Changes: Snow Angel

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

Revision as of 22:27, 13 August 2019

Snow Angels, or Holiday 2009 Dragons, were the first all-female Holiday species given out during Christmas of 2009. They are only capable of producing more Snow Angel eggs during a certain period when Christmas is celebrated in December. They can still be bred to all year round, producing the male's breed of egg. Each scroll/account is currently limited to 2 CBs of this breed, like all other Christmas dragons. In the past, this breed was limited to 2 per scroll/account, whether bred or CB. Any other Snow Angel eggs that were obtained were automatically abandoned if picked up in the abandoned page or main cave, and after 30 minutes if bred.

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 was (and still 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 old Breed sort, these dragons sorted 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.

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-{{Infobox dragon
+{{Infobox DragonN
-|name = 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.
 |release = December 25, 2009
+|element1 = Ice
-|rarity = Rare - Holiday Dragon
+|morph1 = Western
-|color = White, green, red
+|rarity = [[:Category:Rare Dragons|Rare]] [[:Category:Christmas Dragons|(Holiday)]]
-|nicknames = Buttwing, SA
+|habitat1 = No Habitat
-|habitat = None - '''Breedable Only'''
+|color = White, green, gold
+|nicknames = SA, Christmas '09
+|artist1 = Dis
+|artist2 = JaziandCo
+|artist3 = TheAntimonyElement
 }}
+'''Snow Angels''', or '''Holiday 2009 Dragons''', were the first all-female [[:Category:Holiday|Holiday]] species given out during [[:Category:Christmas|Christmas]] of 2009. They are only capable of producing more Snow Angel eggs during a certain period when Christmas is celebrated in December. They can still be bred to all year round, producing the male's breed of egg. Each scroll/account is currently limited to 2 CBs of this breed, like all other [[:Category:Christmas Dragons|Christmas dragons]]. In the past, this breed was limited to 2 per scroll/account, whether bred or CB. Any other Snow Angel eggs that were obtained were automatically abandoned if picked up in the abandoned page or main cave, and after 30 minutes if bred.
-'''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.
+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 was (and still 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 old Breed sort, these dragons sorted 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]]===
-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.
-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 ==
-=== [[Dragon Stages#Egg Stage|Egg]] ===
 ''"This egg fills you with holiday cheer."''
-=== [[Dragon Stages#Hatchling Stage|Hatchling]] ===
+===[[Hatchling]]===
 ''"Aww... It's a cute baby dragon. It's very festively colored."''
-=== [[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."''
-=== [[Dragon Stages#Adult Stage|Adult]] ===
+===[[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."''
+''"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) ==
+==Sprite Artist(s)==
-*[[:Category:Dis|Dis]] (Adult, Hatchling)
+*[[:Category:Dis|Dis]] (All)
-*[[:Category:JaziandCo|JaziandCo]] (Hatchling, Adult)
+*[[:Category:JaziandCo|JaziandCo]] (All)
 *[[:Category:TheAntimonyElement|TheAntimonyElement]] (Adult)
-== Sprites ==
+==Sprites==
+{{Table Start}}
-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.
+{{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===
-{{Template:Table Start}}
+<div class="mw-customtoggle-Sprites wikia-menu-button">'''Show/Hide Table'''</div>
-{{Template:Table Header|Series|100|Egg|100|Hatchling|100|Mature Hatchling|100|Adult|100|Special|100}}
+<div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" id="mw-customcollapsible-Sprites">
-{{Template:Table Row|White Tipped<br>[[Christmas Dragons|Christmas 2009]]||[[File:Beautiful_christmas_egg.gif]]||[[File:Dragon.gif]]||[[File:Christmas09-2.gif]]||[[File:Angel2.gif]]||Female only breed}}
+{{Table Start}}
-{{Template:Table Row|Full Gold<br>[[Christmas Dragons|Christmas 2009]]||[[File:Beautiful_christmas_egg.gif]]||[[File:Dragon.gif]]||[[File:Christmas09-2.gif]]||[[File:Mrry.gif]]||↑}}
+{{Table Header|Series|130|Egg|100|Hatchling|100|Mature Hatchling|130|Adult|100}}
-{{Template:Table Row|Tri Colored<br>[[Christmas Dragons|Christmas 2009]]||[[File:Beautiful_christmas_egg.gif]]||[[File:Dragon.gif]]||[[File:Christmas09-2.gif]]||[[File:Angel3.gif]]||↑}}
-{{Template:Table Row|[[Spriter's Alt]]|6|}}
+{{Table Row|'''Old Sprites'''|5|}}
+{{Table Row|Old Egg<br /><small>(1st Version)</small>||[[File:Old_Snow_Angel_egg.gif]]|5|}}
-{{Template:Table Row|[[Spriter's Alt]]<br>[[Christmas Dragons|Christmas 2009]]||[[File:Beautiful_christmas_egg.gif]]||[[File:Dragon.gif]]||[[File:Christmas09-2.gif]]||[[File:Spriter_version_of_Snow_Angels.png]]||First released spriter's alt on Dragon Cave}}
+{{Table Row|Old Dead Egg<br /><small>(2nd Version)</small>||[[File:Old Snow Angel dead egg.gif]]|5}}
-{{Template:Table Row|Old Sprites|6|}}
+{{Table End}}
-{{Template:Table Row|Old Egg||[[File:Old_Snow_Angel_egg.gif]]|5|}}
+</div>
-{{Template:Table End}}
+==[[Egg#Egg_Sequence|Egg Sequence]]==
+{{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==
+{{Encyclo_Entry
+|noentry = 1
+}}
+==Trivia==
-==[[Dragon_Stages#Egg_Sequence|Egg Sequence]]==
+*[[: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.
-{{Egg sequence|Beautiful_christmas_egg.gif|Snow_Angel_egg_1st_stage.png|Snow_Angel_egg_2nd_stage.png|Snow_Angel_egg_3rd_stage.png|Snow_Angel_egg_4th_stage.png|Snow_Angel_egg_5th_stage.png|Snow_Angel_egg_dead_stage.gif}}
+*[[: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.
+[[Category:No Habitat]]
 [[Category:Dragon Types]]
 [[Category:Rare Dragons]]
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 [[Category:TheAntimonyElement]]
 [[Category:JaziandCo]]
-[[Category:Breedable Only]]
 [[Category:Western Dragons]]
+[[Category:Alternates]]
+[[Category:Christmas Dragons]]
+[[Category:Christmas]]
+[[Category:Ice Element Dragons]]
+[[Category:No Encyclopedia Entry]]
+[[Category:Change aligned dragons]]
+[[Category:Primary Affinity: Ice]]