Maybe They'll Start Using Boats Again In Order To Transport Goods Between The Continents

Maybe they'll start using boats again in order to transport goods between the continents

An illustration of three dragons--an orange SkyWing, a light-blue IceWing, and a brown HiveWing--all flying over the ocean, seemingly carrying a wooden crate that is suspended by their legs and tails. This scene is from the sci-fi wof fanfic, "The Outpost" on AO3.

What are they carrying?

Queen Snowfall: A Haiku

The queen of IceWings,

With regal scales of shining

White is Queen Snowfall.

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dabuffchickenman

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dabuffchickenman

2 weeks ago

What's your opinion on Chameleon? (I'm still confused how he learned to read and write when rainwings don't have literature from what I remember, but apparently his handwriting is also horrible.)

A scene in an urban desert environment. Chameleon the Rainwing is walking along a sand path that is flanked by rows of white brick buildings. Windows are covered with blinds and curtains adorn a nearby door, offering privacy to whoever is inside. Chameleon is shown from the side, looking back at something off-panel. His wings are dragging on the floor and he is carrying travel supplies on his back. A sign in the shape of a snake hangs from the wall of the building behind him.

Rainwings do indeed not have literature, or a concept of currency or wealth for that matter. But keep in mind that Chameleon was banished from his tribe and spent a significant portion of his life outside the rain forest. Presumably he picked up a rudimentary understanding of how to read while having to live within these new environments.

We don't really know where he went, if I recall correctly--outside of the fact that he eventually wound up in the Sky Kingdom, presumably after Scarlet found him and made him her newest toy.

While thinking about this question, I settled on a personal headcanon that, after he was exiled from the Rain Kingdom, he ended up in the desert at first. Either at the Scorpion Den, or some outlier Sandwing town that went unmentioned in the books (I like to imagine the continent bigger, with a lot of smaller dragon settlements dotted around in every territory in addition to the big ones).

In the desert, unsure of how to subsist in this unfamiliar climate, Chameleon temporarily got roped into the service of some Sandwing merchant who owned the dragon equivalent of a pawn shop/curiosity store. There he was taught enough to be able to read labels and sort merchandise correctly, and figured out the very basics of literacy from that.

As a bonus, this kind of background would also put him into proximity of antique items which might explain how he eventually came into possession of Darkstalker's scroll. It also introduces him to the concept of personal wealth (Sandwings being a particularly mercantile and materialistic tribe) and informs his later obsession with acquiring it. And lastly it tells us how he turned villainous, as being forced to work in retail for long enough will turn even the most patient and virtuous of souls to the brink.