Changes: Snow Angel

Snow Angel
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Release Date	December 25, 2009
Elemental Affinity	Ice ;
Morphology	Western
Base Rarity	Limited release
BSA	None
Habitat	No Habitat;
Color	White, green, gold
Nicknames	SA, Christmas '09
Spriters ;	Dis, ; JaziandCo, ; TheAntimonyElement;

Revision as of 06:33, 7 August 2020

Snow Angels, or Holiday 2009 Dragons, are the all-female Holiday breed released during the Holidays of 2009. As a limited-release dragon, they are only capable of producing more Snow Angel eggs during a brief period when the Holidays are celebrated in December. They can still be bred to all year round, producing the male's breed of egg. Each scroll is limited to 2 cave-born dragons of this breed, like all other Holiday dragons.

A unique trait of the Snow Angel, and a feature not originally intended, is the existence of three possible adult sprites with three different wing patterns. The spriters worked on the Snow Angel sprite during the three weeks before Christmas and during its development, JaziandCo suggested three kind of wing patterns (referred by the spriters as "Full patterned/Full colored/Tri-colored", "White tipped" and "Full gold"). Not able to come to a decision, they asked TJ09 which pattern he liked the best. Eventually, one of the quartet had the idea to release all three types. Users' scrolls were coded to only have one type among the three possible choices, so it is not possible to obtain more than one adult sprite coloration on the same scroll. Regardless of lineage, any Snow Angel dragon will take on the adult form that the user's scroll has designated for it.

Snow Angels were the first Holiday dragon to have a Spriter's Alt version released, and the feature was added unintentionally. Originally, the artists had one of the three available designs on their scroll; Dis asked JaziandCo to make a special colored version to use as an avatar (a tan body version with Tri-Colored wings) and when TJ09 saw this new sprite, he decided to release it as a fourth exclusive version of this dragon to give only to the three spriters as a surprise, thus introducing the tradition of Spriter's Alt versions for Holiday dragons on spriters' scrolls. For this reason, there weren't Spriter's Alt hatchlings for the Snow Angel.

Under the legacy breed sort, these dragons sort as "Christmas 2009 Dragon" on a user's scroll. As of August 14, 2016, they now sort using their Encyclopedia name of "Holiday Dragon (2009)".

Official Dragon Descriptions

Egg

"This egg fills you with holiday cheer."

Hatchling

"Aww... It's a cute baby dragon. It's very festively colored."

Mature Hatchling

"Aww... It's a cute baby dragon. It's very festively colored. And look! It's grown its wings! It must be close to maturing."

Adult

"Holiday dragons are a very mysterious breed. They are only seen during winter, and even then it is hard to catch a glimpse of one. They are responsible for the general cheer that spreads during the holidays. In essence, they are the “Spirits of Winter.”"

Sprite Artist(s)

Dis (All)
JaziandCo (All)
TheAntimonyElement (Adult)

Sprites

Series	Egg	Hatchling	Mature Hatchling	Adult	Special
White Tipped					Female only breed
Full Gold					↑
Tri-Colored					↑
Spriter's Alt
Spriter's Alt	-	-	-	File:Spriter's Alt Snow Angel adult.png	First released spriter's alt on Dragon Cave

Sprites No Longer In-Use

Series	Egg	Hatchling	Mature Hatchling	Adult
Old Sprites
Old Egg (1st Version)
Old Dead Egg (2nd Version)

Egg Sequence

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

Encyclopedia Entry

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Trivia

Due to several users figuring out how sprites were assigned to scrolls, TJ removed the variations on New Year's Eve. They were eventually restored, but some users ended up with a variation different from the one they got before and, while some users got the variation they wanted, some got the one they liked the least.
Dis revealed that this dragon was intentionally designed, at its time, to be released as the first dragon whose egg color palette did not match that of its hatchling.
On December 24, 2010, all bred Snow Angels gendered male. This was a glitch and was fixed by TJ09 later.

