SandWings

dusty crusty musty

Basic Traits

 * Biologically and anatomically, SandWings are built to live in the desert. Their bronze, golden and yellow scales provide prominent camouflage in their surroundings and are also significantly beautiful and different from those of other tribes. SandWing scales can also be reddish, brown or even black in certain genetic cases not due to hybridism. It is also common for SandWings to have freckles and markings, such as the diamond patterns common among the SandWing Royal Family.
 * SandWings are one of the larger tribes of Pyrrhia, though not as large as SkyWings nor MudWings. They retain slender bodies and broad shoulders, giving the tribe an eerie, snakelike demeanor. A long frill runs from their snouts and down to the end of their spines as a means of heat endurance. The head of a SandWing is very angular, with a small horn beneath each ear, a short and compact snout, as well as a small, rhinoceros-like horn at the end of the snout.
 * All SandWings have forked black tongues, only adding onto the snakelike appearance, and almost always have glittery, pitch black or dark brown eyes, save for those with genetic differences. On the tip of their tail is a prominent barb filled with lethal venom capable of killing a full-grown dragon.

Accessories

 * SandWing accessories are always very vibrant, just as the tribe's culture is known to be. Scarves and tattoos are often found on those in the Scorpion Den or out travelling in the desert. Royalty rarely wear scarves, as they are a sign of poverty, let alone have tattoos or frill piercings. Leather is often a common resource used in tailoring as well. It is often worn by those involved in underhanded practices, especially assassins and mercenaries.
 * Poorer dragons are usually seen wearing scarves, especially females. SandWing scarves are made from cotton and depending on wealth, dyed with various natural dyes from desert plants, especially those from flowers. Those who can afford dyes from the rain forest often use them to show off what meager wealth their have.
 * Wealthier dragons often wear silks and jewels, while only royalty are seen wearing onyx, skyfire, animus-enchanted items and crowns. Silks are often imported from the RainWings or purchased off of smugglers from the Scorpion Den.