#wof bigtail

[flawseer]

Jade Mountain Academy students

#3 - Nightwing chapter

The Jade Mountain Nightwing chapter, also known as "the part where Mightyclaws carries the entire weight of the Quartz winglet's canon characterization by himself". There are a bunch of wacky headcanons that have snuck their way on here. Shout-out to the deliberation on Nightwing powers by my partner @flamebringer0.

Moonwatcher

Tribe - Nightwing

Winglet - Jade

Color - Iridescent black and blue

Relatives - none on site

Clawmate(s) - Kinkajou (Rainwing), Carnelian (Skywing)

Favorite subject - Literacy

Least fav. subject - did not disclose

Physical characteristics - three prominent silver-colored scales on face (two adjacent to each eye, one in center of forehead); scale clusters of iridescent blue and green along neck, torso, and tail; small stature, round features with well-defined musculature

Other characteristics - socially subdued, quiet, mother reported history of migraines (suggest keeping stock of pain-relieving herbs on hand in medical cave, monitor hydration habits); appears ostracized from fellow Nightwing students (suggest communication seminar)

Bigtail

Tribe - Nightwing

Winglet - Gold

Color - Dark ash

Relatives - none on site

Clawmate(s) - Pike (Seawing), Flame (Skywing)

Favorite subject - History

Least fav. subject - Science

Physical characteristics - nasal ridge sloped; large stature, uneven distribution of body mass; tail size and length medium to underdeveloped

Other characteristics - body shows signs of extreme long-term malnutrition (suggest dietary seminar and monitoring of food intake); caught bringing bottle of cactus wine into classroom (confiscated, reprimanded after incident but monitor future behavior)

Fearless

Tribe - Nightwing

Winglet - Silver

Color - Charcoal black and red

Relatives - none on site

Clawmate(s) - Sepia (Mudwing)

Favorite subject - History

Least fav. subject - Literacy

Physical characteristics - long dorsal spines; localized reddish accents; stature is noticeably small and thin

Other characteristics - body shows signs of extreme long-term malnutrition (suggest dietary seminar and monitoring of food intake); fixation on Nightwing culture (gently encourage diversifying interests)

Mindreader

Tribe - Nightwing

Winglet - Copper

Color - Charcoal black

Relatives - none on site

Clawmate(s) - Alba (Icewing), Snail (Seawing)

Favorite subject - Cultural Exchange

Least fav. subject - History

Physical characteristics - black teardrop scales adjacent to both eyes; size is average, features appear very gaunt

Other characteristics - body shows signs of extreme long-term malnutrition (suggest dietary seminar and monitoring of food intake); appears socially open and well-adjusted

Mightyclaws

Tribe - Nightwing

Winglet - Quartz

Color - Shadow gray

Relatives - none on site

Clawmate(s) - Barracuda (Seawing)

Favorite subject - Art

Least fav. subject - Anatomy

Physical characteristics - light horns, bent; prominent jawline; small stature with uneven distribution of body mass

Other characteristics - body shows signs of extreme long-term malnutrition, noticeably stressed during meal times (suggest dietary seminar, monitoring of food intake, and counseling); artistically inclined, has started therapeutic painting to cope with post-traumatic stress (at behest of staff)

[confusedlittleguy]

:p seven instead of the regular nine bc i drew them too big

part four

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[resident-wof-expert]

Tsunami: And while risk and death are nothing new to us, two students dying on the same day is certainly a big deal.

Tsunami: I'm gonna level with you. It's honestly insane that this academy is still open.

Kinkajou: This isn't a very good eulogy.

Turtle: Isn't it weird that we're still going to class the next day? Like, we don't even get a day off or anything?

[sidyashchiy-na-plakhe]

Tell us about other names in Russian translation

As you already know, the names of characters in book translations can... change. Yes, names shouldn't change in theory, but in WoF this is important because this world has a different naming system. Therefore, most of the character names in the Russian translation of WoF are simply translated or not changed. But there are exceptions. For example, names that don't sound right or simply don't translate. That's why translators... change the characters' names. Sometimes not much, and sometimes...a lot:

Foeslayer – Fierce (rus: Люта/Lyuta). Mightyclaws – Claw (Коготь/Kogot').

Bigtail – Tail (Хвост/Hvost).

Scarlet – Purple (Пурпур/Purpur).

Winter – Cold (Холод/Holod). His name was changed because the word "winter" is feminine in russian, so it was inappropriate for a male character to have such name. For the same reason, Dune's and Turtle's names was changed.

Dune - Barkhan (Бархан/Barkhan).

Darkstalker – Darkstealer (Мракокрад/Mrakokrad).

Fathom - Depths (Глубин/Glubin).

Battlewinner – Dominant (Доминанта/Dominanta).

Starflight – Starwing (Звездокрыл/Zvezdokril).

Turtle - Shell (Карапакс/Karapaks).

Auklet – Guillemot (Кайра/Kaira)

Etc. But I would like to highlight some names.

Glory – Aureole (Ореола/Oreola). Aureole, or the sun's halo, is a rare natural, celestial phenomenon. To be honest, I think this name suits Glory better. Because she was supposed to be the "wings of sky", from the prophecy. Therefore, she was named after a beautiful celestial phenomenon, so that it would have at least something of “skywing” in her.

Another funny situation came up with the names Moonwatcher and Luna. The problem is that "moon" in russian sounds like "luna". Therefore... the translators could not allow that there would be two characters in the books with completely identical names. So...they changed Luna's name to "Lunia". It was so funny for me to read the dialogue between Moon and Luna when they said that their names are similar because of the butterfly, although in translation the differences in their names are a couple of letters.

[wuzhere75]

Another round of base edits from 2021, this starting the round of minor JMA students 1/3

Carnelian

Bigtail

Pike

Sepia

Thrush

[ilikemicrowaves]

Pov my Flame and Bigtail au

If your interested in this au, please send an ask!

[lillyosaurus]

bigtail

[shiftywing]

gold winglet you will always be iconic

[jflxwr]

need more found families that actually fucking hate each other, r very open abt it, would kill each other with no hesitation if they could and the only reason they stay together is because they're forced to

[exocynraku]

bigtail

[werefeathers]

reread moon rising. loved it

[ravewing]

i like pike hes so silly

[mothiesdragonpile]

Drawing every Wings of Fire dragon in alphabetical order:

A random background character and 2 of the 3 SandWing sisters

[resident-wof-expert]

Pike: What do you have beating inside you?

Flame: Hate.

Tamarin: No, no, no, the thing that pumps blood through your veins.

Icicle: Rage.

Bigtail: No, it's a vital organ.

Sora: Vengeance.

[sombrathedragon]

Here me out:

So we have (technically) canonical dark purple, (Fatespeaker) dark blue, (Bigtail, Deathbringer) and dark green (Foeslayer) Nightwings, but what about dark red, orange, and yellow Nightswings. Please. I need a red/orange/yellow Nightwing born under a Bloodmoon and their name is Bloodmoon. PLEASE. IF. DONT SEE A NIGHTWING LIKE THIS IN THE FOURTH ARC IM GOING TO LOSE IT.