EdenWings (Orphiceunoia)

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==Overview==
EdenWings are based on birds of paradise and are a highly religious tribe of dragons. Their tribal name is derived from their highly religious society structure and their appearance, which resembles a bird of paradise. So henceforth, eden. The tribe is mostly vegetarian but is known to eat meat when plants are scarce. 
When it comes to military power, they have to potential to be the most dangerous tribes in Pyrrhia. But have made an effort to stay out of every world war that Pyrrhia has been thrown into.
===Rules and Regulations===
====Permitted====
*Normal EdenWings
*Princesses/Princes of historical royalty
*Pyrrian hybrids
*EdenWing Subspecices
====Needs Permission====
*Animus EdenWings
*Precognitive EdenWings
*High Ranking Government EdenWings
*Fanon hybrids
====Not Permitted====
*Special-scaled hybrids (mind reading, firescales, flamesilk etc.)
*EdenWings with fully developed wings
==Appearance==
=== Colouration ===
EdenWings usually come in warm blues, greens, grays and even shades of white. Less commonly, they will be more reds, oranges, purples and blacks. There is a one and three chance that a EdenWing will hatch with a more red colour palette.
===Patterns===
Very rarely a dragonet will be born with some feather/scale discolouation that causes patterns to appear in their scales/feathers, but usually EdenWing have no distinct patterns.
=== Anatomy ===
EdenWings have a rare variation that appears in 1/10 EdenWings, these dragons are refered to as Great Horned EdenWings because they possess horns and have slightly larger wings.
They are quiet small dragons on average. Though their tail fully extended can make them seem very tall.
They are a very large, elegant tribe with four feather-looking antennae on their heads. They are the only tribe with no horns. They have a ruff of feathers on the underside of their jawbone. And more feather-like spikes along their spine. Curiously, the tribe does not have ears in the sense that a RainWing or any other dragon tribe on the planet has.
An EdenWings' tail is comprised of many long feathers and does not have any bones running through it. All the feathers are connected to the dragon's rear and they are able to open their entire tail like a peacocks as well as raise the more decoritative feathers behind their wings.
== Abilities ==
=== Strengths (+) ===
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|-|Enhanched Senses=
All of the feathers on their body are designed to catch waves, whether that be sound waves, radio waves or anything else. They can also detect movements in the air even if the thing moving is completely silent. They are believed to be the best trackers.
|-|Toxic claws=
An EdenWings’ talons hide a secret weapon, on the side of all their feet they have a little claw that can rotate to any angle so when the dragon kicks, the little claw can brush or penetrate the scales. The claw has a special toxin in it. When it touches another’s scales they feel like the point of contact and the surrounding area has been set on fire and the burning sensation can last up to twelve hours depending on the severity of the kick and whether the claw actually penetrated the scales. There is a secret cure to the venom that is only known to EdenWings.
|-|Foresight=
This is a extremely rare anomaly that can happen. In the entire tribes' history there have been only two dragons that possessed the ability of precognition. The first dragon who had this power was the Great Prophet, the second was his direct great-granddaughter. The power is very similar to the power some NightWings possess
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=== Weaknesses (-) ===
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|-|Flight=
Given than all EdenWings and EdenWing hybrids are born with stunted wings, it's no surprise that they have trouble flying long distances. They can still glide through the trees and take short flights.
|-|Fire=
EdenWing's bodies are covered in feathers, save for their legs and bodies, which make them extremely flammable.
|-|Sensory Overload/deprivation=
All of the feathers on an EdenWing's body can detect waves. This makes the tribe especially vulnerable to high-frequency or sonic attacks. Also, with their feathers constantly suppling the dragon with information putting in a place where there is virtually no moving waves for them to pick up would be stunning to say the least.
|-|No Biological Ranged Attack=
Dragons with a long ranged style weapon could easily overpower or even kill an EdenWing as they rely on their opponents being at close-range.
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== Territory ==
===Geography===
File:Dense-forest-flyover-aerial-view-footage-087696441 prevstill.webp|Northern forests of the Kingdom of Eden
File:Staffa-island.jpg|The basalt cliffs overlooking the Kingdom of the Sea
File:FOW4s 0VcAYs5kO.jpg|What the cliffs look like from the ocean
The North of the Kingdom of Eden is mostly forests. It is a relatively stable climate being anywhere from 12º-20º in the summer and -5º-8º in the winter (these temperatures are all the Celsius).
