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Pluracrura @pluracrura.bsky.social · Aug 15

a neurotoxic venom that causes muscle cramps. A sting can easily lead to drowning. During intraspecies combat, the dragons are protected from each other's venom through partial immunity and osteoderms around vulnerable areas. (3/3)

Pluracrura @pluracrura.bsky.social · Aug 15

appearance and size, the dragon prefers to feed on aquatic plants like seagrass. However, if presented the opportunity, it will snack on small prey and crush them between its sharp beak. For defense, the beast is armed with a total of six spines, all of which can deliver (2/3)

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Pluracrura @pluracrura.bsky.social · Aug 15

#smaugust #smaugustcircle Day 11: Devonian
This creature belongs to a group of dolusdracoform dragons which only kept one pair of limbs and often took to the water. Its species is euryhaline, meaning it can live both in freshwater and in saltwater. Despite its intimidating (1/3)

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Pluracrura @pluracrura.bsky.social · Aug 14

this dragon to be a fast and nimble hunter underwater to make up for its dazzling colouration. I bet it would be found around coral reefs. (2/2)

Pluracrura @pluracrura.bsky.social · Aug 14

#smaugust #smaugustcircle Day 8 & 9: Mineral + Salt Water
Here we have another Dragon Mania Legends redesign, the Jade Devil. Due to its jade-inspiration and its aquatic features, I found it fitting to be a combination of the two prompts Mineral and Salt Water. I imagine (1/2)

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wizard 🐉 comms open! @aurumdrake.bsky.social · Aug 10

Smaugust Day 8 - Mineral 💎

Click for better quality + Full art in the replies! This took me a lot of time to finish, so now I gotta play catch-up with the prompts :'D

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Veins of magic streak throughout Archai, giving life and power to the world. Special arcanophilic organisms grow and thrive along these places of power, and the denizens of this world rely on their presence for vital nutrients.
In the case of these wyverns, they have come to this ancient cliff to scrape away at a fossilized leyline. Eons ago, it was once a colony of arcanophilic bacteria thriving in an ancient sea. Though now it's power has been greatly reduced, it still has enough kick to power a dragons' special flame emitting organs, of which these small guivers are using to scare away the peaceful newcomers.

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wizard 🐉 comms open! @aurumdrake.bsky.social · Aug 12

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Pluracrura @pluracrura.bsky.social · Aug 14

has to rid himself of the rest if he doesn't want to die from exhaustion or to a predator exploiting his situation.

There were a lot of things happening in my private life so I sadly had to take a break from Smaugust. Luckily, I'm starting to catch up again :) (3/3)

Pluracrura @pluracrura.bsky.social · Aug 14

inexperienced male unfortunately got impaled by its competitor. The bigger male has won, but at what cost: His horns got stuck in the skull of the dead male. He decided to use his sheering beak, his claws and brute force to take off his competitors head. Now, the survivor (2/3)

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Pluracrura @pluracrura.bsky.social · Aug 14

#smaugust #smaugustcircle Day 7 & 10: Corpse + Rival
An older and a younger male of this herbivorous, novadracoform dragon species got into a fight for dominance during the mating season. Usually, these battles are more of a pushing contest, but this time, the younger, (1/3)

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Pluracrura @pluracrura.bsky.social · Aug 7

heat resistant. At the same time, their close-knit behaviour allows them to also inhabit colder regions of Zemystojan by conserving heat within the coil.

This one took me longer than expected, oh well. (4/4)

Pluracrura @pluracrura.bsky.social · Aug 7

hunting, the coil appears to be a single dragon. The hunting tactics involve multiple members spitting fire at their target from different angles and others wrapping around the prey's limbs so it can't flee. Due to these dragons' lifestyle, their bodies have to be quite (3/4)

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Pluracrura @pluracrura.bsky.social · Aug 7

is usually lead by the largest female and the coil members communicate with each other via facial colour changes and pheromones. Coils can number from about 10 to 30 individuals. Impressively, the group coordination seems to be so ingrained and sophisticated that when (2/4)

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Pluracrura @pluracrura.bsky.social · Aug 7

#smaugust #smaugustcircle Day 6: Coil
One might make the mistake to think that this is a single organism. However, it is actually a so called "coil" of many members of a diumvermian dragon species. These dragons eat, sleep, move and hunt together as a coil. The coil
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wizard 🐉 comms open! @aurumdrake.bsky.social · Aug 7

I am feeling quite sick still, so I have decided to take a break for today. Todays prompt is "corpse," which I may revisit later, but for now, check out this dragon I did last year that still fits todays theme. 😁

wizard 🐉 comms open! @aurumdrake.bsky.social · Oct 23

A spooky dragon fitting for the season #dragon #smaugust #creaturedesign

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Pluracrura @pluracrura.bsky.social · Aug 6

can swallow whole. Females are the better fliers and swimmers and care for the young which they hatch on land in nesting colonies.

Tomorrow I will catch up with two posts me thinks. (4/4)

Pluracrura @pluracrura.bsky.social · Aug 6

flying due to their features and expend a lot of energy during the mating season. Consequently, most of them have a considerably lower life-span than females.
This dragon spends most of its time in and near coastal waters where it dives for fish and basically anything it (3/4)

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Pluracrura @pluracrura.bsky.social · Aug 6

Each individual male tries to stand out with its own unique poses and moves. Females of the species choose their partner based on their dances, the size of their display features, their stamina and the strength of their colouration. Males can have difficulty swimming and (2/4)

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Pluracrura @pluracrura.bsky.social · Aug 6

#smaugust2025 #smaugustcircle Day 5: Dancer
Males of this novadracoform dragon species possess long display features on the jaw and tail and an even larger veil-like membrane than females. They show these off during elaborate breaching maneuvers during the mating season. (1/4)

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wizard 🐉 comms open! @aurumdrake.bsky.social · Aug 6

Smaugust Day 6 - Coil 🐍

Full art in the replies! I had fun with this one

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wizard 🐉 comms open! @aurumdrake.bsky.social · Aug 5

Smaugust Day 5 - Dance 🦋

I wanted to keep it simple for today but that didn't end up happening :,D

Full art in the replies!

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Pluracrura @pluracrura.bsky.social · Aug 5

Pretty big, a person could barely look one in the eye if they approached one on land.

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Pluracrura @pluracrura.bsky.social · Aug 4

dense enough to walk on the bottom of water bodies. This dragon tends to swallow and store lots of water which it can boil and then shoot out as hot steam in order to defend itself. Luckily, members of the species are considered to be gentle giants most of the time. (2/2)

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Pluracrura @pluracrura.bsky.social · Aug 4

#smaugustcircle #smaugust Day 4: Steam
For today, I took another crack at redesigning a dragon from Dragon Mania Legends, the Geyser Dragon.
I imagine it spending a considerable time in water and being rather resistant to all kinds of poor water quality. Like hippos, it is (1/2)

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Pluracrura @pluracrura.bsky.social · Aug 4

Can't stop gushing about this, this might be my new fav dragon of yours 🔥

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