#Hivewings

[espion7971]

HiveWing tribe sheet!

i know i dont talk about silkwings a whole lot in this one, but they're next so you'll hear plenty about them. have fun with my hivewing ideas!

Physical Appearance + Traits:

-HiveWings are the smallest and lightest tribe across the continents, with a distinct appearance resembling insects - specifically bees and wasps, but with some characteristics reminiscent of others. Their colors can range across the whole yellow-to-red spectrum, occasionally even crossing into green. They also can have a wide variety of black markings across their faces and bodies.

-HiveWings are said to be descended directly from Clearsight, crossbred between her and the ancient BeetleWings. It is possible that her foreign genes made some effect - some NightWing traits are visible in their faces, for example - but likely the majority of their adaptations, like the black scales, were caused by natural evolution and not by Clearsight. 

-Some HiveWings are born with an extra ability; this can be any out of a list of options. Some have a stinger, which can be located on their wrist or tail, or beside their claws. Their venom can sometimes just be painful, sometimes induce paralysis, and sometimes cause nausea and lightheadedness. Generally, black stripes across the body indicate the presence of stingers. Some also have fangs that can deliver any of the above forms of venom. A few also have other miscellaneous abilities, like an unpleasant and repelling scent.

-HiveWings have long, straight wings that resemble those of dragonflies or bees, with transparent and delicate membranes between them. Their wings are stiff and cannot be folded like other dragons; instead, they rest them horizontally on their backs. To fly, they vibrate them rapidly, creating a buzzing sound and lifting off the ground. They can fly quickly and with great maneuverability, but it takes a lot of energy.

-They have a generally slim and sharp appearance, with many spines across their bodies and a sharply narrowed underside. 

-The amount of black that HiveWings have across their bodies varies greatly, but the more there is the more desirable they’re considered. Nearly all-black HiveWings are seen as being the closest to Clearsight.

-Most HiveWings have black markings around their eyes, which, like SandWings and SkyWings, are used to mitigate the glaring sun across the flat, dry savanas they inhabit.

Life Cycle:

-HiveWings lay by far the largest clutches of eggs of any dragons, sometimes having more than twenty. However, the responsibility of raising dragonets is not on the parents; they are raised communally by each hive’s nursery. There are records of each family tree and what dragonets were hatched from what parents, but they don’t have any innate connection to their offspring, instead preferring loyalties for the entire hive. During Queen Wasp’s rule, close interpersonal bonds that might distract from the duties of the hives were actually discouraged.

-They develop very quickly, with incubation times of barely over 2 months; once hatched, their venom has not yet come in and they are unable to fly, but they can clumsily walk and understand basic gestures from other HiveWings. 

-Right away, they are extremely socially dependent dragons. HiveWings are hatched without the venom or repellents they might eventually obtain, and as generally small and defenseless dragonets that rely on their hive to protect them. This social dependence doesn’t go away, though. They live their entire lives as a unit with the rest of their tribe. They rarely hold grudges against each other, unless they feel that one of their own is in some way a danger to the rest.

-The education system is very structured and well-regulated; all dragonets are taught the basics of literacy and tribe life, and there are multiple branches of career education they can pursue, from arts to sciences to food preparation to construction and manufacturing. 

-HiveWings grow quickly after hatching, and then so slowly as to be unnoticeable once they’re adults. Their lifespans can vary wildly; depending on genetics, sometimes they can live 100 years or even more, and sometimes they die naturally at 50 or less (shorter than any other dragons). 

Society and Culture:

-HiveWings live in hives, massive structures made from wood-pulp like the nests of paper wasps. These are complex and beautifully designed, with each vertical level designating a different part of the hive. They are built and maintained by construction crews made up largely of SilkWings.

-The hives have a strict sense of authority; the queen has the ultimate power over the tribe, and the heads of each hive make the decisions about their hives. There are other dragons with positions of authority: guards, enforcers, teachers, etc. It is in the nature of HiveWings to act according to their position and not cause disruptions.

-There are varying levels of punishments for different misdemeanors, but because of HiveWings’ extremely social nature, the most severe is solitary confinement. It is considered by some an extremely cruel punishment, and it quickly alters and deteriorates the minds and behaviors of the dragons submitted to it. Usually it is utilized in small amounts; a few days, a few weeks, as a warning. (Sometimes teachers will use a mild version, where a misbehaving student will have to spend some time in an empty room.) It has only been a lifelong sentence in a few rare cases.