Rarity

Template:Rarity poll

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-{{Infobox
+{{Infobox DragonN
-|Box title = Snow Angel Dragon
+|image = Snow-Angel-adult-rotator.gif
-|image = Mrry.gif
+|egg = Snow Angel egg.gif
+|descr = This egg fills you with holiday cheer.
-|caption = Full-gold variant
+|release = December 25, 2009
-|Row 1 title = [[Dragon_Release_Timeline| Release Date]]
+|element1 = Ice
-|Row 1 info = 25th of December 2009
+|morph1 = Western
-|Row 2 title = [[Dragon_Rarity_Guide| Rarity]]
+|rarity = {{C|Limited release dragons|Limited release}}
-|Row 2 info = Rare; Holiday Dragon
+|habitat1 = No Habitat
-|Row 3 title = Color
-|Row 3 info = White
+|color = White, green, gold
+|nicknames = SA, Christmas '09
-|Row 4 title = [[Breed_specific_actions| Breed specific action]]
-|Row 4 info = None
+|artist1 = Dis
+|artist2 = JaziandCo
-|Row 5 title = Nicknames
+|artist3 = TheAntimonyElement
-|Row 5 info = Buttwing, SA}}
+}}
-Snow Angels (also known as Christmas '09 dragons) were released during&nbsp;Christmas 2009, from December 25th to the 27th. Similar to the previous Christmas dragons, there was a limit of two dragons per scroll. They are classified as rare and they were the first Christmas dragons to be released as a female-exclusive species, as the two previous Christmas dragons ([[Holly]] and [[Yulebuck]]) were both a male-exclusive species. Since [http://dragcave.wikia.com/wiki/The_Change#Rare_x_Rare_breeding the change], these dragons can breed with other Holiday Dragons during Holiday breeding seasons, producing eggs of their own kind or of their mate's kind.
+'''Snow Angels''', or '''Holiday 2009 Dragons''', are the all-female [[Holiday]] breed released during the Holidays of 2009. As a limited-release dragon, they are only capable of producing more Snow Angel eggs during a brief period when the Holidays are celebrated in December. They can still be bred to all year round, producing the male's breed of egg. Each scroll is limited to 2 cave-born dragons of this breed, like all other [[:Category:Holiday dragons|Holiday dragons]].
+A unique trait of the Snow Angel, and a feature not originally intended, is the existence of three possible adult sprites with three different wing patterns. The spriters worked on the Snow Angel sprite during the three weeks before Christmas and during its development, [[:Category:JaziandCo|JaziandCo]] suggested three kind of wing patterns (referred by the spriters as "Full patterned/Full colored/Tri-colored", "White tipped" and "Full gold"). Not able to come to a decision, they asked [[:Category:TJ09|TJ09]] which pattern he liked the best. Eventually, one of the quartet had the idea to release all three types. Users' scrolls were coded to only have one type among the three possible choices, so it is not possible to obtain more than one adult sprite coloration on the same scroll. Regardless of lineage, any Snow Angel dragon will take on the adult form that the user's scroll has designated for it.
-This dragon broke many DC&nbsp;'boundaries' and held many surprises. Apart from being the first female-exclusive Christmas Dragon, it is the second feather winged dragon to be released on DC (after the [[White Dragon]]). It was also kept as a secret even from the in-cave spriters. Over the years the dragon has become numerous and its eggs often fill the [[Abandoned Page]] for a short time during the holiday.
+Snow Angels were the first Holiday dragon to have a [[Spriter's Alt]] version released, and the feature was added unintentionally. Originally, the artists had one of the three available designs on their scroll; [[:Category:Dis|Dis]] asked [[:Category:JaziandCo|JaziandCo]] to make a special colored version to use as an avatar (a tan body version with Tri-Colored wings) and when TJ09 saw this new sprite, he decided to release it as a fourth exclusive version of this dragon to give only to the three spriters as a surprise, thus introducing the tradition of Spriter's Alt versions for Holiday dragons on spriters' scrolls. For this reason, there weren't Spriter's Alt hatchlings for the Snow Angel.
