Vespidae

## Tribes

### BashWings

**Description:** Large dragons with flat faces and large ram-like horns, as well as another horn that splits of from the curled horn.
**Abilities:** They have armored scales and are able to breathe fire, they also have rather flat claw that allows them to dig easily.
**Monarch:** King Crash.
**Alliances:** ScorchWings & BlinkWings.

Description

     BashWings are large and bulky dragons who have large flat faces with hooded eyes, They have stout limbs and thick tails with a sharp spade at the end. BashWings are about 25-30 ft tall with large broad wings with sharp spikes going along the bones of their wings with their wings being fully connected to their bodies(like NightWings, RainWings, SandWings, and SeaWings). They have a set of large curled ram horns and with another set of horns splitting for from where the ram-like horns start. BashWings have strong armored scales and large flat talons with mole-like claws.
BashWing horns continuously grow so they constantly have to file down or shave in order to keep them from getting too long. BashWings have rather sharp and pointed ears that bend to the direction of the sound. BashWings have dark brown to light beige to dark orange scales. BashWings have green, blue, or yellow eyes.

Ablities

BashWings have a keen sense of hearing and smell and are able to track others for quite a distance. BashWings are easily able to defend themselves with their armored scales and large physique and strong bodies. BashWings are able to breathe fire and due to their flat talons and sharp mole-like claws, which allow them to even cut through stone, they are able to dig and mine.

Naming

BashWings are named things like Crash, Wreck, or Impact.

Habitat/Diet

They live on the upper part of the 'wing' of Vespidae as well as the 'head', most BashWings live in the canyons and mountains of Vespidae but some choose to take up residence in the small amount of grasslands or forest as well as some BashWings choose to live along the coast.

BashWings have a diet of meat, fish, plants, and even non-meat animal products such as eggs and milk.

Government

BashWings have a monarch who is assisted by 10 council members who advise their decisions. The Monarch is a part of the Royal family and only blood-relatives can be next in line for the throne, In the BashWing government, there are no challenges but rather a strict line of succession for who the next monarch of the tribe, but the 10 councils members are elected with one being from each precinct of BashWing Territory.

Culture

BashWings value the creativity and imagination of their tribe and despite their tough appearance, BashWings are kind and welcoming and they are quite accepting of outsiders and hybrids even if the hybrid isn't even part BashWing.

BashWings enjoy throwing extravagant parties for almost every occasion they can think of and most BashWing prefer cooked dishes to raw food. Most BashWings choose to raise animals or farm plants instead of going out hunting for their next meal.

BashWings tend to dig their homes into the ground and use wooden or stone supports, Most dig their homes into the sides of canyons or if they live in the plains or forest they dig into hills.

Alliences

BashWings are allied to BlinkWings and ScorchWings, though BashWings are closer to BlinkWings due to the other tribe's proximity to BashWing territory, and it is common to find BlinkWings in BashWing territory and vise versa as travel between the two tribes is open, and Blink/Bash hybrids are easy to find in both tribes territories as the tribes have been allied for centuries.

ScorchWings are a newer addition to BashWing/BlinkWing alliance as for awhile the ScorchWings were aggressive to every tribe but after the new ScorchWing Sultana took over the tribe asked to align themselves with the 2 other tribes, Most BashWings are welcoming to the ScorchWings but others are very cautious of the other tribe.

History

See here for BashWing History.

### BlinkWings

**Description:** Medium-sized dragons with a thin snout with a horn on the end and also on the bottom of their snout, and horns on the back of their head.
**Abilities:** Able to camouflage by bouncing light of their scales at different angles, They're also able to breathe a gas that puts creatures to sleep.
**Monarch:** King Optical.
**Head Counciler:** Flicker.
**Alliances:** BashWings & ScorchWings.