-The hive operates in a way completely unique to any other tribe: necessities, like food, shelter and education are provided simply by virtue of being a HiveWing. They are not paid for. The only thing that they need to spend money on is luxuries like sweets, decorations and accessories. (This does not usually apply to SilkWings, who need to pay to build their webs and for any level of higher education. Food is provided in theory, but it is usually not sufficient as it is not prepared with a SilkWing diet in mind. They often have to buy food of their own.)

-HiveWing technology, all-around, is the most advanced of any tribe, from their intricate glass and metalwork to their beautiful and efficient construction work. (Much of it would be impossible without flamesilks, and it is likely that they stole some of their technology, and credit for it, from the SilkWings during the tree wars.)

-Beauty standards for HiveWings tend to vary from hive to hive, and they’re often based on the head of the hive. Jewel hive residents, for instance, love jewelry and bright colors and over-the-top accessories, because that’s how Jewel chooses to look. Other hives like certain colors or body shapes. The only constant is that black scales are desirable.

-HiveWings worship Clearsight, their NightWing ancestor, much like a god; they pray to her, they leave letters and offerings for her, and they look to her as their guiding light. They see the times after she arrived as the only part of history worth telling. Though Pantalan dragons speak their own language, separate from Pyrrhian, they see and use Pyrrhian as a holy language, the language of Clearsight.

-They pride themselves on being non-superstitious, but rumors and hyperbole spread so quickly through the hives that they might as well be.

Diet: Omnivorous. HiveWings eat meat and insects, but also a number of plants. A good amount of their diet, alongside SilkWings, consists of sugar, which they can make into a wide variety of things (including honey). It helps give them enough energy to fly long distances.

[ilikebookssomuch]

why are Wings of Fire fans called "fantribe" and not FanWings bc I feel like that would make more sense

[korbywo]

two WIPs of my favorite book scenes (backgrounds are placeholders!)

Queen Wasp’s green blood from The Hive Queen

Whiteout’s painting from Darkstalker Legends

[a-silver-dragoness]

Headcanon:

Although it's extremely rare these days, some HiveWings are born with a black tear shaped scale behind their eyes, and have sporadic, but weirdly accurate, dreams about the future. Unfortunately, Queen Wasp saw them as a threat to her reign, and either had the dragonets executed, or permanently controlled them through the breath of evil.

Some HiveWings are even born with silver scales on their wings, or forked tongues, which makes them very attractive to other HiveWings (clearly the goddess Clearsight has blessed them!), but these traits are uncommon in HiveWings.

[toadslug]

WASP 🕷️🕸️🧟

*** Spoilers for The Flames of Hope!!

I'm not mad about Cottonmouth turning out to be the major villain, but I wish he hadn't completely stolen the spotlight from Wasp. Wasp had really good build up!! She had the potential to be a super disturbing character (which, I get that WoF is a children's series, but I'm sure she could have been pushed liiiiitle further). Kind of disappointing, but the few scenes she does get are tense and good.

Explored some HiveWing designs with mandibles to make my design :0 And I also gave her the goofy inner teeth Xenomorphs have.

Isolated picture of her head below (because the evil cloak obscures it a little):

[who-is-this-weirdo]

Posting People's Wof Oc, Part 3 : Lineless

@eucalyptusnomore 's Oc

@finaie 's Oc

@mechacringekitty 's Oc

@namesareweird579 's Oc

[kakajoju]

Willow & Bumblebee in a pussy willow bush because man do I love pussy willows.

[burtonbabygirlguster]

[wings-of-fire-confessions]

i JUST got the joke that the hivewings are a hivemind

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[premamelody]

more md wof au stuff I kinda rush sketched

quick review I basically replaced the abslutesolver with the breath of evil bc almost 1 to 1 match and all solvers are animi. the last resistance against the HiveWings were thousands of years ago and failed. HW basically demoted silkwings into barely even dragon, a flamesilk managed to get out and burn silkwings out of an animus removal enchantment, silkwing animus appeared and at first they tried to control them by forcing one to make a collar that permanently restricts it but it worked so well they tried to control one out of fear. the boe was ditched years before and the othermind decided to get revenge by taking over discarded silkwings. Cicada was the first, enchanted by an infected animus to be an animus, and all goes similarly. it forced some silkwings into metamorphosis to be these weird hive-night hybrids labeled SwarmWings. animus silks get the special treatment and became silk-nights instead

first one is my idea of heart nori who in this au is onvia. onvia had experimented with growing a part of the BoE to control herself years before her death but was fully infected by the time she was able to use it. instead she only had access to the piece after dying, kind of rebirthed into the mindspace of her own that she had reign over. she eventually grabbed a leafwing corpse to control bc being an unmovable plant is boring. I thought of making it a canon character before I remembered those corpses would've disappeared centuries ago whoops. Also yes she decorated the leafwing with accessories bc why not.

