Changes: Black Marrow Dragon

Black Marrow Dragon
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Release Date	October 31, 2010
Elemental Affinity	Death ;
Morphology	Western
Base Rarity	Limited release
BSA	None
Habitat	No Habitat;
Color	Black, maroon, white
Nicknames	Marrow
Spriters ;	Dovealove, ; Seiss;

Revision as of 23:12, 30 May 2020

Black Marrows, or Halloween 2010 Dragons, are the Halloween dragons released in 2010.

Due to the large amount of traffic generated by this release, "The Lagmonster" struck during the Black Marrow release. Because of this unusually high site lag, TJ09 added a second row of eggs to the cave for this release.

Under the old Breed sort, these dragons sorted as "Halloween 2010 Dragon" on a user's scroll. As of August 14, 2016, they now sort using their Encyclopedia name.

Official Dragon Descriptions

Egg

"This egg is covered in a dark crust."

Hatchling

"This hatchling could hardly be considered cute."

Mature Hatchling

"This hatchling could hardly be considered cute.
Look it has grown wings! At least it isn't quite as naked-looking anymore."

Adult

"Black Marrows are named for their dark colored hides which are encased in a distinct exoskeleton. Their skull and the top edges of their spine push out from under the skin as they age. As such, their young need excessive amounts of calcium for this armor to develop. The older a Black Marrow dragon is, the more skeletal their appearance. They often use their skeletal looks to lure in foolish scavengers or terrify predators. These vicious dragons love nothing more than to crack open bones with their stony beaks and eat the marrow inside. Voracious scavengers, Black Marrows will swarm and devour corpses both old and fresh, sometimes even dragging larger finds to the water to allow them to "ripen". Despite their dreadful demeanour and often horrid stench, Black Marrows are devoted mates and parents."

Sprite Artist(s)

Dovealove (All)
Seiss (All)

Sprites

Series	Egg	Hatchling	Mature Hatchling	Adult
Female
Male

Sprites No Longer In-Use

Series	Egg	Hatchling	Mature Hatchling	Adult
Temporary Holiday Sprites
Christmas'11 Female	-	-	-
Christmas'11 Male	-	-	-
Old Sprites
Old Female	-	-	-	File:Old Black Marrow female.gif

Egg Sequence

Stage 0	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4	Stage 5	Dead

Encyclopedia Entry

Show/Hide Entry

Appearance/Basic Anatomy

Covered in distinct exoskeleton that is black in appearance.
Youngest hatchlings are mostly red in color. Older Marrows are mostly black with red on the underside of their wings.
Stony beak meant for cracking open bones.
Typical build for their body plan.
Skeletal matter pokes through their skull and spine, all the way down their tail.
Male’s horns curve backwards while female’s horns are shorter and poke straight up.
Distinctive foul odor that is hard to get used to or ignore.
Young hatchlings look almost skinless at a first glance.

Hatchling Behavior

Youngest hatchlings mostly sit about screeching and wailing at each other.
Become more active and rambunctious as they age.
Exoskeleton pushing through skin is painful; hatchlings often rub up against trees, rocks, and each other to help the passing of bone through skin.
Play is group-oriented either with other hatchlings or adults.
Young hatchlings are brought food by parents or other adults of the clan.
Older hatchlings begin scavenging themselves but only target carcasses, not dying animals.
Hoarders of anything that catches their eye.
Group play helps hatchlings practice keeping a scavenged find.

Adult Behavior

Live in clans or packs of at least a dozen adults.
Respect earned through finding the largest and ripest carcasses.
Usually mate for life.
May take a new mate if their first mate dies.
Hatchling care is primarily the duty of the hatchling’s parents, but a group would never let a hatchling go forgotten.
Harden their beaks by putting them through rigorous use.
Sharpen their beaks on smoother rocks.
Have been known to play dead for the express purpose of drawing in other scavengers just to frighten them.

Habitat

Hardy dragons that can live in most any environment.
Do not do well in environmental extremes.
Prefer to hide eggs and hatchlings within caves.
Adults do not typically inhabit caves.

Diet

Scavengers, they will eat carcasses of nearly any animal they find.
Favorite treat is bone marrow.
Scavenge for the dead and nearly dead but will not swarm until a creature is dead.
Hatchlings get bits of larger carcasses or are given smaller carcasses of their own.
Young hatchlings cannot dig out bone marrow, so do not taste it until they are more mature.

