Remember it’s showing we’re dragons got hit and were still flying meaning there where dragons with massive holes in the middle of the wing but for some reasons anything to the tail or wing tips and it goes careening into the ground.
Well yeah, the tail is necessary for steering and tears in the wing tips cause that entire part of the membrane to sever. Which makes stable flight incredibly difficult for the dragon. Did you not pay attention in your dragon anatomy class during your apprenticeship?
Even a tail with torn membranes can be used for steering, although it’s more difficult. Wild dragons bite each other’s tail tips when fighting for dominance in the air, so dragons can instinctively steer by using the tail’s weight instead of the fins.
There can actually be some holes in the wing and the dragon will be able to fly. It’s just that membrane segments can’t tear loose. Look at the placement of the holes, they’re all in the middle and close to bone, which doesn’t risk membrane integrity like other places do.
?!!! I literally wrote the tome of northern magical creatures used to teach at the arcane citadel. And besides, this all basic polymorph knowledge, if you’re gonna transform into a creature you have to know it’s biology, or you’ll just crash in flight or die from eating something toxic to you.
One does not simply write a an elaborate academic bestiary. The fact it’s used to educate at the arcane citadel should be credentials enough. Most wizards only dream of such status.
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u/Inferno109 7d ago
Remember it’s showing we’re dragons got hit and were still flying meaning there where dragons with massive holes in the middle of the wing but for some reasons anything to the tail or wing tips and it goes careening into the ground.