Description

     BlinkWings are medium-sized lean dragons with long thin faces with round eyes and long slender limbs with a long tail ending in a point. BlinkWings range from 15-25 ft in height with their wings being fully connected to their bodies(like NightWings, RainWings, SandWings, and SeaWings). BlinkWing have one spike on their snout and one on their chin with a pair of short horns on their head, they have rounded downturned ears. A BlinkWings front talons are especially sharp and are able to retract partially, their back talons are blunter and unable to retract. BlinkWing have ganoid scales(diamond-shaped scales).
Full BlinkWing scales are always black and white but with varying patterns such as stripes, spots, and swirls. Some BlinkWings have more black scales and some have more white scales and the shade of black and white can differ depending on the dragon, all BlinkWings have purple eyes.

Ablities

BlinkWings are funnily enough unable to blink and have a clear membrane over their eyes and clean their eyes with their tongue much like geckos. They are able to redirect the light bouncing off their scales which allows them to camouflage or in some cases allows a dragon to become practically invisible, the strength of this ability varies by the dragon. BlinkWings are able to breathe out a gas that causes dragons to fall asleep, fellow BlinkWings are immune.

Naming

BlinkWings have names like Optical, Flash, or Blend.

Habitat/Diet

BlinkWings live partially on the 'wing' of Vespidae and the 'neck' of the continent, BlinkWing land has just about every environment in it, except for tropical or dead forest. through most live in the grasslands or mountains with very few living in the swamp.

BlinkWings are able to eat meat, fish, and non-meat animal products but are unable to properly digest most plants other than vegetables.

Government

BlinkWings have a constitutional monarchy where the monarch and royal family are treated less like decision-makers and more like celebrities while they do have some power most decisions are made by a committee of 13, 2 from each district of the BlinkWing territory and one chosen to be the head of the council, these dragons are elected by the citizens.

Culture

BlinkWings are focused on the development of technologies and are more knowledge-oriented, BlinkWings are very respectful to other dragons no matter what tribe the dragon is from as respect is one of the most important things in BlinkWing culture.

BlinkWings tend to be more reserved and have very few holidays and just like BashWings most prefer to make cooked meals as opposed to hunting and eating their food raw.

BlinkWings tend to build their own homes instead of finding caves and often build out of wood, bricks, and stone.

Alliances

BlinkWings are allied to BashWings and ScorchWings, though BlinkWings are closer to BashWings due to the other tribe's proximity to BlinkWing territory, and it is common to find BashWings in BlinkWing territory and vise versa as travel between the two tribes is open, and Blink/Bash hybrids are easy to find in both tribes territories as the tribes have been allied for centuries.

ScorchWings are a newer addition to BashWing/BlinkWing alliance as for awhile the ScorchWings were aggressive to every tribe but after the new ScorchWing Sultana took over the tribe asked to align themselves with the 2 other tribes, Most BlinkWings are skeptical of the ScorchWings but are respectful of them.

History
See here for BlinkWing History.

### ScorchWings

**Description:** Medium-sized dragons with a slim snout, 2 small horns and have a fin on their head. ScorchWings have large gill-like slits on their chest and stomach.
**Abilities:** They are able to survive a heat that would be deadly for most tribes, they are also able to eat rocks and melt them into lava in a special organ they have.
**Sultana:** Sultana Wild-Fire.
**Alliances:** BashWings & BlinkWings.

Description

     ScorchWings are medium-sized dragons with a slender pointed snout with muscular limbs, they have a medium length tail with a fan-like fin at the tip and base of their tail. ScorchWings are 20-25 ft in height with their wings being fully attached to their bodies(like NightWings, RainWings, SandWings, and SeaWings). They have a pair of short horns on the back of their heads and a fin down the back of their head and between their horns, ScorchWings have small and round down-turned ears. ScorchWings have gill-like slits on their stomach and chest, They have large trapezoid-shaped underscales.
ScorchWings have brown, grey, dark orange, or orange scales with lighter or darker underbelly and fins. ScorchWing eyes are different from the other tribes with the sclera of their eyes being black instead of white, the pupils of a ScorchWing can be any shade of orange.

