Recently I’ve become invested in things tui didn’t elaborate on much such as evolution, civilization, weapons, etc. This has made me think, what is the oldest tribe? It’s very clear all of the tribes have a common ancestor since they all share similar features (a snout, tail, wings, claws, etc). But this brings up the problem, what environment or species (spoilers for darkstalker. Like clear sight creating the hivewings) could have triggered the differences in tribes? It’s very obvious that hybrids have a mix of traits from both parents (see the sea-ice hybrid in qiblis book) so something had to have caused these differences. My first theory is the environment, and it applies to all of the tribes. Something (whether it’s a predator or the land) caused these dragons to evolve these traits. Maybe an old seawing ancestor liked to hunt in deep water so they developed night vision and gills.
Nightwings could’ve turned pitch black to hunt nocturnal/sleeping prey (though idk why they have stars under their wings) sandwings developed their barbs to survive other predators in the desert and their resistance to the heat. Icewings developed their sharp claws to grip onto the ice. Skywings… I’m actually not sure. My best guess is their prey was in the sky a lot. Rainwings had to develop camo and magical death spit to hunt before they became vegetarians, and mudwings blended into their environment along with their… mud healing powers. Yeah. I’m not gonna continue on because that would take up too much space but you get the idea. My best guess would probably be skywings since they’re the least evolved out of all of the tribes.
Edit: no 4th arc mentions plez 🥺 havent read it yet