To the south are flatlands, some of which are covered in lose forests while others have been striped of trees to make way for farming.
To the East are towering basalt cliffs that overlook the Kingdom of the Sea.
And to the South is the fertile banks of the Diamond Spray River.
=== Landmarks ===
====The Tower====
The Tower is a stone obelisk that was built on the South-West side of the Eye a couple kilometres south of the palace. It is tradition to hang the dead for seven sunsets before the body is burned at a pyre. 
=== Water ===
====Diamond Spray River====
The Diamond Spray River cuts through the South-West part of Kingdom of Eden. It is considered the most fertile land in the Kingdom and is used to grow herbs for medical uses only.
====The Eye====
The Eye is the central lake in the Kingdom and is the only lake in the Kingdom. The palace is just off the west shore of the lake, Queen Spix and Queen Amazon are the current inhabitants with their son, Prince Scarlet.
====Carved Rived====
The Carved rive is a small river in the North-West of the Kingdom. The shore has a temple devoted to the First Prophet. He is buried underneath the temple. It is part of the Diamond Spray River, but has been given it's own name because of Historical Significance.
=== Settlements ===
The main city, nicknamed The Garden, is a sprawling city that houses most of it's inhabitants. Some live outside of the Garden, but most EdenWings find that the quality of live is best within the city. The city is within the Northern Forest of the Kingdom.
=== Farming ===
The main flatlands of the Kingdom are used for farming. They grow all kinds of fruits and vegetables. A couple hundred EdenWings live in the farmland full-time and tend to the crops.
== Traditions ==
=== Naming ===
EdenWing names typically from the names of birds of paradise. For example; Queen Spix and her son Scarlet have the names of two parrots, the spix and scarlet macaw, respectfully. Other times they will take names that come from other things in tropical jungles like Amazon or types of tropical plants. Sometimes EdenWings will take the names of tropical colours also.
Rarer names come from biblical figures like Arch or Eilyn, though there is this unspoken rule that no EdenWing can be named ofter the Great Prophet or their creation god.
=== Religion ===
EdenWings believe that the world was created by Pythia [pea-tha]. And when she created the world she created the Sky and the Ocean. In EdenWing Religion these are the official first dragons but they are considered to be the parents of the real first dragons. Once the Sky and the Ocean were made, with the help of Pythia they made the Land and everything that comes with it: the lakes, the ice, the mountains, deserts and the swampland. Within the mountains, paradise was created along with the first dragons, Canviel and Naomi. Canviel is told in order to stay in paradise she must follow all the rules set out for them by Pythia. But Naomi was given the opposite advice; de omnibus dubitandum, which translated into dragon means 'Everything must be doubted'. Canviel and Naomi spent the better part of their time in paradise arguing about how to best please their Creator and eventually Pythia told the two that the only condition for living in her Paradise was to get along with each other despite being given two different ideologies to follow. She then expelled the pair and moved the jungle paradise to the south of the continent. 
This is where belief starts to loosen and history starts. Once the tribes were created an EdenWing born from a moonless egg hatched with the power of foresight. He would later be called Eden and he foresaw a lot of visions about the tribe's future, but only delivered three prophecies- there is believed to be more, but if there was they were lost in the Burning of the Citadel.
[note; these have been roughly translated from old Ynnoham]
Prophecy IVII; Two shall ryde (fly?) into thre final days. And the sky will weep of othre dragon's blood; violet rivers shal'ow (shall flow?) into thre sea. Four shall rise and bring thre summer with death be the final season.
Prophecy DCCVII; Wonne shall have er childhood lost; wonne shall steal it from er egg. Er egg will be broken as was her will when hundreds live as wonne. A single connect[tion] will be the last when claws cut the blood will stop.
Prophocy MDCCC: The life of er queen will be not; treasure stolen and war will start. dragon blood will spill by the gallons as claws and spears will meet in the thousands.
=== Holidays ===
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|-|Eden's Day=
The hatching day of the tribes greatest prophet is something that all EdenWings find worth in celebrating. After all he foresaw many disasters that would come and how to prevent them.
