Mudwings

> "Remember what happened to our fallen brethren- the Mudwing tribe. They fell to the sickness in result to turning away from the Empress- our Liberator"
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### Alliance

N/A (Opposers- but not officially)

*(TW: Massacre and Murder)*

Mudwings are the tribe that is slowly being lost in history, but at the same time might never be forgotten. Old textbooks and guides have been burned or stored within the Empire, but many tribes still remember them. Some Loyalists say "Remember what happened to our fallen brethren- the Mudwing tribe. They fell to the sickness in result to turning away from the Empress- our Liberator."

Mudwings and Silkwings were close allies- so the Empress staged a betrayal to gain their riches (which is helps how she’s so rich atm). She told them 7 years earlier than the others about the cure. Almost the whole Mudwing kingdom followed- some stayed.

Mudwings followed the Silkwings before all other tribes. The sovereign (the Queen at the time) was known for being extremely clever and had sort of a sixth sense. She found out Tigermoth’s (I just realized Tiger should be crazy old atm- like at least over 100) plan and attempted to murder her. Her assassins successfully murdered the 1st Emperor and the Empress’s only son at the time. Enraged they declared war- a war that lasted 5 years until the Mudwings had sadly lost due to one general’s grave mistake. The remaining Mudwings fled deep underground- underneath a forest of mushrooms. (The mudwings had already found this 2 years after the war started and spent that time preparing it for another kingdom). The underground kingdom nearly spread across the entire “fore-leg” on the map.

When the other fraction of mudwings arrived with everyone else, Tiger Moth told her army to get rid of them. There was an absolute slaughter- they killed all remaining mudwings and destroyed any of their eggs. Tiger Moth said they fleed, just like the rest of their tribe, she guaranteed they would die to the plague due to not following her rule.

The small tribe currently resides underground- following strict laws never to go to the surface unless specially authorized.

Habitats include large underground towns and cities, a bioluminescent mushroom forest, the palace- which almost looks wedged between a cavern. Their buildings are Adobe and supported/built into cave walls. They sometimes use torches and huge lights but bioluminescent fungi is usually used as lighting, since it’s so plentiful. They’re seemingly stuck in the past.

### Accomplishments

Safety from the Silkwing Empire.

A good food supply from underground swamps and algae forests.

A way to pour in (not literally) sunlight to grows trees and parks.

Mudbricking technology. Slowly getting a little more advanced in engineering.

#### Downfall

They live underground and out of their natural habitat.

They have poor cities and a poor kingdom.

They are stuck in the past and not very advanced.

Slowly, slowly going hungry.

Vulnerable to crime.

Vulnerable to falling buildings, poor support beams, and collapsing ceilings of their kingdom. Sometimes stones fall and crush citizens and towns (usually a stone is no bigger than two adult mudwings)

### Culture

They paint their mud bricks in colorful patterns after construction.

They still use the same Sibs system.

Blood egg mudwings are usually above normal muds and have better treatment and a higher success rate.

They love tattoos and have even found a way to make tattoos bioluminescent- out of a mushrooms “juices”.

Mudwings have strict rules about rationing recourses and never going to the surface.

They still believe the plague is around and will murder of anyone who is remotely sick/shows symptoms.