-A unique trait of the Snow Angel, and a feature not originally intended is the existance of three possible adult sprites with three different wing patterns. The spriters worked on the Snow Angel sprite during the three weeks before Christmas and during its development [[:Category:JaziandCo|JaziandCo]] suggested three kind of wing patterns (referred by the spriters as "Full patterned/Full colored/Tri-colored", "White tipped" and "Full gold"). Not able to come to a decision, they asked TJ09 which pattern he liked the best. Eventually one of the quartet had the idea to release all three types. The scrolls were coded to only have one type among the three possible choices, so it was (and still is) not possible to obtain more than one adult sprite colouration on the same scroll. [[Christmas 2009|Due to several users figuring out how sprites were assigned to scrolls]], TJ removed the variations on New Year's Eve. They were eventually restored, but some users ended up with a variation different from the one they got before and, while some users got the variation they wanted, some got the one they liked the least. This caused a very large amount of drama on the Dragon Cave Forums.
+Under the legacy breed sort, these dragons sort as "Christmas 2009 Dragon" on a user's scroll. As of August 14, 2016, they now sort using their Encyclopedia name of "Holiday Dragon (2009)".
-*'''The full story of this drama can now be viewed in the [[Talk:Snow Angel Dragons|Discussion area]] of this page.'''
+==Official Dragon Descriptions==
+===[[Egg]]===
+''"This egg fills you with holiday cheer."''
+===[[Hatchling]]===
-The Snow Angel also has another particularity: it was the first Holiday Dragon to have a Spriter's Alt Version, but this introduction wasn't intentional. This dragon, like every other dragon at that time, wasn't meant to have an Alt version at all, so when their hatchlings grew up the spriters got an adult with one of the wing patterns as everyone else (as example, [[:Category:TheAntimonyElement|TheAntimonyElement]] got a White tipped adult), however one of its spriters, [[:Category:Dis|Dis]], asked to her colleague [[:Category:JaziandCo|JaziandCo]] to make a special colored version to use as avatar and so the Snow Angel with the tan colored body and tri-colored wings was created. TJ saw this new sprite and promptly decided to release a fourth exclusive version of this dragon to give only to the three spriters, introducing in this way the first Spriter's Alt version and the use to allow spriters to make a different version of an Holiday dragon for their own scrolls. For this reason, there weren't Spriter's Alt hatchlings.
+''"Aww... It's a cute baby dragon. It's very festively colored."''
-On 24th December 2010, all bred Snow Angels gendered male. This was a glitch and was fixed by [[:Category:TJ09|TJ09]] later.
-== Official Dragon Description ==
-[http://dragcave.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Stages#Adult_Stage '''Adult:''']
-''"Christmas dragons are a very mysterious breed. They are only seen during winter, and even then it is hard to catch a glimpse of one. They are responsible for the general cheer that spreads during the holidays. In essence, they are the 'Spirits of Christmas."''
-[http://dragcave.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Stages#Hatchling_Stage '''Mature Hatchling:''']
+===[[Mature Hatchling]]===
 ''"Aww... It's a cute baby dragon. It's very festively colored. And look! It's grown its wings! It must be close to maturing."''
+===[[Adult]]===
+''"Holiday dragons are a very mysterious breed. They are only seen during winter, and even then it is hard to catch a glimpse of one. They are responsible for the general cheer that spreads during the holidays. In essence, they are the “Spirits of Winter.”"''
+==Sprite Artist(s)==
