Talk:Tideweaver Lindwyrm

Tidals as Amphipteres
(I've never done this, so excuse me if I'm using this page incorrectly)

It was my understanding that amphipteres were wyrms + wings. So even if a tidal's wings are used for swimming, aren't they still amphipteres? Is there a reason that a dragon can't be in both the leviathan class and the amphiptere class? Furthermore, I can't seem to find anything that officially refers to them as leviathans, rather than sea serpents. Why was that decided as the name?

Paperkite (talk) 23:13, September 17, 2015 (UTC)

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 * Yes they are essentially wyrms with wings, but they need to be able to fly with those wings too. If they're just for decoration as in this case, it doesn't really count, much like Gaia Xenowyrms have insect-like wing-fins on their backs. A dragon can belong to both classes although it's very rare considering the body structure required to fly is very useless underwater and vice-versa; that's why birds that swim can't fly (note that this excludes birds that dive, I'm referring to full-time swimmers like penguins- they have special body forms that would be terrible in flight due to water being a heavier medium). Sea serpents aren't really dragons, they're snakes or serpents as the name suggests. Sea serpent vs leviathan is like wyrm vs serpent. Leviathans are the dragon counterpart to sea serpents. Leviathans is the general name given to dragons that live either entirely or majority underwater.