Hailscale is a recent ice clan based in Cloudchill, Warfang mainland. Hailscale descends from the former leading ice clan, Winter's Yield, which collapsed in 2731, shortly after being dethroned by Clan Frostspear.
History
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The former leading ice clan, Winter's Yield, reigned from 2571 to 2729 by their merit as scholars, Dragon Masters, Justices, and Guards. By the year 2700, the weakening of their position was noticeable. Much of its newest generations of adults were under-achieving, and the older generations filling powerful positions were dying out and being replaced by other clans.
When the Warfang Council whispered of replacing Winter's Yield with Clan Frostspear, who at this time was the strongest, most influential clan in the Guard, the Patriarch of Winter's Yield panicked. He established draconian rules and extreme punishments for his clan to force them to pick up the slack. It did not have the effect he desired; some members left the clan, others suffered permanent or fatal physical injuries from his punishments, burned out from overworking themselves, or developed detrimental psychological issues over the conditions of their homes.
This solidified the clan's downfall, and the Council and ice clans of the time came together and voted for Frostspear to replace Winter's Yield. The clan moved out of their 1st District estate, moving far off to the Abandoned Arctic - a barren wasteland that dragons no longer occupy. This was at the whim of the Patriarch, who was said to be no longer sound of mind, not only due to his clan's fall, but due to what he had done to his own family over the last decades of his life.
Winter's Yield was barely heard from for the next two years. What trades and positions the clan had held was pulled out of when they lost their position as leading ice clan. Due to their complete exit from Warfang society, there were already suggestions to remove their clan status.
But when Frostspear sent the Guard to investigate the silence of Winter's Yield, they found that the clan's new estate in the Arctic was unfinished, and empty. No bodies were found in or around the land.
Information
Name
Allegiance
Colors
Banner
Element
Trade
Location
Leader
Heir
Founder
Founding Year
Living Members
Hailscale
Warfang
Navy blue, blue, light blue
Hail falling from the stars displaying clan colors
Ice
Guard, diverse
Cloudchill (main estate)
Warfang City (minor estate)
Commander Zesair
Captain Haglair
Commander Hagleda
Year 2909
138
Appears in
Destiny Intertwined (Chapter 1)
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The only signs of what may have happened were abandoned belongings miles away from Winter's land; ripped furs, waterskins, cups. But no bodies. Though Frostspear investigated thoroughly, the truth of what happened was to remain a mystery forever. For the lack of signs of struggle within the estate, Frostspear's official theory was that the unwell Patriarch of Winter's Yield dragged the remnants of his clan into the midst of nowhere where they all became lost and died of the crippling cold, their bodies buried by the frequent blizzards.
The only remnants of Winter's Yield were the members who had walked out early on and remained in the city, now clanless. Many of these participated in the search for answers and solemnly supported Frostspear's theory.
In the face of their tragedy, the elders of the family gathered all who were left and swore to persevere and rebuild their family to their former glory. They pledged loyalty to Frostspear who in kind granted them opportunities within the Guard. Over the decades, the remnant family rebuilt their numbers, raising and training their children for the Guard. Having learned from the errors of their last Patriarch, they made sure to not repeat his mistakes. They didn't push their children out of fear of punishment but rather raised them to desire their lost glory. While the family heavily favored the Guard, they were open to other prestigious goals such as Dragon Master and Justice as their heritage had once boasted, playing into the strengths of each new individual.
Almost two centuries after the fall of Winter's Yield, its descendants had grown powerful once more, boasting a plethora of Commanders, Captains, Justices, and Dragon Masters across several generations. In 2909, the Council granted this new bloodline their own clan status. The family became Clan Hailscale, referencing the snowfall markings that had overtaken their members since the fall of Winter's Yield.
Clan Trait
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Hailscale is most known for its snowfall markings - a covering of 'snow' on their backs and/or falling snow/hail markings. These markings are soft in appearance. Notably, these markings occurred after the suspected deaths of the rest of the family's bloodline - as though those who remained alive were grimly marked in the way their kin perished; frozen and buried by snowfall. This is not lost on Hailscale, which bears these markings to remember their lost kin as well as a reminder to not repeat history.
Beyond this, Hailscale commonly has horns and soft spurs that blend into their scales, giving the shape of icicles growing from their heads, spines, tails, and limbs. These can be frills, which may sometimes be feathery in appearance.
Another common trait is their semi-translucent, wavy, fin-like frills, which often glimmer with specs of 'falling snow'. This particular trait once belonged to Winter's Yield.
Elements
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Hailscale is a pure ice clan. They possess all ice variants except black ice. The distribution is as follows;
Ice (138 total)
Blue (56)
White (34)
Deep Blue (28)
Aqua (17)
Purple (3)
Trade
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Hailscale is first and foremost a Guard clan, with 70% of their adult members being career Guards. The other 30% are Scholars, Dragon Masters, Justices, Clan Ambassadors, and other respectable trades.
Reproduction and Eggs
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Hailscale only allows for contracts and unions with other pure ice dragons. While members are allowed to be involved with and unify with non-ice dragons, the offspring of such unions will never be recognized as part of Hailscale. Due to their taught and ingrained belief in purity, however, this rarely happens.
In contracts, Hailscale will choose eggs bearing their snowfall trait first and foremost. In unions both romantic and arranged, they naturally keep all eggs and recognize all as clan members unless this was denied as a condition to the romantic union.
Notable Members
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Commander Hagleda (Founder and Former Matriarch, deceased)
Commander Zesair (Patriarch, great grandson of Hagleda)
Captain Haglair (Heir, second born child of Zesair)
Guardian Glacer (second cousin of Haglair)
Flurric (third cousin of Zesair, deceased)
Elurra (daughter of Flurric)
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