Abilites

ScorchWings are able to survive in close proximity to or actually in lava/magma, though they can not breathe in lava/magma but instead can hold their breath for several days. ScorchWings are able to produce lava/magma themselves as they have a special organ, to make lava/magma ScorchWings eat rocks and melt them in the organ and can then shoot the melted rock out while melting rock or spiting the lava/magma out the slits on their stomach and chest stretch open and glow.

Naming

ScorchWings have names like Wild-Fire, Scald, or Melt

Habitat/Diet

ScorchWings live on the 'tail' of Vespidae which is covered in tropical environments and many volcanoes, most of the volcanoes near the base of Vespidaes 'tail' are extinct with more dormant and active volcanos near the tip of the 'tail'

ScorchWings are able to eat meat, fish, non-meat animal products, and plants but are also able to pull nutrients from the rock they melt.

Government

ScorchWings are currently ruled by a Sultana who has most of the power with advisors that have some power, but there are plans to make the tribe more democratic as the current Sultana took power from the previous dictator of the tribe during an uprising. The previous government was purely a dictatorship.

Culture

Most ScorchWing culture was oppressed by the former dictator with many forms of literature and art being outlawed and most dragons starving. Since the current Sultana took control there has been encouragement to establish the culture of ScorchWings.

Most ScorchWings haven't been outside of the cites and most have never met a dragon from the other tribes and are scared of the other dragon tribes due to propaganda.

Most ScorchWing cities are actually impossible for the other tribes to visit as they are built in the empty magma chambers of extinct volcanoes which are too hot for any other tribes to go to, but there are some cites build on or around volcanoes and some cities even on the coast.

Alliances

ScorchWings are allied to the BlinkWings and BashWings as the current leader reached out to the 2 tribes in order to help them. Both BlinkWings and BashWings are helping the ScorchWings rebuild their tribe.

History

See here for ScorchWing History.

### SlitherWings

**Description:** SlitherWings have no arms and a snake-like head with keeled scales, they have 2 sets of wings.
**Abilities:** Heat-vision, strong venom, and sharp fangs. They have the ablity to contract their bodies.
**Queen:** Queen Boa.
**Alliances:** SpikeWings.

Description

     SlitherWings are long limbless dragons that have a triangular-shaped head like a pit viper with rough keeled scales, When laid flat out on the ground the height of a SlitherWing is about 2-4 ft. SlitherWings are about 20-40 ft long with 2 pairs of wings, one pair about at where their shoulder blades would be with the other a bit past where their hind-legs would be, both pairs of wings aren't fully attached to their bodies(Like IceWings, MudWings and SkyWings). They have a pair of horns and 3 spikes down their spine as well as a pair of whisker-like appendages on their chin.
SlitherWings range from shades of green to browns, reds, and even pale blues. They can have scale patterns similar to garter, copperheads, cottonmouth, or mud snakes. SlitherWings can have any eye color except black or white.

Ablities

SlitherWings have heat-vision which they can turn on and off as well as a strong venom they can inject through biting that they themselves are immune to. SlitherWings are also able to constrict their bodies around their opponent and apply pressure. SlitherWings often have strong muscles due to the fact they have to pull themselves with their body.

Naming

SlitherWings are names things like Boa, Venom, or Hiss

Habitat/Diet

SlitherWings live one the lower half of the 'body' of Vespidae which is covered with mostly rainforest where the majority of SlitherWings live but their territory has some mountains, template forest, and swamp habitats with warm coastlines.

SlitherWings eat meat, fish, and fruits.

Government

SlitherWings have a government similar to the tribes of Pyrrhia with a Queen who holds all final authority and rules until she dies or one of her female blood-relatives challenges her wins, though the queen is required to have advisors, adoptive children and dragonesses who married into the royal family can not challenge the current queen for the throne. SlitherWings have a rule that if the current Queen dies without a female heir above 8 years old then the advisors will take control until a female heir is hatched and reaches 8 years old or the living female heir reaches 8 years of age.

