dragonotes » about Archaeoraptor

This info is usually on my clan profile in some form, but to expand on it:

• My primary means of making dragon cash is exalting. I used to buy fodder off the Auction House in droves, but these days I mostly self-breed & hoard the hatches until a daily bonus hits. If I buy a dragon, it’s probably destined to be a fodder breeder (unless the bio indicates otherwise)!
   Fodder always goes through the coli wringer before exalting, so names are guaranteed. Sometimes I notice bio notes before sendoff; more often I don’t.
• Always happy to see fodder dragons get real homes! I’m very open to
  • returning a dragon to the original seller/breeder,
  • attempting to rehome a dragon, at the request of of the breeder/seller, and/or
  • just sending a dragon along to anyone who’s interested.
  Just toss me a PM :>
• sales: Outside designated sales or fodder tabs, dragons who I’ve gened and/or dressed are extremely unlikely to be sold. That said, you’re welcome to ask, and I’ll note your interest in the dragon’s bio! Just know that the longer I’ve had a dragon, the more I’m probably attached.
  • Project breeders are also up for grabs! Note that I can be very, very slow to finish breeding projects. If you’ve asked for a dragon and are inactive when I’m finished with them, the dragon will be held at my own discretion.
• breeding: A-OK with temporary (fodder, breeding, sales) dragons! Everyone else is a solid maybe. I generally prefer not to breed G1s or lore permas, but I totally understand the plight of trying to get That One Color Combination—so if one of my dragons can help, I’ll definitely consider it!
  • Do note that I may or may not be willing to lend my dragon out for the nesting. More likely, I’d prefer that the breeding takes place in my lair, or that we both send our dragons to an established nest renter.
• friends: Mostly people I know, and occasionally others I’ve had nice exchanges with! Y’all’re welcome to my cauldron, nests, food, and/or leveling services at any time. (Non-friends can also inquire about the above, though I may want some form of payment depending on the request.)
  • No random friend requests.
  • Sometimes I remove people who I don’t know elsewhere and/or barely interact with. Nothing personal!

When I’m not finagling spreadsheets, you can probably find me in the Coliseum, lurking the forums, or just faffing about.

There have been several attempts, over the years, to establish One Consistent Clan, and inevitably the groups downsize and/or scatter as I lose interest. I have long surrendered to entropy. My dragons live all over Sornieth; sometimes they know each other, and more often they don’t.

Sometimes coherent ideas happen, and when they do I ramble about them in the thread linked above. Invariably these concepts prove ephemeral. I have fun with my lizards and that’s all I really care about ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

• unsolicited youth pastiche: When I was a kid, way before the Flight Rising website was established, I discovered the FR founder & artist Undel through one of her how-to-draw books! A note in the back encourages readers to make up their own dragons and imagine stories for them. This was a huge kick for me to get into writing, as a general hobby.
• on the Flight allegiance: When I joined FR, I chose Plague because I thought the deities were previews of the dragons you could get. Shadow was a close second. Love me some edgy horror-y aesthetics.
  • Shadow and Ice have long been my go-to “if you had to change flights, where to?” answers. But in July 2025, after 10 years as an intermittently-devoted Plagueling, I switched to Lightning because this website turned me into a spreadsheet fiend. Also, cyan is cool.
• for the historical record: Back in my registration window days, there were 15 dragons a page, non-negotiable; no den, no tabs. Baldwin did not exist—not as a Bogsneak, not as a Pearlcatcher, he just wasn’t. You couldn’t search the Auction House, not to half the extent you can now. Multi-hued genes were barely a thing. Ancient breeds? Fuhgeddaboutit. Take a gander at the chronological update reference, and know that it makes me feel very Dragon Old sometimes.
• obligatory breed favoritism: Hypothetically, I don’t have all-time favorites, just breeds that I like more consistently than others. In practice, I am ever a sucker for male-pose Spirals and Aethers. Smiley noodles and doofy bugs :D
  

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