Trivia

A bug affected the initial Black Marrow release, causing at least six adult dragons to appear genderless. This was resolved by replacing all the affected Marrows with gender-specific adults.^{[citation needed]}

Rarity

Template:Rarity poll

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-{{Infobox dragon
+{{Infobox DragonN
-|name = Black Marrow
+|image = Black Marrow male.gif
+|image2 = Black Marrow female.png
-|image = Ken5.gif
-|caption = Male Black Marrow
+|egg = Black Marrow egg.gif
+|descr = This egg is covered in a dark crust.
 |release = October 31, 2010
+|element1 = Death
-|rarity = Rare - Holiday Dragon
+|morph1 = Western
-|color = Black, Maroon, and White
+|rarity = {{C|Limited release dragons|Limited release}}
+|habitat1 = No Habitat
+|color = Black, maroon, white
 |nicknames = Marrow
+|artist1 = Dovealove
-|habitat = [[:Category:No Habitat|None - '''Breedable Only''']]}}
+|artist2 = Seiss
-'''Black Marrows''', also known as '''Halloween 2010 Dragons''' (by scroll sort), were released on [[Dragon Release Timeline|October 31, 2010]] without any limit to the number per scroll. Black Marrows are able to breed with dragons other than Drakes, Pygmies, and Two-Headed dragons. They can also breed with their own kind and other Holiday Dragons. However, they can only produce young of their species during the Halloween breeding period.
+}}
+'''Black Marrows''', or '''Halloween 2010 Dragons''', are the [[Halloween]] dragons released in 2010.
-Due to the hype of this release, the [[Lagmonster]] attacked once again. Many users stated during the release that, because of the lag, they didn't even stand a chance to catch an egg. Because of this and the lag, [[:Category:TJ09|TJ09]] for the first time added a [[:File:2rows of eggs.jpg|second row]] of eggs on the site during the release. There was also a glitch which affected this species in which at least six adult dragons had no gender. In the beginning it was not clear whether they would remain ungendered or would be replaced with a gendered adult. The glitch was fixed by replacing all affected Marrows with gender-specific adults.
+Due to the large amount of traffic generated by this release, "[[The Lagmonster]]" struck during the Black Marrow release. Because of this unusually high site lag, [[:Category:TJ09|TJ09]] added a [[:File:2rows of eggs.jpg|second row of eggs]] to the cave for this release.
-When sorted by "Breed", Black Marrows are listed as "Halloween 2010 dragon" on a user's scroll.
+Under the old Breed sort, these dragons sorted as "Halloween 2010 Dragon" on a user's scroll. As of August 14, 2016, they now sort using their Encyclopedia name.
-== Official Dragon Description ==
+==Official Dragon Descriptions==
-=== [[Dragon Stages#Egg Stage|Egg]] ===
+===[[Egg]]===
 ''"This egg is covered in a dark crust."''
-=== [[Dragon Stages#Hatchling Stage|Hatchling]] ===
+===[[Hatchling]]===
 ''"This hatchling could hardly be considered cute."''
-=== [[Dragon Stages#Hatchling Stage|Mature Hatchling]] ===
+===[[Mature Hatchling]]===
-''"This hatchling could hardly be considered cute. Look it has grown wings! At least it isn't quite as naked-looking anymore."''
+''"This hatchling could hardly be considered cute.<br />Look it has grown wings! At least it isn't quite as naked-looking anymore."''
-=== [[Dragon Stages#Adult Stage|Adult]] ===
+===[[Adult]]===
 ''"Black Marrows are named for their dark colored hides which are encased in a distinct exoskeleton. Their skull and the top edges of their spine push out from under the skin as they age. As such, their young need excessive amounts of calcium for this armor to develop. The older a Black Marrow dragon is, the more skeletal their appearance. They often use their skeletal looks to lure in foolish scavengers or terrify predators. These vicious dragons love nothing more than to crack open bones with their stony beaks and eat the marrow inside. Voracious scavengers, Black Marrows will swarm and devour corpses both old and fresh, sometimes even dragging larger finds to the water to allow them to "ripen". Despite their dreadful demeanour and often horrid stench, Black Marrows are devoted mates and parents."''
-== Sprite Artist(s) ==
+==Sprite Artist(s)==
 *[[:Category:Dovealove|Dovealove]] (All)
 *[[:Category:Seiss|Seiss]] (All)
-== Sprites ==
+==Sprites==
-{{Template:Table Start}}
+{{Table Start}}
-{{Template:Table Header|Series|150|Egg|100|Hatchling|100|Mature Hatchling|100|Adult|100}}
+{{Table Header|Series|130|Egg|100|Hatchling|100|Mature Hatchling|130|Adult|100}}
-{{Template:Table Row2|Female||[[File:F7og.gif]]|2|[[File:6iET.gif]]|2|[[File:GHST.gif]]|2|[[File:NewMarrowSprite.png]]}}
+{{Table Row2|Female||[[File:Black Marrow egg.gif]]|2|[[File:Black Marrow hatchi.gif]]|2|[[File:Black Marrow mature hatchi.gif]]|2|[[File:Black Marrow female.png]]}}
-{{Template:Table Row|Male||[[File:Ken5.gif]]}}