second image is n meeting onvia. also there's solver uzi. incomparison to her silkwing appearance she has a bulkier build and some foresight. also have her learning how to fly with webbed dragon wings (n has no idea what he's doing but is there to catch her so he's doing his best. i actually had planned to have swarmwings have nightwing wings and i might change it to that depending on how much im willing to modify the hivewing base like that.)

tawny, tessa in this au. tawny is the daughter of a lady of a hive and ends up being the remaining hivewing royal after the othermind massacre on the hives. she was crowned at such a young age and thus very stressed and full of guilt. luckily (not) th othermind eventually found tawny to know too much about it to live and after a few times the hivewings stopped some infected silkwings, it just sent one into the throne room and killed her lol. and then wore her body ofc that happens in this au but I'm not gonna go into that until the next sketch :)))).

[mantatheseawing]

odette as a Hivewing

[5rcane]

Who cares if some things are dying? I don't wanna hear your crying This is all so gratifying

[zodarii-dae]

more hivewing hcs!! we see in the books that the different hives have very different cultures bc of the different rulers. so, they have stereotypes and jokes based on the hives.

tsetse hive is like the florida of pantala. the news is constantly ridiculous headlines like "tsetse dragon spotted shoplifting with lion rug on head, making lion noises" it's memed to hell and back.

a very common joke is that yellowjacket hive doesn't exist. it's right in between two of the most interesting hives, and is generally ignored. 'yellowjacket hive? what's that??' is usually the response when it's mentioned. it's also sometimes called the hurricane hive, bc it's right in the path of weather coming from the northeast, and not as secure as wasp hive. flooding is common, and repairs are often needed.

wasp hive is obviously the most strict hive, and also the most expensive. dragons there are seen as snotty and stuck up. jokes tend to be avoided during wasps reign.

jewel hive is, of course, the fashion hive. it's kind of similar to california. it's right next to the beach, and it's the most progressive hive.

bloodworm hive is known as the worst hive to live in. all of the strictness of wasp hive, with none of the benefits. dragons from here are seen as grumpy.

mantis hive is canonically the smart hive. they're seen as the nerds, and can be kind of annoying. 'um actually,,' is often used to make fun of them.

cicada hive is the normal hive. they're called boring, and treated like ohio. a lot of jokes about how everyone hates them. there's a popular candle shop that made hive candles, and theirs was unscented.

hornet hive lives up to its name, in that everyone there is always angry. hornet dragons will fuck you up. they're always ready to fight, and most of the news is 'fight at public event'. they're sorta like new york.

vinegaroon hive is the actually ignored hive. everyone always forgets about them, including the queen. poor vinegaroon hive.

feel free to use these in your work! add on any of your own ideas!!

[xxpxrgebxnniartistxx]

Art Dump time! I'll start doing these on Fridays (yes, I know it's Thursday, don't worry)

The first one is Reith, an OC of mine I haven't drawn in a while, I wanted to give them a softer design, but not a lots changed to be honest. here's an old post with my old style! ALSO they are not a WoF dragon, idk what they are but not WoF loll

The second one is hornet, and yes, I know I've been posting this goober a lot, I just really love this character! New flash, I'll be starting up a comic soon starring Hornet :000 And a character named Peace!

The last two are Eclipse, I talked about them in some of my past posts, with @inspiredwriterstory's help we have a start to a story line with Peace, Hornet, and Eclipse! I'll start up the written story first, and the. get started on the comic, so look out for those!

(Yes, I know I one of eclipses drawings I missed the eyebrows, ;-; and that they faces are different shapes for Eclipse, they are still a work in progress and neither are final designs)

Finally, if like to add that, if they want, @/inspiredwriterstory wants, I would gladly share Eclipse, Hornet, and Peace with them as OCs :∆

[who-is-this-weirdo]

Wof Ocs Part 3 - Tainted Glass

@kittykatchao 's Oc

@gremalkinn 's Oc

@soundofcomets 's Oc

@foreverephemeral-art 's Oc

[kakajoju]

A redraw of my 3 year old (??!!?) piece.

My first ever Wings of Fire OC, Weevil. In the 2nd picture I inteded for it to be a chibi/dragonet version of her but it basically looks like a smaller adult dragon lmao.

In the redraw I fully embraced the fact that I'm drawing a dragonet so I made her more bulky bcs of baby fat.

I should make a story story involving Pantala cuz man I love their tribes so much. They all have such unique wings. (I love LeafWing wings the most, they're so <3 to draw)