Culture

SlitherWings are a prideful tribe who value literature and history, SlitherWings do have an organized religion. They are often seen as pretentious by outsiders and are rather dismissive of the other tribes.

SlitherWings only ever celebrate if its a religious holiday or the coronation of a new queen, they don't often cook their food and mostly eat it raw.

SlitherWings make their homes in hollowed out trees or logs, they build homes in the trees and some build dig burrows in the ground.

Alliances

SlitherWings are aligned with the SpikeWings though most see the SpikeWings as barbaric but the SlitherWings allied themselves with the other tribe because they became suspicious of the BlinkWing, BashWing, and ScorchWing alliance

History

See here for SlitherWing history.

### SpikeWings

**Description:** Rather slim dragons with skinny limbs, SpikeWings don't have any horns but they have sharp spikes going down their back.
**Abilities:** Extremely flexible and are able to compact into a ball, as well as fire.
**Queen:** Queen Whiplash.
**Alliances:** SlitherWings.

Description

     SpikeWings are petite and extremely slender dragons, most SpikeWings are slim enough that they have some have ribs showing, though this is very normal for the tribe, they are 15-20 ft tall with their wings not being fully connected to their body(Like IceWings, MudWings and SkyWings). SpikeWings are the only tribe on Vespidae that do not have horns but they have sharp spikes down their spine that starts at a bit before their eyes and end a bit before the end of their tail with a small spike at the end of their snout, SpikeWings have medium-length tails that end in a sharp spear-like point and have large pointed ears.
SpikeWigs have pale yellow or light brown scales, the scales on their underbelly tend to be lighter than the SpikeWings main color. SpikeWings are able to have any color eyes other than black or white eyes.

Abilites

SpikeWings can survive without food or water for a long time and are able to live in the desert comfortably. SpikeWings are the second tribe on Vespidae that is able to breathe fire and are also able to contort their bodies in ways that look unnatural and are able to compact themselves into a ball, SpikeWing bones are quite sturdy and are hard to break.

Naming

SpikeWings are named things like Whiplash, Knot, or Spear.

Habitat/Diet

SpikeWings live on the lower part of the 'wing' of Vespidae with most of their territory being covered in arid subtropical desert with some mountains and canyons. Most SpikeWings live in the desert around the numerous oasis or build along the coast.

SpikeWings have a diet of meat, fish, and non-meat animal products, for most SpikeWings ingesting plant matter can cause an upset stomach and nausea.

Government

SpikeWings have a monarchy like those of the Pyrrhia tribes with the tribe being ruled by a Queen who holds all power, Only blood-related female relatives of the Queen can challenge her for the throne. If the current queen dies the next oldest female relative will take the throne.

Culture

SpikeWings have an aggressive, strength-based culture where they value the strength of an individual though they are actually rather superstitious. SpikeWings are rude towards outsiders though it's easy to gain their respect if you best a fair amount in a fight, though they don't really play fair.

SpikeWings celebrate holidays with ring fights and sparing often followed by a large banquet of food with some cooked food and some raw food accompanied by ample amounts of booze. SpikeWing families are often very close-knit.

SpikeWing cities are built out of sandstone and towns are often located around a central water source like an oasis or river, SpikeWings often keep herds of camels and have pets.

Alliances

SpikeWings are allied with the SlitherWings though the SpikeWings see their allies as pompous dragons who act self-righteous and smug towards anyone who doesn't fit their ideals but the 2 tribes have an uneasy alliance out of the suspicion toward the other 3 tribes of Vespidae.

History

See here for SpikeWing history.

### VigilWings

**Description:** Large hornless dragons with long spikes down their spine and razor sharp teeth.
**Abilities: Unknown**