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== Economy ==
=== Currency ===
EdenWings use a form of currency called a scpys. One scpy is split in to one hundred cryps (c). If a dragon had any currency listed below it would be [amount of coin][letter name]. For example; 42ey (pronounced ae). All coins are delebratly shaped differently to aid with the visually impared EdenWings.
Image	Name 	Monetary Value (c)	Amount needed to create one scpy	symbol
 	pyrs 	1 	1oo 	y
 	trycl	2 	5o 	t
 	forsi	5 	2o 	f
 	wer 	25 	4 	w
 	reyne	5o 	2 	ey
 	scpy 	1oo 	1 	s
===Trade===
EdenWings regularly trade with the SeaWings for seafood, RainWings for tropical fruit and nuts, and SandWings for gold. In return they can trade vegetables, coal, building material from their farms and mines. They engage in trades with other tribes, but consistently trade with those three tribes. Queen Amazon is working to establish trade across the ocean for silk and weapons.
==History==
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Note =
EdenWings use a slightly different system when it comes to years. The rest of the continent uses 'Before Scorching (BS)' and 'After Scorching (AS)'. EdenWings use 'ante magna aestas' which roughly translates to 'Before the Great Summer' and 'post magnam aestatem' (After the Great Summer) these measurements of time are abbreviated to aMA and pMA. There is virtually no difference between the two systems other than the names. There is also an added .# used to go into more specific time. The number after the point refers to the month on the lunar calendar. o A is the years of the Great Summer
|-|1o.5 aMA =
(ten years and five months before the great summer)
This was when the oldest EdenWing was officially documented into the history scrolls.
|-|o A =
EdenWings did not directly partake in the event the rest of Pyrrhia knows as the Scorching. They instead focused on gathering the tribe and settling in once place.
|-|23 aPA =
The first palace was built in the most south part of the Diamond Spray Delta. Eden (it would later be renamed to the Kingdom of Eden) stretched from the most north of the modern day Kingdom of Eden to the bottom of the Claws of the Clouds Mountains.
|-|5o aPA =
The SkyWing tribe starts establishing their territory. At this point in time there were a lot more SkyWings than there were EdenWings and the latter tribe hadn't done much to advance their military power so they retreated quickly. The Queens of the two tribes were able to peacefully draw a border between the two kingdoms.
|-|213 aPA =
Now the EdenWing tribe has a much more technologically advanced military the MudWing tribe decides to try and claim the Delta as their territory. Two years and a thousand casualties between the tribes later the EdenWings finally pull out of the war. They set up the border between the Mud Kingdom and Eden is the north most river of the delta. For the next hundred years the MudWings would show a grudge towards the. EdenWings.
There would be no more fighting between the tribes however and in a thousand years the current rulers would put aside the war and declare an official peace treaty. 
|-|249 aPA =
Unofficially titled the Great Famine. This was the year that the SeaWings and EdenWings set up a trade between the two kingdoms. A war broke out between the MudWings and SkyWings, unfortunately the no-man's-land was Eden. Eden was constantly devastated by fire and it was nearly impossible to grow food on the banks of the Diamond Spray River. Even worse, the SkyWings laced the river with high amounts of lead, making the water undrinkable. The only source of fresh water became The Eye. The silver lining was that the area was frequently hit with torrential downpours, so a drought was not within the realm of possibility.
The Queen at the time, Queen Eilyn reached out to the SeaWings to establish trade for seafood in exchange for wood, since the north part of the kingdom was covered in trees and that wasn't the part that was getting decimated by fire.
Eilyn also tried and failed to bribe both the Sky and Mud Queens' into fighting else where, but they were both uninterested in what Queen Eilyn had to offer them. So Eilyn decided to send out an official letter out to Queen Deathstalker of the SandWings, explaining her situation and asking for help. Deathstalker was willing to help, for a price. What the SandWing Queen really needed was edible plants, but since all of Eilyn's farmland was being torched daily by the SkyWings and MudWings, she milked the war for everything she could get. Deathstalker said for every years that the War between the SkyWings and MudWings went on, Eilyn would have to pay her the weight of her annual crop haul in iron, tin, gold, and coal, in exchange for gold and other riches. Queen Deathstrike also aided the SkyWings by selling them dragonflame cacti in a perpetuating cycle.