-[http://dragcave.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Stages#Hatchling_Stage '''Hatchling:''']
+*[[:Category:Dis|Dis]] (All)
+*[[:Category:JaziandCo|JaziandCo]] (All)
+*[[:Category:TheAntimonyElement|TheAntimonyElement]] (Adult)
+==Sprites==
-''"Aww... It's a cute baby dragon. It's very festively colored.''"
+{{Table Start}}
+{{Table Header|Series|130|Egg|100|Hatchling|100|Mature Hatchling|130|Adult|100|Special|100}}
+{{Table Row2|White Tipped||[[File:Snow Angel egg.gif]]|3|[[File:Snow Angel hatchi.gif]]|3|[[File:Snow Angel mature hatchi.gif]]|3|[[File:Snow Angel white tipped adult.gif]]||Female only breed}}
+{{Table Row|Full Gold||[[File:Snow Angel full gold adult.gif]]||↑}}
+{{Table Row|Tri-Colored||[[File:Snow Angel tri-colored adult.gif]]||↑}}
+{{Table Row|'''[[Spriter's Alt]]'''|6|}}
+{{Table Row|Spriter's Alt||-||-||-||[[File:Spriter's_Alt_Snow_Angel_adult.png]]||First released spriter's alt on Dragon Cave}}
+{{Table End}}
+===Sprites No Longer In-Use===
+<div class="mw-customtoggle-Sprites wikia-menu-button">'''Show/Hide Table'''</div>
+<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" id="mw-customcollapsible-Sprites">
+{{Table Start}}
+{{Table Header|Series|130|Egg|100|Hatchling|100|Mature Hatchling|130|Adult|100}}
+{{Table Row|'''Old Sprites'''|5|}}
+{{Table Row|Old Egg<br /><small>(1st Version)</small>||[[File:Old_Snow_Angel_egg.gif]]|5|}}
+{{Table Row|Old Dead Egg<br /><small>(2nd Version)</small>||[[File:Old Snow Angel dead egg.gif]]|5}}
+{{Table End}}
+</div>
+==[[Egg#Egg_Sequence|Egg Sequence]]==
-[http://dragcave.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Stages#Egg_Stage '''Egg:''']
+{{Egg sequence|Snow Angel egg.gif|Snow Angel crack 1.png|Snow Angel crack 2.png|Snow Angel crack 3.png|Snow Angel crack 4.png|Snow Angel crack 5.png|Snow Angel dead egg.gif}}
+==Encyclopedia Entry==
-''"This egg fills you with holiday cheer.''"
+{{Encyclo_Entry
+|noentry = 1
+}}
+==Trivia==
+*[[:Talk:Snow Angel#How Users Worked Out What SA They Were To Receive|Due to several users figuring out]] how sprites were assigned to scrolls, TJ removed the variations on New Year's Eve. They were eventually restored, but some users ended up with a variation different from the one they got before and, while some users got the variation they wanted, some got the one they liked the least.
+*[[:Category:Dis|Dis]] revealed that this dragon was intentionally designed, at its time, to be released as the first dragon whose egg color palette did not match that of its hatchling.
+*On December 24, 2010, all bred Snow Angels gendered male. This was a glitch and was fixed by [[:Category:TJ09|TJ09]] later.
+== Rarity ==
+{{Rarity poll}}
-== Sprite Artist(s) ==
-*[[:Category:JaziandCo|JaziandCo]] (Hatchling, Adult)
-*[[:Category:TheAntimonyElement|TheAntimonyElement]] (Adult)
-*[[:Category:Dis|Dis]] (Adult, Hatchling)
+[[Category:No Habitat]]
+[[Category:Dragon breeds]]
+[[Category:Limited release dragons]]
-== Sprites ==
-Since [[:Category:TJ09|TJ09]] surprised the spriters of the Snow Angel with the special tan spriter's version, they had never created a tan hatchling set for it.
-{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4" style="width: 500px;"
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#a5b6e8" width="100"|Series
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#a5b6e8" width="100"|Egg
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#a5b6e8" width="100"|Hatchling
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#a5b6e8" width="100"|Mature Hatchling
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#a5b6e8" width="100"|Adult
-|-
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#f7f9fe" width="100"|White Tipped
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#f7f9fe" width="100"|[[File:Beautiful_christmas_egg.gif]]
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#f7f9fe" width="100"|[[File:Dragon.gif]]
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#f7f9fe" width="100"|[[File:Christmas09-2.gif]]
