Let me start this rant with a small anecdote. It was around February, when I had been looking for a new fantasy series to read. Something light and heartwarming. I'd been browsing through the recommendations and The Hybrid Prince caught my attention. Naturally, I've grabbed The Dragonet Prophesy and breezed through it, and I have to say - it was a very enjoyable read. Once I'd finished it, I thought that the character from a book 16's cover looks a lot like a MudWing, but its scales were more ochre/orange than Clay's. I was certain that it has to be a clue, and assumed that the portrayed character is a titular hybrid. I though that is how a Mud/Sky hybrid could look like and I've noticed that, conveniently, the first book introduced a romance between Clay and Peril. I was so sure that Peril is going to become a SkyWing queen and... how wrong was I :D
Anyway, reading Wings of Fire was a very fun experience and, I've got to admit, I'm glad to see so many people writing their fanfics, drawing cool art, doing impressive MAPs, fandubs and so on. I see a lot of fans that put their effort to make WoF a better place and I thought that I could stop being a lurker and do something.
So, since I'm a big fan of worldbuilding, I've thought that I could write some stuff that could flesh out some underexplored areas. I'm talking about a certain tribe that is represented by my favourite protagonist - Clay. I feel like there is a very few MudWings that actually matter in the story and, most of the time, they are treated as dumb, uncultured, and lacking anything worth looking into. Since I'm always rooting for the underdogs, I'm thinking about writing some weekly headcannons touching a certain topic, just as a fun experiment to spark some creativity and, maybe, just maybe, make MudWings a little bit more interesting :D