SoulWings

Adult SoulWing

### Location

At the edge of the SeaWing border, deep in the ocean; Only accessible by SeaWing/hybrids

### Ruler

Chancellors Angler, Sand, and Shell; Chandellorettes Crustacean, Squid, Bullfrog

## Description

Usually black with beige highlights in color, these are invasive species of dragons. The SoulWings have five pairs of limbs, with a second pair of arms far more dexterous than their front ones. They usually use these to walk or feel around. Their front legs are mostly used to grab their prey and hold them securely to their figure while they transfer their victims' power to themselves. Their tail looks normal when they're first born, but it quickly worsens, mutates into something similar to a squid's tentacles, and spits off from each other as they age, one tail for their age. (4 years old, 4 tails)They have a looser set of limbs similar to their first, stronger pair, but these just seem to help balance and curve when flying. The wings *appear* to be feathered, from a distance, but they are *much,* much larger than their body needs. The wings start at an edge, then stop and keep going down, making it appear they have feathers when they don't, just an irregular bone structure. The face is the most disturbing- Anyone with a fear of holes would be unable to move because the face(Including the inside of the mouth) has holes all over it, some of them glowing. Most often mistaken for eyes, the eyes are in the largest hole on the face, which can be anywhere on the face.

## Abilities

Can breathe underwater, and can see in dark areas. Immune to The Bends(Decompression sickness), can minorly reshape their bodies to fit in small spaces.

## Powers

All can take powers away from dragons, even Frostscales and Firescales, though slightly altered to keep the dragon alive. Frostscales make the dragon immune to freezing, and vice versa. RainWing venom comes from their tail, and for animus magic, they can steal it, though it will kill the dragon they are stealing it from. The more powerful the power, the brighter the hole in its face the power resides will glow.

### Rare Abilities

Far rarer than what was stated is being able to create other versions of itself, purely composed of the power. Usually seen from the distantly royal lines, or from hybrids.

## History

They are a mutated version of SeaWings, their skin on their face melting off from the acidic ocean. Over time, they lost their gills and swimming prowess and hid in The Abyss, evolving to have more dexterous arms and natural resistance to the pressure of the ocean, allowing them to move freely. When a few of them began to go insane and attack each other, it was clear that they had a pandemic and were forced to leave, revealing themselves to local SeaWings in the area. They were then hunted nearly to extinction by SeaWings, and only a few survived the massacre. They continued to hide in the Abyss, growing hate for any water-dwelling dragons and killing them, feeding on their flesh, and growing more cannibalistic. Soon, their numbers were higher than they had been during the double epidemic with the cost of their sanity. They all agreed to venture out of the large network of caves and they slowly entered out, killing any and all dragons that saw them. They lived on the beaches bordering the SeaWing archipelago, feeding off of crabs and other crustaceans. A few of them attempted to become vegan, and they either died from lack of nutrition or became fatigued and needed months of rest. They were suddenly plagued with sickness, brought to them on an animus, and the ones that hadn't succumbed to it began to plea to the Queen of the SeaWings,(Who, at the time, was Queen Lagoon) and she agreed to end the plague if they were to stop harassing their scouts. One bargained to revive their dead and end the plague if they moved out of their territory, and she agreed, telling Albatross to stop them from dying, right then and there. He obeyed, and they left the area immediately, not wanting anything to deal with SeaWings. They migrated to the SandWing Kingdom and made a deal with the current SandWing queen, and she agreed to allow them to make a small nation in her Kingdom. And so they did until Queen Oasis sent periodic raids on the now growing nation in an attempt to make them smaller. A scout was sent to ask her why she was killing their species, and she simply told them to make the nation smaller. They did, not knowing if they had any animi on their side, and the harassment stopped immediately. Then Queen Oasis died, and they chose to fight with Blaze, along with most of the SandWings and IceWings. The only problem was that their body wasn't(And couldn't) adjusted to the colder climate, and they suffered from hypothermia and frostbite. At this point, however, they were prospering and their numbers were the highest in their historical events. They evolved to take the powers of one dragon and transfer them to their own body, and at first, it involved cannibalism, but later it became an extremely toxic bite that killed and mutated the victim's DNA and mutated the SoulWings' own data, birthing traits and allowing them to survive in the Ice Kingdom. They gained the powers through sparring and biting, causing the IceWing to die shortly after. Glacier stopped this by denying them to open their mouth while sparring. They were extremely thankful that it was a *request,* not an enchantment, and proposed to use their powers as a punishment for war prisoners. Intrigued by their request, she agreed, and the surflux of prisoners suffering in the cold made Glacier regret this decision. Now she had extremely powerful dragons on *Blaze's* side, not hers, and now they could kill her entire tribe if they so wished. The fear was shared on both sides, as the fear of animi had grown and run through the entirety of the now tribe of dragons, (though still unnamed)and they didn't dare attack the queen directly. The war ended, with a non-royal as queen, and they quickly left the Ice Kingdom, both tribes' tension being lifted after 19(?) years. They returned to their unoccupied nation, and a group of SandWings approached with interest at the 'Wings. They all stopped doing what they were doing and stared at the group, hiding their fear that one may be an animus, but to the group it was just creepy as the holes in their faces were multitanious and they just assumed that they were all eyes. One made a tense joke about them staring into their souls, and they quickly flew away after that. Now equipped with the correct tools to defend themselves, they began to set up watch towers and quickly became the smallest Kingdom to date. The group came back a few months later, now with Queen Thorn, and they panicked, thinking they were here with an animus. Turned out she'd just wanted to discuss the terms of their Kingdom, and determine who their queen was. THey admitted they didn't have one, or any kind of leadership as they had been forced out of their home(s) several times without any time to set up any kind of government. She agreed to give them a decades' worth of time to decide on it, but it took them only a few months. Qibli approached them and asked if they had a surwing yet. They asked what a surwing was, and he said that he was a SandWing. They said that they were a subtribe of SeaWings and he decided to call them SoulWings instead. When inquired why, he simply said that the lights in their faces looked like souls, and when they *had* taken powers, it looked as if the dragon had lost their will to live, and acted like it, so they kept the surwing. They spoke with Queen Glory about expanding their territory slightly into the RainWing Kingdom, and the answer was a resounding no, put off by the appearance of the creature and acted like they attacked her or something. Feeling bold, they promised to return the favor and took the powers of every RainWIng encroaching on their territory on sight, leading to transparent SoulWings and a multitude of tails reflecting their age. The tails transferred to the rest of the tribe, but not the transparency. Other than the ones with faint SeaWing powers, they no longer shared any relation to the tribe and requested a meeting with the current queen of the SeaWings. Coral agreed, and they discussed the terms of returning to their abyss so that they could have their original KIngdom back. After a few days of weighing the options, she agreed, but they could not attack any SeaWings, in or out of her Kingdom. They agreed, and notified Queen Thorn that they'd be leaving her Kingdom before heading off back to their own. They stayed there and didn't come out for another couple of months before attempting to hunt again, and their society grew into one of the largest underground nations, rivaling the SkyWing's artistry and palaces which had been built out of rock, stone, wood, and underwater minerals with water. A very beautiful place, if you're a SeaWing and have seen the complex tunnels, which are hard to navigate.

