BatWings

Note: This tribe is also on the other Wings of Fire Fandom Tribes wiki: BatWings

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## History

The origin of BatWings is actually unknown, since they do not teach history. They came to a continent named The Cavern Isles with the CaveWings. They mutated from bats, gaining sentience and two extra limbs, which helped them grip the cave ceiling better. They grew slightly larger to fare better in combat.

BatWings and CaveWings started fighting over caves ten years ago, starting the Great Cavern War. They started fighting over Cave Valor, and then they started hating each other for no reason. Due to the war, popular insults include: Stoneface, Deaf-Ears, Dull-Ears, and Spike-Ears.

## BatWing-owned Caves

1. Cave Paradise
2. Cave Fortune
3. Cave Strength
4. Cave Victory
5. Cave Loyalty
6. Cave Trust
7. Cave Persistence
8. Cave Honor
9. Cave Triumph
10. Cave Honesty
11. Cave Success

Note: The BatWings and the CaveWings are fighting over a cave with two names: The BatWing name is Cave Valor, and the CaveWing name is Cave Deeplake. It's more commonly referred to as Cave Valor by tribes that are not the CaveWings or BatWings.

## Description

BatWings are known to look a lot like bats, but with four legs and two wings. They are more mammalian than reptilian- one might say they don't look like dragons at all (According to a specific CaveWing named Malachite). They look "exactly" like your standard bat, "except mutated" (Also according to Malachite). They have the "largest ears you've ever seen" and a cat-like face with a pointy, upward-facing nose. They have large, powerful wings with "weird talons" at the end that resemble a human thumb. They have cloudy blue blind eyes that often never have pupils- although some BatWings are known to have faded-away pupils, and in rare cases, normal pupils (that still don't work).

## Government

Instead of your standard "queen" government, the BatWings have a complicated democracy-like government. (See below.)

### Honor Fliers

Honor Fliers are a lot like commanders or advisors. They literally have no power, though.

A BatWing may choose not to follow advice or any commands from Honor Fliers, but it is often considered extremely rude to do so. Due to this, a vast majority of BatWings that don't follow the orders of Honor Fliers are adolescents.

Each Honor Flier is assigned to a certain cave. The only non-taken cave is Cave Loyalty, but that is where the All-Hearing One resides.

Known Honor Fliers and their assigned caves include:

* Swiftwings - Cave Trust
* Falcon - Cave Strength
* Aethalops - Cave Paradise
* Anoura - Cave Honesty
* Kerivoula - Cave Victory
* Honeylover - Cave Persistence
* Membrane - Cave Honor
* Mimon - Cave Triumph
* Murina - Cave Success

### All-Hearing One

The All-Hearing One is considered to be the queen or king of the tribe by other tribes, though this is far from the truth. The All-Hearing One organizes votes.

Votes often happen daily, and there are votes from as simple as "Do we have apples or nectarines for lunch today?" to "How many volunteers should we gather for attacking the CaveWings?".

Although the All-Hearing One organizes votes, they often get the final say. But votes are *always* more powerful than the All-Hearing One.

Those who disobey the All-Hearing One's commands (and their reason for disobeying is not rational) will be shamed, but not punished. If the ignoring continues, the BatWing will be forced to go into the "Spike Pit" which is a somewhat-cruel jail, though the BatWings don't think it's cruel- probably because it rarely ever happens.

The current All-Hearing One is: All-Hearing Listener.

## Religion

BatWings have their own religion that has literally zero evidence to back it up. In the BatWing universe, the religion does not exist. In other words, they live a lie. It's noted that some BatWings have other religions- the other BatWings do accept this.

Here is the legend of the Loudest Sound:

The first god, Myotis, created The Cavern Isles and possibly some other continents (the BatWings never knew whether or not they were the only ones) with the largest squeak he'd ever squeaked. This was called the Loudest Sound. Myotis, tired from this creation, flew to the Galactic Cave to hang upside down, sleeping with his thoughts, hoping he could continue his Great Project.

The second god, Pipistrelle, came to sleep with Myotis shortly after. On her way, she saw Myotis' Great Project. *Wow,* she thought, *what has Myotis created?*

Pipistrelle carried on to the cave and greeted Myotis, who woke up upon her entry. "Myotis, what have you created?" She asked.

Myotis smiled. "It's a project that will last eternity. It'll be fun, after we make this project, we can make another, and another, and another... I call it the Great Project. It's a brilliant idea."

Pipistrelle tilted her head. "What?"

"I said it'd be brilliant," Myotis frowned.

"Myotis, I can't hear you."

Myotis realized he couldn't hear himself either. He'd lost his voice creating the Loudest Sound.

Without a way to communicate, Pipistrelle decided to continue Myotis' project herself. She created a version of herself, and then even more versions. They were small and tiny, and they squeaked a lot. These were called the First Fliers.

Pipistrelle told another god about the Great Project. Their name was Acerodon. Acerodon was excited about the project, and asked if they could contribute. Pipistrelle agreed.

