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::Basically, by doing this, we can ensure that future images will be accurate. Plus, it's sure to help out those who are starting a new image from scratch. [[User:Almaron|Almaron]] 15:45, 23 September 2010 (PDT)
 
::Basically, by doing this, we can ensure that future images will be accurate. Plus, it's sure to help out those who are starting a new image from scratch. [[User:Almaron|Almaron]] 15:45, 23 September 2010 (PDT)
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:::Just wandered back here and felt I should add that many of the dragons were just names with no description in the first few books.  Most of my dragons were drawn before book 4 was published.  So when I colored my Chequered Nettle there wasn't anything that said it wasn't purple. :) (And in my opinion it has really big white checks not stripes).  Since then, the breed has been described but I like my purple one so I didn't update it.  Art projects based on books always have "canonical" flaws due to artist prerogative or just not having enough info when you are working.  If you feel my drawing doesn't reflect the most recent data (which it doesn't), by all means draw your own. :) --[[User:Mooir|Mooir]] 20:10, 17 October 2011 (MDT)
 
  
 
Right, there's just been a statement in Ask Naomi saying that many of the breeds have been inspired by butterflies or birds, as some of us have already noted. I think it's fair to say that the colouring will match. We should update this page with conjectural notes regarding the colouring. [[User:Almaron|Almaron]] 02:44, 20 August 2011 (MDT)
 
Right, there's just been a statement in Ask Naomi saying that many of the breeds have been inspired by butterflies or birds, as some of us have already noted. I think it's fair to say that the colouring will match. We should update this page with conjectural notes regarding the colouring. [[User:Almaron|Almaron]] 02:44, 20 August 2011 (MDT)
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*Akhal-Teke - Horse
 
*Akhal-Teke - Horse
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*Alaman - (Wombat1138) Possibly a Turkish word for warhorse
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*Alaman - ?
 
*Anglewing - Butterfly
 
*Anglewing - Butterfly
 
*Berghexe - Butterfly (Has different name in English)
 
*Berghexe - Butterfly (Has different name in English)
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*Parnassian - Butterfly
 
*Parnassian - Butterfly
 
*Pascal's Blue - Perhaps Historical, perhaps inspired by a member of Subfamily Polyommatinae
 
*Pascal's Blue - Perhaps Historical, perhaps inspired by a member of Subfamily Polyommatinae
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*Pecheur-Couronne - (Wombat1138) Possibly Bird, derived from Crested Kingfisher
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*Pecheur-Couronne
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*Pecheur-Raye - (Wombat1138) Possibly Bird, derived from Striped Kingfisher
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*Pecheur-Raye
 
*Petit Chevalier
 
*Petit Chevalier
 
*Plein-Vite
 
*Plein-Vite
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[[User:Almaron|Almaron]] 02:47, 6 October 2011 (MDT)
 
[[User:Almaron|Almaron]] 02:47, 6 October 2011 (MDT)
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: I'm still wondering whether the two "Pecheurs" may be derived from kingfishers-- the "Pecheur Couronne" (lit. "crowned fisher") from the Crested Kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris; actual French name ''Martin-pêcheur tacheté''); the Pecheur-Raye (lit. "striped fisher") from the Striped Kingfisher (Halcyon chelicuti; actual French name ''Martin-chasseur strié'').  [http://www.mhref.com/breeds/akhal-teke/history.html This page] mentions "Alaman" as a Turkish term for "raiding" horses, often of the Akhal-Teke breed; [http://www.akhalteke.info/pre-1900-type-1-63-en.html this page] translates "alaman-at" as "warhorses", again in the context of describing Akhal-Teke horses.  --[[User:Wombat1138|Wombat1138]] 13:18, 8 October 2011 (MDT)
 
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::Sounds good to me, I'll add your notes to the list above. At some point we should add these notes to both this page and the trivia sections of all the Dragon Breeds. [[User:Almaron|Almaron]] 14:10, 8 October 2011 (MDT)
 

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