+{{Table Row|Male||[[File:Black Marrow male.gif]]}}
+{{Table End}}
-{{Template:Table Row|Temporary Holiday Sprites|5|}}
-{{Template:Table Row|[[Christmas 2011 Dragon Dress Up|Christmas'11]]<br>Female||-||-||-||[[File:Black Marrow female Christmas-2011.png]]}}
+===Sprites No Longer In-Use===
-{{Template:Table Row|[[Christmas 2011 Dragon Dress Up|Christmas'11]]<br>Male||-||-||-||[[File:Black_Marrow.png]]}}
+<div class="mw-customtoggle-Sprites wikia-menu-button">'''Show/Hide Table'''</div>
-{{Template:Table Row|Old Sprites|5}}
+<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" id="mw-customcollapsible-Sprites">
-{{Template:Table Row|Old Female||-||-||-||[[File:BlackMarrowAdultF.gif]]}}
-{{Template:Table End}}
+{{Table Start}}
+{{Table Header|Series|130|Egg|100|Hatchling|100|Mature Hatchling|130|Adult|100}}
+{{Table Row|'''Temporary Holiday Sprites'''|5|}}
+{{Table Row2|[[Christmas 2011 Dragon Dress Up|Christmas'11]]<br />Female||-|2|-|2|-|2|[[File:Black Marrow female Christmas 2011.png]]}}
+{{Table Row|[[Christmas 2011 Dragon Dress Up|Christmas'11]]<br />Male||[[File:Black Marrow male Christmas 2011.png]]}}
+{{Table Row|'''Old Sprites'''|5}}
+{{Table Row|Old Female||-||-||-||[[File:Old Black Marrow female.gif]]}}
+{{Table End}}
+</div>
+==[[Egg#Egg Sequence|Egg Sequence]]==
+{{Egg sequence|Black Marrow egg.gif|Black Marrow crack 1.gif|Black Marrow crack 2.png|Black Marrow crack 3.png|Black Marrow crack 4.png|Black Marrow crack 5.png|Black Marrow dead egg.gif}}
+==Encyclopedia Entry==
+{{Encyclo_Entry
+|anatomy =
+*Covered in distinct exoskeleton that is black in appearance.
+*Youngest hatchlings are mostly red in color. Older Marrows are mostly black with red on the underside of their wings.
+*Stony beak meant for cracking open bones.
+*Typical build for their body plan.
+*Skeletal matter pokes through their skull and spine, all the way down their tail.
+*Male’s horns curve backwards while female’s horns are shorter and poke straight up.
+*Distinctive foul odor that is hard to get used to or ignore.
+*Young hatchlings look almost skinless at a first glance.
+|hatchling =
+*Youngest hatchlings mostly sit about screeching and wailing at each other.
+*Become more active and rambunctious as they age.
+*Exoskeleton pushing through skin is painful; hatchlings often rub up against trees, rocks, and each other to help the passing of bone through skin.
+*Play is group-oriented either with other hatchlings or adults.
+*Young hatchlings are brought food by parents or other adults of the clan.
+*Older hatchlings begin scavenging themselves but only target carcasses, not dying animals.
+*Hoarders of anything that catches their eye.
+*Group play helps hatchlings practice keeping a scavenged find.
+|adult =
+*Live in clans or packs of at least a dozen adults.
+*Respect earned through finding the largest and ripest carcasses.
+*Usually mate for life.
+*May take a new mate if their first mate dies.
+*Hatchling care is primarily the duty of the hatchling’s parents, but a group would never let a hatchling go forgotten.
+*Harden their beaks by putting them through rigorous use.
+*Sharpen their beaks on smoother rocks.
+*Have been known to play dead for the express purpose of drawing in other scavengers just to frighten them.
+|habitat =
+*Hardy dragons that can live in most any environment.
+*Do not do well in environmental extremes.
+*Prefer to hide eggs and hatchlings within caves.
+*Adults do not typically inhabit caves.
+|diet =
+*Scavengers, they will eat carcasses of nearly any animal they find.
+*Favorite treat is bone marrow.
+*Scavenge for the dead and nearly dead but will not swarm until a creature is dead.
+*Hatchlings get bits of larger carcasses or are given smaller carcasses of their own.
+*Young hatchlings cannot dig out bone marrow, so do not taste it until they are more mature.
+}}
+==Trivia==
+*A bug affected the initial Black Marrow release, causing at least six adult dragons to appear genderless. This was resolved by replacing all the affected Marrows with gender-specific adults.{{Cite}}
+==Rarity==
+{{Rarity poll}}
-== [[Dragon Stages#Egg Sequence|Egg Sequence]] ==
-{{egg sequence|F7og.gif|Black Marrow 1st stage.gif|Black Marrow 2nd stage.png|Black Marrow 3rd stage.png|Black Marrow 4th stage.png|Black Marrow 5th stage.png|Black Marrow dead stage.gif}}
-<noinclude>
 [[ru:Дракон_Темная_сущность]]
-</noinclude>
 [[Category:No Habitat]]
 [[Category:Dragon Types]]
 [[Category:Holiday]]
-[[Category:Rare Dragons]]
 [[Category:Dovealove]]
 [[Category:Seiss]]
-[[Category:Halloween Dragons]]
+[[Category:Halloween dragons]]
 [[Category:Western Dragons]]
-[[Category:Halloween]]
 [[Category:Death Element Dragons]]
+[[Category:Encyclopedia Entry]]
+[[Category:Destruction aligned dragons]]
+[[Category:Primary Affinity: Death]]
+[[Category:Standard dragons]]
+[[Category:Limited release dragons]]
+[[Category:2010-10-31 Halloween 2010 release]]