Acerodon made gray lizards that lived in the caves with the First Fliers. They ate anything they could find, and were dumber compared to the First Fliers, who still weren't exactly bright.

One night, Pipistrelle told Acerodon a story that excited them. It is unknown what story was told. Acerodon was known to get excited very easily, and they bounced up and down the room in joy. Doing so, they lost their metaphorical grip on their part of the project.

They awoke to the lizards eating the First Fliers, devouring them brutally in the cruelest ways possible. Acerodon screamed in shock and anger.

Pipistrelle was more shocked than Acerodon. She began to panic. She used her power to strengthen the First Fliers. They grew larger, stronger, and smarter, deserving of a better name- BatWings. The BatWings defended themselves. But then, the BatWings were angry that so many of their brethren had died, and continued fighting the lizards. The lizards were the ones to run now.

Now everyone was panicked- except the BatWings, who were furious. Acerodon strengthened her species, giving them wings to escape and making them bigger and stronger than the BatWings. However, there were now less lizards than BatWings, giving them a fair advantage. These lizards were now called the CaveWings. The CaveWings were outnumbered, but the BatWings were outmatched.

Acerodon separated the CaveWings and BatWings and assigned them both caves- but then they began expanding and fighting over caves. Pipistrelle came to the conclusion that the fighting could not be fixed, and instructed Acerodon to no longer interfere with the tribes.

The BatWings and CaveWings have continued fighting ever since.

## Abilities

BatWings have notably large ears, which are used for echolocation, since they are blind. Due to this, they are nearly impossible to sneak up on. They have powerful wings, which allow them to fly fast in the dark. They are very stealthy fliers, their wings are designed to make no sound at night. They have somewhat good fire breath, though notably not as powerful as most tribes. They can hang upside down, which allows for "Swing Pranks" that are mostly performed by Echo. (Swing Pranks are where BatWings hang upside down. When they hear a dragon come by, they swing open their wings and yell something to scare them, most commonly "Boo!" Swing Pranks, according to Echo, "work every time! It's hilarious.") They are notably horrible at combat, and their best weapon is their fire and their large, pointy fangs.

## Disabilities

The only known BatWing disability is lack of hearing. Deaf BatWings are shunned by their own tribe. The parents of the child will either kill it or kick it out of the tribe, but not before tearing their ears to mark that they are deaf. Deaf BatWings are ignored, but most BatWings still take pity on them. There are no known BatWings without scars or torn ears, and therefore if you want to make a deaf BatWing OC, they must have torn ears and scars.

The reason for the rejection of the Deaf BatWings is because their whole tribe honors the sense of hearing. The whole tribe pretty much worships the sense. If a Deaf BatWing is produced, then the rest of the tribe will take it as a sign from their gods that they have done something to upset them. Atheist BatWings probably don't care that much.

However, there is known to be a BatWing that was mistaken as deaf, although he wasn't. His ears were torn and he survived his father trying to kill him. See: Tornears (Link + Page missing)

## Names

BatWings are named after a large amount of things: Flying animals such as birds, different types and genera of bats, pollinators, honeys, fruits, anything to do with hearing or darkness, and even NightWing-like names such as "Swiftwings" or "Tornears".

## Language

BatWings have a small language made of squeaking, but it only contains a few words. Completely fluent BatWings don't exist, because the words this language includes are:

* We are under attack!
* Attack!
* Help!
* Gather food.
* Go see the All-Hearing One.

## Relationships

Enemies:

* CaveWings

Allies:

No allies so far! Let me know if you want to ally in the comments.

## Making your own OCs + CaveWings

CaveWings were created by my friend, who doesn't have a Fandom account. I might make a page dedicated for CaveWings sometime, but for now, please do not make ANY CaveWing OCs.

As for your own OCs, these names are TAKEN by my own BatWing + CaveWing (they have similar names) characters:

* Tornears
* Echo
* Malachite
* Stalactite
* Stalagmite
* Swiftwings
* Listener
* Falcon
* Hummingbird
* Aethalops
* Myotis
* Acerodon
* Pipistrelle
* Kerivoula
* Honeylover
* Membrane
* Mimon
* Anoura
* Murina

You may make your own BatWing OC without permission as long as you read these rules:

Animus BatWings are NOT allowed. BatWings have never had animus bloodline, and their semi-frail bones aren't powerful enough to contain such a power.

Hybrids with fanon and canon tribes are allowed.

There is no royalty. See "Government" above.

Deaf BatWings are shunned by their own tribe. They would not be able to survive on their own. You could make one, but it would be a miracle for them to survive.

Post your BatWing OC in the comments.

Pure (which means non-hybrid) BatWings will always be blind. If they are a hybrid, then they might be able to see, but they would see extremely poorly. No exceptions.

Current BatWing OCs:

* None! Be the first to post yours in the comments.

## Trivia

* BatWings are usually referred to as simply "bats" by their peers, similar to how dragons call each other, well, dragons. BatWings think of themselves as non-dragons, although their genetics show otherwise.