite stepped up to do the task no one has ever done before.
===Arrival===
Arrival. The earliest UnderWing records, all the historical documents, only start theif flowing tales from the arrival of the LeafWings and BeetleWings. No one knows what really happened with the UnderWings three hundred years before they came. The earliest documents solely record the two tribes’ arrival on Pantala. Nothing else.
The three tribes coexisted peacefully on the continent for years. They helped each other by trading, building, protecting, keeping one another safe. Alas, this peace only existed for three years. 
Four years after the LeafWings’ and BeetleWings’ arrival, the seeds started to grow.
The breath of evil spread steadily, like a tide of poison, across Pantala, and all of them — the LeafWings, the BeetleWings, the UnderWings — they succumbed to the abnormal strength of the plants and animals combined. The UnderWings were of course not spared, and their queen — Queen Burrow, the eleventh queen of her tribe — feared the calamity would not end until her dragons were wiped out. Only four years after the first swarm of attacks, the BeetleWing Pantala discovered the malicious plant they all now know as the breath of evil. 
The UnderWings breathed again. But their real troubles were yet to come.
=Culture and Religion=
==Society==
===Currency===
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===Naming===
UnderWings possess a unique system of naming. A newly hatched UnderWing’s name is, by default, ‘Scratcher’, ‘Digger’, ‘Scooper’, or ‘Sifter’ — in general, a word relating to digging. This name is used affectionately by parents or older dragons. After their Fodere, dragonets earn a new name. The new name can be absolutely anything relating to the earth, underground, shades of black, and animals/plants that live/grow underground.
Some examples of valid UnderWing names are:
*Gopher
*Charcoal
*Asphalt
*Parsnip
*Termite
This new name structure is [Name], [son/daughter/child] of [any parent’s name] (Ex. Termite, daughter of Daikon). If both parents’ names are unknown, a dragonet could choose to use their adoptive parent’s name or, in special cases, ‘Earth’ (Ex. Ginger, child of Earth).
When an UnderWing dragonet reaches the age of seven and grows to be a fully mature, independent adult, their names don’t change; their title does. The naming structure is replaced with [Name] the [occupation/profession] (ex. Groundhog the Warrior), with the occupation name capitalized. Some important notes about UnderWing naming schemes are:
*Royalty don’t have this naming structure; they are simply referred to as [Queen/king/prince/princess/heir] [Name].
*An UnderWing’s full name (both names received on their fourth birthday and seventh birthday) is not what the UnderWing is always called as; full names are what an UnderWing is known as. Every dragon always call another by their name, and UnderWings are only addressed by their full names when involved in official business, such as a trial or important meeting.
===Language===
UnderWings speak two different kinds of languages — almost all dragons of the tribe speaks at least one of them and a majority knows both.
Dragon
UnderWings, like almost all other dragon tribes, speak the standard dragon language. 
self-note: clarify how they learned the language even they are in hiding
Terraspeak
Though it roughly translates to “earth-speak” or “earth-speaker”, this language is not used by UnderWings to communicate with the earth; it is simply the UnderWing’s own way of communication. UnderWings are strictly forbidden from teaching any non-UnderWing this language. 
Terraspeak can be seen as a language almost identical to real world Latin; most of the terraspeak word roots come from the language dragons first spoke when they came into life. Below are some words translated into terraspeak:
*Earth - terra
*Wind - venturi
*Sky - caelius
*Fire - ignia
*Darkness - tenebri
*Dragon - dragoni
*Pantala - pantala
Terraspeak is the valued language of the UnderWings and about 30% of all scrolls and books in the tribe is written in terraspeak. Though the language has been on the brink of fading multiple times throughout UnderWing history, Queen Termite and her subjects are currently doing an exceptional job of keeping the language alive. 
If you want to know the translation of a certain word to terraspeak, just drop a comment or leave a message on my wall and I’ll let you know! Generally it’s just the Latin translation of the word but with changes with a Latin suffix (i/is/ius/us/ia/a).
===Holidays===
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==Religion and Beliefs==
UnderWings are more superstitious than most tribes; everything fishy that happens could be a sign of misfortune, while the opposite could mean great riches and wonderful promises of happiness. UnderWings are also (wip)
===Fodere===
Fodere (foe-dare-eh) is a special day that occurs when UnderWings turn four years old. On their Fodere, it is customary for the dragonet to dig through the ground and find a special trinket underground; the word ‘fodere’ means ‘to dig‘ in Terraspeak. This could be a rock, mineral, or even an earthworm. If a dragonet is successful, it shows that they are worthy of losing their old name and earning a new one. Many UnderWings believe that if a dragonet finds something precious and/or rare (ex. A nugget of gold, a new species of insect), it is believed that the dragonet will bring good luck to the family. 
There is sometimes the rare case of the dragonet not able to find any trinket, even by the end of the day. This does not necessarily mean the dragonet cannot lose their old name (and earn a new one), but most families view this as a sign of bad luck to the family and in this case names are often not granted until the dragonet finds their trinket.
=Geography=
==Territory Description==
===Pre-Arrival===
Before absolutely any dragon on the other side of the planet discovered Pantala, UnderWings were the dominant tribe on the continent. They flourished in all parts of Pantala — the small hills, the forests, the savanna — but still they possessed a love of the earth and digging to find tasty meals. Due to this UnderWings lived in the forests than the jungle or savanna. And they lived that way for a thousand years. 
Until newcomers arrived — hostile newcomers.
===Pre-Hiding===
A map of Pantala before Icebound’s invasion and the Tree Wars. Pre-Tree Wars edit credits go to K9Pestilence.
It was, without doubt, a shock for the UnderWings when the LeafWings and BeetleWings arrived abruptly, without warning. But after a year, the three tribes all figured it out; the LeafWings would have the greener parts of Pantala; the BeetleWings would live on the opposite sides of the LeafWing Queendom; and the UnderWings would occupy Pantala’s curling tail. Their territory had shrunk, but there was an equal amount of land and balance, and that was all the UnderWings needed.
===Pre-Tree Wars===
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===Today===
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=Tribe Relations=
note: fanon-unofficial alliances/relationships are open
==Canon==
===LeafWings===
A distant, near-forgotten alliance that Queen Termite still clings to, desperately, fiercely.
==Fanon-Official==
==Fanon-Unofficial==
===ChickenWings=== 
__(Joke fantribe alliance)__
The two tribes rarely contact one another; Queen Termite turns to their queen and mistresses for help when they need something they can’t get from where they live, deep underground. An alliance made long ago when Queen Turnip found the ChickenWings; they mostly trade goods and keep to themselves nowadays, though Queen Termite seems to have… plans for their alliance.
=Notable Members=
==Queens==
===Queen Burrow===
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===Queen Turnip===
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===Queen Termite===
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==Significant Officials==
===Groundhog the Warrior===
=Resources=
==Bases==
all bases in this gallery are, unless otherwise stated, made by shade
File:UnderWingBustColored.png|Colored headshot base
File:UnderWingBustBase.png|Transparent headshot base
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Category:Tribes (Fanon)