Wher Colors|

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Gold: Golds are the largest canon whers, ranging from thirty to thirty-five feet in length. They were the original queens and the only egg bearers before the mutations. Their hides range from a dusty yellow to a rusty gold. They are built for stamina with stocky builds and large wings that tend to make flights last longer. They usually clutch 11-40 eggs, usually over 20 eggs during threadfall. They tend to be very stubborn dragons and can be hard to control during their first flight, thus they tend to choose those of a strong nature. They are female, and Impress only female.

Bronze: Bronzes are the largest male whers, ranging from twenty-five to thirty feet in length. They are built for stamina and speed and are usually of a bulky build. They are usually rather arrogant, commanding and authoritative. Their natural bravery and logic makes them natural leaders. Their hides tend to be a metallic bronze color, ranging in darkness. They participate in a queen's run, but they will also participate in other runs. They are male, and usually prefer bonding to males.

Brown: Browns are slightly smaller than bronzes, though some do grow to the size of small Bronzes. The range from twenty to twenty-five feet in length and usually have a rather wide wingspread for whers. Browns tend to be calm thinkers and tend to be very serious. They prefer bonding to those who have the exact same nature as them. Browns hides vary from a light, soil brown to a deep, chocolate brown. Male only.

Blue: Blues can be from fifteen to twenty feet in length, and their body build varies from thin and lithe to almost as stocky as a Brown. Blues tend to be rather mellow creatures, but their personalities vary quite a bit. They tend to be quite emphatic, picking up on emotions and seeming to feed off them, and tend to be rather lighthearted and humble. They love seeking to prove that they are worth their weight in firestone, and it's important to watch this dynamic, risk taking wher for signs of strain because, chances are, he'll try to hide it while he's busy out-doing the larger whers. This is another reason that Blues are forbidden to chase queens. Blues prefer mostly to bond with males, there have been female Blue wher-handlers.

Green: Greens can be from ten to fifteen feet in length, and are generally quite agile and lithe for watch-whers. They bond with males and females equally, but it is advised to have female handlers for Greens because women seem to be able to handle the wher's emotions better than most men would, thus making more stable whers. Greens run on a here-now state of mind, and are passionate and run by their feelings. Of course, they don't have the intelligence and foresight of the larger colors, but they go by their gut feeling, which oftentimes proves to be right. Greens are known to be flirtatious, and can Rise anywhere from once a month to once every two months. They are sterile.

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Roan: These males are broad and stolid, with long, broad wings that can propel them through the air with surprising speed. Their hides are mottled several shades of gray up close, with the barest tinge of steel blue, but the farther away a viewer is, the more blue a roan appears to have in his hide. That is how the mutant got its name, from the salt-and-pepper gray coat of some runnerbeasts who also look blue from a distance.
Roans epitomize browns, in a way: they are laid back, impossible to provoke, affectionate, tend to indolence, and very sweet-natured. They often aren't the brightest stars in the galaxy, but they're mellow enough that few hold it against them. They often bond with handlers with snappier dispositions -- the wher mellows the handler, and the handler keeps the wher from becoming fat and lazy.

Ruby: They are deep red, though a rare few run lighter. Scales cover their chests and thighs, just like their draconic counterparts. Their scales are semi-translucent, and when the light strikes them, they shimmer and glow. They are roughly brown-sized, with a slightly longer wingspan. They are slow growing, and for the first year of their life they won't be much bigger than a very small blue. After that their growing speeds up, and they'll reach full growth by three. The handler they bond to never seems good enough to them. They are female, and bond to either gender.

Opal: Opals range greatly in size; one opal might be as large as a gold while another might be as small as a large brown. Their hides are a glow with numerous colors, marvelous swirls of blue, white, yellow, and even purple dancing across their sturdy, well built bodies. Clutches can be anywhere between 11-25 eggs, though, like a gold's, the clutch could be larger. Riding along with their spontaneous and unpredictable nature, Opals like to bond with those of a rebellious character much like themselves, as they generally dislike being told they cannot do something or should not. One should keep a close eye on opal whers because, chances are, she will cause quite the situation. Opals are queen whers, ranked with golds, and bond almost exclusively to women.

Dune/sand: Sands are roughly small blue to large-green sized. They have a very grainy hide that differs from wher to wher on exact roughness and hue, but is mostly a light, sandy-tan. There are a few that vary, like the red-dunes, the yellow-dunes, and the extremely rare black-dune. Their personality shifts as they grow older, from a spazztastic little wherling to a wise old thing. They are always born male, but as they age most turn female, while a very select few remain male. They bond to either gender, but prefer those who aren't quite sure of themselves.
They grow more fertile as they age, with females clutching more eggs with each clutch and males siring more eggs with each successful Run. Females can choose if they want to clutch after their Run, and have the ability to reserve sperm in case there is a clutch shortage.
Their clutches range from 5-25 eggs, with the possibility of more as the female reaches a older age. They are not queens, but may be able to clutch a queen egg -- but as for its contents, no one is sure as they don't usually hatch.

Solar: Solars are thoroughly healthy Brown sized, with a rare few managing larger, and generally tend to bond with males. They tend to have the mindset males, like themselves, will be easier to coax into competition, though examples of female Solarhandlers exist sparingly. Their hides are a complicated swirling of a golden orange-yellow, with no variation aside from the fact that every Solar has a different set of striped pattern across their hide that is usually a very bright white-yellow. Along their jawline, several spikes jut out, those closer to the end of the jaw larger and those nearer to the front shorter. Aside from their hide and these jaw spikes, they are fairly normal looking...Right? Well, no. They are, what would appear, terribly disproportionate. Their tails are too long, limbs too awkward and lanky, build too lithe or bulky. Oddly, this pulls together perfectly, though not for the younger Solar wherlings. No, they are always tripping over themselves and their various limbs. Once they grow out of that clumsy stage, they grow to be rather cynical, curt creatures. They are rarely if ever impressed, by anything, and often give the aura of being dull. Were it not for the fact that they are rash, impulsive daredevils, they would be. A word to the wise, don't ever challenge or dare a Solar to do anything. You'll lose your marks and then have to listen to the boastful aftermath when they prove you wrong and run circles around you in dizzying turns and flips.