Eventually the war came to a stop a couple years after Eilyn made her deal with Deathstalker and the EdenWings were able to grow their own food. Deathstalker had been challenged and killed by her oldest daughter Dragonbite, she and Eilyn changed the trade from gold for minerals to gold for crops. The trading was a lot more balanced after the war.
|-|6o7 aPA =
Queen Cyan and her husband King Arch, were in power at this time and they had the strongest rule over their tribe. They ruled from 6o7 aPA- 658 aPA. Though it is believed that Arch had no power in the government and that Cyan only kept him alive to keep up public appearances. Cyan put in place many laws that restricted her tribes rights and freedoms; they weren't allowed to set foot outside of the kingdom without her or her husband's permission, there was a strict curfew and any negative thing said against her was punishable by death. Cyan did everything she could to keep dragons in her kingdom save from actually building some kind of barrier around the kingdom. 
Cyan was also extremely paranoid about loosing power and so killed or fired all of her council and kept her two sons locked inside the palace so they couldn't go find someone to marry and challenge her for the throne. She died naturally at 1o4 years of age. Her eldest son would take the throne after finding a wife. Until then Arch, who was reaching his 1o5th hatching day, would be King Regent.
|-|875 aPA =
This date in officially called the 'Doomsday Scare'. Within the span of a week, 45 unidentified SeaWing, SkyWing and TempestWing corpses flowed down the river and up onto the fertile banks of the Kingdom of Eden. Dragons today are still puzzled by the event as there were no battles or wars going on at that time.
|-|1ooo aPA =
The SkyWings find diamonds in the caves of their kingdom. Everyone rushes to trade or mine diamonds themselves. A temporary trade deal is issued between the EdenWings and SkyWings. This lasts less than a few months as the Rulers at the time were assassinated.
|-|1ooo.2 aPA =
Queen Turquoise and her husband Morpho are assassinated and their eggs and dragonets are killed. The Royal Guards manage to kill the assassin and it's revealed that they wanted the throne for themselves. Without rulers the Kingdom of Eden falls and any prior alliances fall as well. The tribe does it's best to make due without any sort of monarch and actually begin to build up the tribe again. They are not as strong as the once were but they manage. 
The SeaWings attempt to take over the Kingdom of Eden are fought off by the Warriors of Eden. After the year-long conflict Commander Paradisaea is named Queen and soon marries a High ranking dragon named Ribbon.
|-|2oo5 aPA =
An EdenWing hatched on the Brightest Night from a pitch black egg. He will be the most important dragon to the EdenWings other than their Queen.
He foresaw many natural disasters and saved the tribe from countless things. Eden devoted his life to making his tribe better and safer for all the dragons living in it. He built a hut on the bank of the Diamond Spray River as far North as you can get without actually leaving the Kingdom of Eden. He spent most of his days in that hut writing down prophecies and predictions about the furture and had them sent downstream to the Palace to be archived. 
|-|2232 aPA =
MudWings and EdenWings form an official truce.
|-|3oo1 aPA =
BeetleWings and LeafWings are exiled from Pyrrhia.
|-|349o aPA =
The Eye of Onyx chooses a commoner instead of a Royal SandWing. Making several EdenWings wonder if they could claim the throne despite have no connection to the royal family. They are executed for treason.
|-|4992 aPA =
Death of Queen Oasis of the SandWings.
|-|4994 aPA =
Princess Blaze comes to King Jaguar and Queen Spix I and tries to secure and alliance with the EdenWings. She offers peace with the SandWings for as long as she is Queen as well a tribute of treasure and military aid whenever the EdenWings may need it. Jaguar and Spix promptly refused and told the princess to leave the kingdom and if any SandWing set foot in the Kingdom on any of the sister's sides they would be shot on sight.
|-|5ooo aPA =
Spix II gets married to Amazon, and she challenges her father King Jaguar. She wins and her and Amazon become Queens of the Kingdom of Eden.
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==Government==
For its entire history, the EdenWing tribe was run as a totalitarian dictatorship led by a two married monarchs that served for life, or until one was challenged by a married child, sibling or niece/nephew, and they wielded absolute power over the government and military. It is known that the Leaders possess a cabinet, with ministers that oversee different areas of the government.
===Military===
Since EdenWings can't fly to invade another kingdom Queens throught the tribes history have devoted their resources to defense. Hundreds of traps are laid yearly to trap, immobalize or kill any dragon or dragons that try to enter the kingdom on foot.
