Magelight Pygmy

Magelight Pygmy Wyverns were released on the 20th of May 2015 alongside Greater Spotted Drake and Hooktalon dragons as part of Dragon Cave's 9th birthday celebration. They are common and can only breed with other Pygmies or Pumpkin dragons. Currently, Magelight Pygmy Wyverns have no breed specific action. This dragon sorts between Dark Myst Pygmy (Pygmy Dark Myst) and Misfit Pygmy (Pygmy Misfit) in breed sort.

Egg
"This small egg is engulfed in a cool, purple flame."

Hatchling
"Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. The flame on its tail casts a flickering light."

Mature Hatchling
"Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. The flame on its tail casts a flickering light.

''And look! It has grown wings! It must be close to maturing."''

Adult
"Magelight Pygmy Wyverns make their homes deep under the earth, and produce a flammable, oily secretion from the tips of their tails to make light. The substance is long-burning, and brooding mothers douse their eggs in the oil while they incubate. Hatchlings’ tails subsequently catch fire at birth after coming into contact with their burning shells. Magelights are useful to human miners, as they are docile and easily trained to alert to the presence of methane damps, caved sections of tunnel, and proximity of nearby dragons to ensure the safety of crews."

Sprite Artist

 * Marrionetta (All)

Additional information
Marrionetta revealed her preference for Pumpkin Dragon mate pairings for Magelight Pygmy Wyverns when another user commented that they could make a good pairing: "Marrionetta"

- Oh, that was quick.

I made the original teeny sprite that would eventually come to be remade as the female magelight because I wanted a 'candle' to pair with pumpkins.

Good eye.

In response to requests for more information, Marrionetta posted some: "Marrionetta"

- In my best understanding, Pygmies are cat/dog sized, yes. Pumpkins are on the larger end of the range, whatever that happens to be, and Magelights are comparably sized. I know Vicats was pushing for a 4-10lb range for the original Pygmies, so I assume Pumpkins and Magelights are probably up to 30 or 40lbs - of course this is all dependent on a future standardized sizing scale, and my thoughts on their sizes are going to be flexible. n_n

"Marrionetta"

- Magelights detect methane and other flammable gases in the air in the low parts per million, and extinguish their tails quickly to prevent catastrophic fire by comically shoving the ends in their mouths to smother the flame.

Magelights honk a bit like peafowl, and while capable of telepathic communication like other dragons, don't usually have a lot to say.

Their pointed beaks are used as a dexterous appendage, due to their lack of hands or wing thumbs. This specialized tool doesn't develop until near adulthood, and Magelights are particularly awkward and vulnerable in adolescence due to the lengthening of their phalanges and the sudden absence of manipulatable hands. Puberty sucks.

The oily, resinous secretion they produce as a firestarter can be harvested and used by humans, but its smell when inert and unburnt is particularly foul. Its odor is remnicient of a mixture of rotting oysters and low quality grain liquor. It can be condensed into an oleoresin block, which can be stored for a time and kept in emergency kits, but only in a metal cannister sealed with wax, as it tends to oxidize quickly and smell all the worse. It should be noted that pursuading a Magelight pygmy to produce extra oil for collection usually involves extensive bribery and begging on the part of the poor fool who assumed it'd be a good idea.

Magelight pygmies are opportunistic feeders and will eat just about anything.

They are social by nature, and seek out the company of other individuals of their species, other dragons, and humans.

In response to a question on how their flames worked, Marrionetta replied: "Marrionetta"

- They can probably breathe fire and relight themselves if the flame goes out. I assume the purple flame is caused by the chemical composition of their oily goo, but the fact that it's cool to the touch is probably caused by mana interference.