## Culture

They're quite the secluded tribe, but they do celebrate Isla Des Meurtos, a celebration of mourning the first two epidemics of what they now knew was rabies and animus magic. They're quite rude and unkind to RainWings, and old SoulWings are valued as Gods and Animi to them. They've no anger, though they do want to find out about more tribes and figure out if there are more of them. Since they've been around for 2,000+ years, they have a good bearing on what's right or wrong, and just generally panic when one or two of them go missing.

## Royalty

The oldest among them are royalty, and have the Centre to themselves, most often referred to as The Counsel, which changes every generation. What qualifies as an elder is any SoulWing that's over 130, and the average age a SoulWing lives up to is 116. The current Counsel is as follows:

Chancellor Angler

Chancellorette Crustacean

Chancellorette Squid

Chancellorette Bullfrog

Chancellor Sand

Chancellor Shell

## Diet

Mainly meat and radioactive elements. Plants are rarely eaten because they don't provide enough nutrients to keep their bodies functioning.

## Naming

Any kind of sand-dwelling, deep sea dwelling, name of a moon(cycle, other moons, etc.) in the old language, religion(Budd'ha, Heisuess, Hindai, etc.). They also name each other after famous dragons in the Growled(Darkstalker; Greinhja, Diamond; Rehidar, etc.).

## Languages

They speak The Growled. The Growled is the language that was created when the SoulWings began to go rabid. This was expanded upon with longer years, and it is the natural language of SoulWings. Dragon is taught at a young age, but is used less in The Dark Moon.

## Religon

They follow the ideology that the reality that they live in is just one of the endless realities governed by two Gods. One of them is named Aloy, the God of Space and Time. They came to this world to birth this tribe. According to the SoulWings, Aloy came here once to save them and gift them with the ability to take others' abilities, saving the race from extinction. The second God, Diolofos, created the seas, and the seas sheltered them from the wars that raged. They are protected by a Guardian named Niquariundri, a sea wyvern that protects them from wyrms and sea-faring syrpents. Aloy's insignia is a comet going through a solar system with 5 planets, and finally the sun, increasing in size with each planet.

## Territory

They live in the abyssal zone of the ocean, due east(20 min. away) from The Kingdom of the Sea. They have a city called The Dark Moon that has expanded and excavated from the original cave system. There are 5 sections, including an outside area called The Labyrinth- The prison of The Dark Moon. All of these factions have a flooding system that starts in The Abyss Faction. The only faction that isn't affected by such a thing is The Twilight, which is where the meetings with tribe leaders accur. The way to get to the other factions is by a vertical hallway. Green moss coats the hallway, and it allows for gripping and moving towards factions with ease.

