Taichara/AspectMarkings

Aspect Markings

These are some short lists of Dragonblooded Aspect marks; they aren't sorted by Breeding or Essence intensity, but some common sense should apply -- really extreme manifestations are probably best saved for high-Essence or -Breeding individuals.

Half-Caste will have subdued markings if any at all, mostly pale tints of color or possibly some faint patterning of flesh.

Well-blooded but mortals Dynasts may well also bear some weakest of elemental marks due to the abundance of Dragonblooded in their bloodline, as noted for the offspring of < Essence-4 individuals in E:tAb.

Air

• breath; (frosty) mist
• hair-colors; white, translucent, all shades of blue
• eye-, skin-colors; as above save translucent, greys (eyes)
• constant small breeze
• hair ripples as if in wind
• thin sheen of ice / frost on flesh, hair
• casts 'false sparks'
• eyes have electrical flash when emotion intense
• scent; fresh breezes, fog, snow
• markings; dapples like snow-patterns, 'wind spirals'
• flesh perfectly smooth

Fire

• breath; smoke, 'false-flames'
• hair-colors; all shades of fire-red, golden-orange, pale-blue-and-gold
• eye-colors; ruby, amber, jet, flame-orange ...
• skin-colors; deep amber, copper, all shades of red, coal black
• markings; flame-feathering
• scent; smoke, ash, incense?
• sheds 'false sparks' or ember-like motes
• flesh warm / hot to the touch
• hair resembles flame
• eyes glow like embers
• flesh velvety like ash

Earth

• hair-colors; vaguely translucent alabaster to onyx, jaspers and browns predominating
• eye-colors; browns, black, gemlike
• skin-colors; as hair-color
• markings; mottled like granite, veined like marble ...
• scent; dust, fresh soil
• hair thick, heavy, coarse like stone, or resembling spun gemstone
• flesh textured like mineral type (smooth as alabaster to rough as sandstone)
• eyes resemble crystals or gemstones
• small crystals, gems or other incrustations in flesh
• flesh sheds dust, sand

Water

• hair-colors; sea-green through dark blues, blue-black, pearly
• eye-colors; as hair-color, plus aqua, coral
• skin-colors; as hair-color save pearly
• markings; foam speckling, wave-lines, scale-patterns
• scent; seawater
• flesh vaguely rubbery
• hair resembles seafoam
• small (iridescent?) scales on portions of the body
• webbed or partially webbed fingers, toes
• small trailing fins on forearms, calves
• hair, flesh always damp
• hair coils as if underwater

Wood

• hair-colors; green-gold, all shades of green, browns / golden-browns
• eye-colors; as hair-colors
• skin-colors; greens
• markings; leaf-patterns, petal-patterns (solid or outline)
• scent; flowers, resins, freshly-cut wood or foliage
• flesh petal-soft, bark-rough, textured like wood
• flesh barklike in patches
• hair coiling like vines
• flowers, small leaves, tendrils growing in hair
• flesh sheds pollen, tiny petals, sap

More to be added as I happen to think of them, or use them. I might also tackle some ideas for anima-flare ...

This is really neat, especially the different descriptions of skin texture and eye quality. -- Cheyinka

it is really neat, so I linked it from DragonBlooded - not sure if it should go anywhere else, but cool!
-- Darloth