SnakeWings

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SnakeWings, known as serpent dragons to humans, are a large omnivorous Paliran tribe of dragons with scales from green to blue to brown. They usually have amber or yellow eyes but animus SnakeWings hatch with black eyes.

They live on the "horn" of Palira and their land stretches past Vision lake. They are known more commonly for their animus trait, which they share with the ThornWings.

## Description

SnakeWings are often seen with green, blue or brown scales, though mostly royals only have dark green scales. Their eyes are almost always a piercing vibrant yellow unless they are an animus, which means they will be black.

SnakeWings have long, slim figures with large wings and forked snakelike tongues. They have sharp, venomous teeth or claws and an extra spike in front of their two straight horns. Their length of their tails can never be properly determined, while small spikes run from behind their horns to their tails.

They are stereotyped to be fear-inducing and slithery, able to hide in the shadows and lash out as they slash dragons with venomous claws. This, however, was proven to be false at the first Paliran Meet after what is called The War of Fire and Ants.

## Diet

SnakeWings typically eat snakes or wild prey, as they have a specific list about whose pet is whose and what pet is a pet and not food. Some SnakeWings eat fruit, as it is pretty common due to their savannah mainly having fruit trees, and are very skilled in knowledge of herbs.

## Abilities

The tribe has long, sharp claws which have venom inside of them and long, sharp teeth with even longer canines, which also might have venom. They can choose how long or short their tail is, and if it is long enough, some are able to strangle their enemies with it.

## Animus magic

Sometimes, if a relative has the power, a SnakeWing can be an animus, where their eyes are a deep, pitch black instead of amber or yellow. Before Queen Viper's reign, they were very strict with magic and would smash the egg if they found out it had animus magic, even if the dragonet hadn't even inherited the power.

Two of the most known SnakeWing animus dragons are King Sidewinder and Princess Cobra.

## Society

SnakeWings are strong, commanding, and strike fear into the hearts of those who meet them, even after the rumours have been proven to be false. They stayed out of the way of The WindWing Takeover, and also didn't take part in The War of Fire and Ants. In the time of Queen Boa royal SnakeWings treated their dragonets like rubbish, testing their limits to the point that some of them died. A common punishment for misbehaving royal dragonets during her reign was that they would be sent off to a small, isolated rock that barely counts as an island called Snake Rock for a week, and if they came back they would be deemed worthy enough to become an heir, if they were a princess. Princesses before doing this would not be able to challenge or inherit the throne until they passed the Serpent Test.

#### The Serpent Test

The Serpent Test was a common test for dragonets in Queen Boa's ninety-three-year reign. This was where a squadron of SnakeWings would take a certain dragonet princess and leave them on a rock that barely counted as an island called Snake Rock. The princess would be left there for a week, and if they came back, they would be deemed worthy enough to become an heir. Princesses before doing this would not be able to challenge or inherit the throne until they passed the Serpent Test. Snake Rock was later destroyed by Queen Viper.

The Serpent Test is also the most used punishment for misbehaving royal dragonets, though is not so gender-specific, and if they are a prince would only come back more respected than they were before. Most dragonets, either doing it as the heir test or just for punishment, were likely to never come back.

## Names

SnakeWing names are chosen by the mother, with help from the father. They are commonly named after species of snakes, like Sidewinder or Boa, the movements of snakes, like Slither, or other snake-related things, such as Serpent.

Here is a list of SnakeWing names.

### Male SnakeWing names

* Blue **(Or Blue Racer)**
* Ball Python **(Or just Ball or Python)**
* Cape
* Coil
* Elephant
* Hog-Nosed
* Hydra
* Jungle
* Lancehead
* Russell
* Rubber
* Ringneck
* Slither
* Stealth
* Trunk **(Elephant trunk snake)**
* Western Fox **(Or just Western or Fox)**

### Female SnakeWing Names

* African Bush **(Or just Bush)**
* Angitia **(Roman snake goddess)**
* Anaconda
* Black Mamba **(Or just Black)**
* Corn
* Coral **(A type of Cobra, Cape Coral Cobra)**
* Eyelash **(Yes, this is a real type of viper)**
* Golden
* Mamba
* Red Spitting **(Or just Red)**
* Sunbeam
* Spitting
* Sea Snake
* White Lipped **(Or just White or Lipped)**

### Known Animus SnakeWings

* Princess Cobra
* King Sidewinder

### Royal SnakeWings

* Queen Viper
* King Sidewinder
* Princess Python **(Queen Viper's Mother)**
* Prince Shield **(Queen Viper's Brother)**
* Princess Racer **(Queen Viper's Aunt)**

## Habitat

If Palira is shaped like a dragon breathing fire, the SnakeWings' territory goes from the "horn" of the dragon to the eye (Vision Lake). They like in a vast, wide-open savannah with a few trees. Some of these trees hold fruit.

Queen Hurricane gave Queen Boa Vision Lake two years before Queen Hurricane's death, which happened during the time of The War of Fire and Ants, despite the WindWings having never been involved in the War,

Queen Viper gave Queen Herring the "ear" of Palira due to the ThornWings expanding their territory. The super-tribe's excuses were that, as they had two kingdoms to manage now, they needed all the land they could get. Queen Herring let Queen Blackthorn have some of their land, even though the FlightWings had had way less still even before Queen Blackthorn asked for more territory.