SkunkyArt | kenyizsu — Torontal WIP

Tongue curling up during firebreath: quite a sudden and wild idea, not gonna lie. It's probably way too over the top and dumb, but it was worth sketching out, I think I am a dummy!

Neck frill: based on lizards, cuz why not. While I don't think Kíonadracos revere fire the way we humans had done so (then again, many ancient or primitive human cultures give special significance to spit...), the ability to actually breathe fire is important to them. So wouldn't it be extra nice if the males also had their adornment around that very significant organ?

Wingshape: I put slightly more thought into it, although still not entirely sure about the way to go yet. Thanks to DragonMarquise for sharing a very helpful post about realistic dragon wings, nonetheless! I might be able to think up something a bit more extra that also doesn't entirely mess up clothing for these dragons. Oh yeah, unlike the other three dragon species , Kíonadracos are big on clothing - mostly because they live up north (in the current worldbuilding, that is).

Why is he holding a bell, specifically? Well, mostly just for fun, but also... I want Torontál to be a versatile warrior with a collection of hopefully strange weapons (that may or may not be practical in the real world), and one of them is a weird idea that has to do something with a large bell. We will see how things progress. Nod

Bonus ancient writing! I want the writing of the long gone dragon empire to feature in the world of Great Avalon, even though nobody can read it now. While I don't have an actual alphabet and writing method figured out yet, I do have ideas for the overall visual style of the writing, and where it might have come from (and maybe even the very architecture of the empire).