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#f7f9fe" width="100"|[[File:Angel2.gif]]
-|-
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#f7f9fe" width="100"|Full Gold
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#f7f9fe" width="100"|[[File:Beautiful_christmas_egg.gif]]
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#f7f9fe" width="100"|[[File:Dragon.gif]]
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#f7f9fe" width="100"|[[File:Christmas09-2.gif]]
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#f7f9fe" width="100"|[[File:Mrry.gif]]
-|-
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#f7f9fe" width="100"|Tri Colored
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#f7f9fe" width="100"|[[File:Beautiful_christmas_egg.gif]]
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#f7f9fe" width="100"|[[File:Dragon.gif]]
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#f7f9fe" width="100"|[[File:Christmas09-2.gif]]
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#f7f9fe" width="100"|[[File:Angel3.gif]]
-|-
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#f7f9fe" colspan=5|[[Spriter's_Alt|Spriter's Version]]
-|-
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#f7f9fe" width="100"|[[Spriter's_Alt|Spriter's Version]]
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#f7f9fe" width="100"|[[File:Beautiful_christmas_egg.gif]]
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#f7f9fe" width="100"|[[File:Dragon.gif]]
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#f7f9fe" width="100"|[[File:Christmas09-2.gif]]
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#f7f9fe" width="100"|[[File:Spriter_version_of_Snow_Angels.png]]
-|-
-! colspan="5" style="border-radius:.3em; background-color:#f7f9fe;"|Old Sprites
-|-
-! style="border-radius:.3em; background-color:#f7f9fe; width:100px;"|Old Egg Sequence
-! colspan="5" style="border-radius:.3em; background-color:#f7f9fe; width:100px;"|[[File:Old_Snow_Angel_egg.gif]]
-|}
-==[http://dragcave.wikia.com/wiki/Dragon_Stages#Egg_Sequence Egg Sequence]==
-{| border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="4" style="width: 550px;"
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#a5b6e8" width="100"|Stage 0
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#a5b6e8" width="100"|Stage 1
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#a5b6e8" width="100"|Stage 2
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#a5b6e8" width="100"|Stage 3
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#a5b6e8" width="100"|Stage 4
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#a5b6e8" width="100"|Stage 5
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#a5b6e8" width="100"|Dead
-|-
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#f7f9fe" width="100"|[[File:Beautiful_christmas_egg.gif]]
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#f7f9fe" width="100"|[[File:Snow_Angel_egg_1st_stage.png]]
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#f7f9fe" width="100"|[[File:Snow_Angel_egg_2nd_stage.png]]
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#f7f9fe" width="100"|[[File:Snow_Angel_egg_3rd_stage.png]]
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#f7f9fe" width="100"|[[File:Snow_Angel_egg_4th_stage.png]]
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#f7f9fe" width="100"|[[File:Snow_Angel_egg_5th_stage.png]]
-! style="-moz-border-radius:0.3em;" bgcolor="#f7f9fe" width="100"|
-[[File:Snow_Angel_egg_dead_stage.gif]]
-|}
-[[Category:Dragon Types]]
-[[Category:Rare Dragons]]
-[[Category:Holiday]]
 [[Category:Dis]]
 [[Category:TheAntimonyElement]]
 [[Category:JaziandCo]]
+[[Category:Western dragons]]
+[[Category:Alternates]]
+[[Category:Holiday dragons]]
+[[Category:Ice Element Dragons]]
+[[Category:No Encyclopedia Entry]]
+[[Category:Change aligned dragons]]
+[[Category:Primary Affinity: Ice]]
+[[Category:Standard dragons]]
+[[Category:2009-12-25 Holiday 2009 release]]