There are also trebuchets, catapults and ballistae hidden within or around important locations such as farmland and settlements to shoot down enemy dragons from the safety over covered ditches.
==== Eden's Warriors====
Known to most other tribes as the EdenWing army, Eden's Warriors are specially trained to defend their kingdom and it's rulers till their dying breath. They are trained to fight flying opponents despite being a ground squad.
Any member of this army is equipt with;
*A manubalista
*A metal net capable of covering a fully grown dragon
*A standard net
* A long knife
*A canaster of oil
*Flit and steel
*Fifty metres of rope
*Henbane
===Royalty===
The Current Queens of Eden are Spix and Amazon. Unlike other tribes, EdenWings are the only dragons to have a consistent duel monarchy.
====Challenging====
For a member of the royal family to have the right to challenge for the throne they must first be married, and second be of royal blood. For instance, Spix's son, Scarlet has a perfectly reasonable shot at the throne, he just has to get married first. Then he is free to challenge the mother who carried his egg, in this case it would be Spix. However, if Spix was in a heterosexual relationship, Scarlet would have the right to challenge both his mother and father. But Since Amazon had no part in producing an heir for the throne, Scarlet can't challenge her. 
When a married heir challenges their parent, they will fight to the death over the throne under the obelisk. If the heir is successful, the surviving monarch will have to renounce their claim to the throne and crown the new ruler and their spouse.
Once the challenge has ended, the body of the loser will be hung from the obelisk as a sign of respect and will be mourned for seven sunsets. The coronation of the new rulers will not happen during the mourning period as it is a time of great celebration and would be wrong to any earlier than seven sunsets after the former ruler's death.
==Culture==
===Society===
EdenWings, for the most part, hold themselves to a high standard. As dragonets they are constantly reminded that good things come to good dragons. EdenWings are very prideful, and often perceived as stuck up or arrogant by dragons of other tribes. They are also super religous compared to other tribes and because of this, EdenWings focus on building up the community insdead of themselves for personal gain.
Dragons from outside the tribe may thing that EdenWing dragonets are naïve they are told a lot of what other tribes perceive to be bull crap, but in actuality the dragonets are encouraged to question everything.
===Fashion===
Typically EdenWings don't wear jewels or expensive fabrics. They believe their feathers are beautiful enough to stand on their own. But sometimes they wear silver necklaces or bracelets. It's not that precious stones are unavailable within the the Kingdom of Eden, but they are used as a trading item with other tribes.
=== Animus Magic===
Animus magic in the EdenWing tribe is rare, but not unheard of. The power is looked at with equal parts fear, respect and admiration. When an animus hatches he or she is taken with their family and moved into the royal place and offered to any member of the royal family for their talon in marriage. It is a way to make the royal family stronger and to ensure the safety of the animus.
== Tribal Relations==
===Canon Tribes===
====RainWings====
RainWings and EdenWings are allies, they have been since before the War of SandWing Succession and regular trades are made between the two.
====NightWings====
Since the uniting of the NightWings and RainWings under Glory's rule, the EdenWings are technacally allies with them too. Amazon has no probablem with the alliance since it is believed that Eden, the most important EdenWing in history, was part NightWing. Spix II is understandable more wary as the NightWings, under Darkstalker, tried to exterminate the IceWing tribe.
====SeaWings====
They have regular trade between the two.
====SandWings====
The rulers of the Kingdom of Eden are understandably wary of the Sand dragons, as not too long ago the royal sisters of that tribe plunged Pyrrhia into an eighteen year war. Spix and Amazon are a little less wary of Queen Thorn, as she only has one daughter, Sunny.
====IceWings====
The IceWing and EdenWing tribes are completely neutral. Both tribes respect each other to an extent.
====MudWings====
Despite their long history of wars and disagreements. Both Queen Spix and Queen Moorhen have come to an agreement that satisfies both tribes.
====SkyWings====
====LeafWings====
====SilkWings====
====HiveWings====
===Fanon Tribes===
==Gallery==
File:Main.png|Offical front view base
File:Jada EdenWing.png|Base by Jada, edits by me
File:Standard Base.png|Standard EdenWing Base
===Transparent Gallery===
File:Transparent Tail extended.png|Transparent base with tail extended
File:Standard transparent full body.png|Transparent full body
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