### The Sunlight Faction

The Sunlight faction is the highest area of The Dark Moon and is the entryway into the underwater cave. It's the most well lit with bioluminescent torches glowing like tiny suns. It's seen as the sun reflecting, but at night, when all of the moons are new, it sticks out as a party, hence the name The Dark Moon. This houses the school, and it's filled with many young SoulWings and their interests- and none of the water outside has flooded the inside.

### The Twilight Faction

This Twilight faction isn't submurgable, as it's where the meetings with tribes accur. It's a circular room with the 11 tribes of Phyrrhia, each throne for each tribe(SandWing, a throne made of sand-crusted stones, SeaWing, a throne with a stuffed shark head and coral surronding the throne, etc.). It has a map of Phyrrhia and points of interest for discussion with the tribes.

### The Midnight Faction

The Midnight faction is the second to darkest level of The Dark Moon. This is where praise to the two gods happens, with this level being semi-flooded and coated with moss and bioluminescent to simulate stars and timelines contrasted with the river to praise Diolofos.

### The Abyss Faction

The Abyss faction is where the homes are for all of the SoulWings. It is pitch black, and seems dark even for SeaWings. It is filled with houses, and elderly SoulWings. Some bats are also on the walls and most pets are kept here.

### The Labyrinth

The Labyrinth is a maze that shifts. They throw litterally anything nasty into there. Anyone that gets stuck never gets out.

## Tribe relations

### SeaWings

Contrasted, the SeaWings have an incredibly bad relationship with the SoulWings- More rather than vice versa. The SoulWings have been attacked for no reason other than simply because of their looks from the SeaWing animus, Albatross, a few years before The SeaWing massacre. They were then demanded out of the kingdom and didn't return until 1,950 years later when Coral held the throne. Through given the abyssal and trenches of the sea, SeaWings taunted them with the negotiation to build The Dark Moon. This negotiation left them open to any raids by the SeaWings, and if any wars were to occur, forces them to side with the oceanic dragons. With their obvious hate towards the species of dragon, they're tempted to go farther out into the sea or go to the distant continent's sea to avoid all future contact with SeaWings.

### SandWings

Because of their time spent in the Sand Kingdom, The SoulWings have a good relationship with Queen Thorn and the late Queen Oasis. They often ask for help with other tribes' opinions. In their opinion, the SandWings are the most helpful tribe.

### IceWings

The SoulWings have a semi-good relationship with the IceWings. Although coral is now dead, and Snowfall is in the process of fixing the alliance they once had during the war, the SoulWings are fond of the ice dragons that gave them home during the war when the one they had was no longer safe. However, the fear that Glacier carried when holding a tribe that could kill her tribe in a second remained, and the few SoulWings that decided to stay got kicked out. This spread throughout The Dark Moon and thus ended their alliance. Though Snowfall is trying to restore it, chances of such things at this point are highly unlikely.

### MudWings

Due to the lack of experience with MudWings the SoulWings have, they currently have no relations with them(Though plans are being made by Queen Moorhen to contact The Counsel.)

### RainWings

The SoulWings hate the RainWings. Things that happened years ago still feel like fresh wounds, as without hard scales they don't heal quickly. Glory denied them entry to the Rainforest Kingdom, just a small portion, so RainWings flying over their territory, now and then, were to be killed on sight, or imprisoned and used as power restoration. Glory was on the verge of a war before they moved out, and without a clear target to hit other than the SeaWings, she vied away from such a heinous act. Tensions are still extremely high between the two tribes, and negotiations are being made to stop the unnecessary killing.

#### NightWing treatment

As the NightWings are ruled underneath a RainWing, the SoulWing's hate for the RainWings goes somewhat to the NightWings. Although there are rumors about usurping Glory, the SoulWings do not start a war and are mostly ignorant of NightWings. They show slight annoyance when having to speak with them, but are much better compared to being forced to talk to RainWings.

### SkyWings

Some of their own have been taken by the late Queen Scarlet for her arena(And have either grown ridiculously powerful or died before the match started), and have therefore made mutual hate for SkyWings. Though the SkyWings now have Ruby(And unanimously agree she's better), they don't like Peril and wish to gain her firescales to prove a threat. However, the weight of the consequences means possibly going to war over a dragon, and they most certainly aren't ready for that.

### HiveWings

Negotiations are being made with Queen Wasp to go into her seas. They(The SoulWings) are not akin to working for anyone but themselves, but they will agree to an alliance of mutual respect. The HiveWings(Or, rather, Queen Wasp) will only accept if they help her build more hives, as they come from a place with trees, something that the council will not agree to(Despite the ability to send the SeaWings running scared).

#### Tribe opinion

The HiveWings are awful for enslaving the SilkWings and driving the LeafWings to extinction, however that shows power and control over two tribes, which could be useful to win a possible war. However, there have been rumors of the Queen being able to control her subjects, and fear of being controlled is what's stopping the in-person negotiations.

***The SilkWings and LeafWings are not being negotiated with, as to their ignorance of the SoulWings.***