Sky domain dragoness, update+story. Challenge 3/30 (Patreon)

http://kodar.org/patreon/content/100/skydomain-dragoness2.png Detailed update of the picture and her tribe backstory.

Sky Domain dragons or simply sky dragons are living high among the clouds and rarely ever seen on the main land. They used to live at the highest mountains, but after the great sundering, when the planet was split by the huge rift with forces unknown, and magic has come into the world, they've all moved to live among the many floating islands hovering above the Rift. No one knows, what kind of magic keeps the chunks of the land up there, but it's been thousands of years since the cataclysm, and not a single rock has fallen from above yet...

The sky tribe dragons have got unique feathery wings, the bodies are covered in fur mixed with feathers, which keeps them warm while flying at these heights. Most of them have got thick mane and tail tuft. Sky dragons' hide is mostly white with light shades of blue, green and other tints to it. They build homes, gazebos and terraces on their islands and grow magnificent gardens with all kind of plants there. They love all things pretty and brightly colored, so there are flowers everywhere, honey bees swarm among the growth, fruit trees bloom, giving the sweetest harvest. Mead, fruit, berries, and vegetables make the most of their diet. They aren't farmers, though, they generally don't like hard manual labor work and getting the paws dirty. They spend most of the time in leisure, playing games, crafting something pretty or just sleeping. 

The sky domain tribe is probably the least numerous among all the dragons, they don't get that many hatchlings for various reasons and reproduce slowly. The females go in heat once in a few years and even then it's not guaranteed to get pregnant. Perhaps it's their adaptation to living in places limited on food supply. They are not vegetarians, it's been known for them to keep livestock and hunt for rabbits and other small herbivores that live on the islands too, but some of them find the process of killing a prey and eating it rather unpleasant and even disgusting. Not all of the islands are fit for the gardens or even livestock handling, though. There are "levels" by height, gardens, flowers and hunting grounds take the lowest level islands, the higher it gets the more cold it becomes, and very soon the islands become covered in snow and glaciers and the top most level is a bare frozen rock, overlooking above the clouds.

The sky domain tribe is not as naive as it may look to someone. There is a big library, which they guard thoroughly, the smartest among the dragonkind know that the sky domain tribe is one of the most ancient intelligent races on the planet, if not the first one, they know and keep many secrets. For instance, they all pass tests for magic affinity easily, but nobody has ever seen them do anything magical yet. Some conspiracy going on that they are responsible for the Rift or they keep an eye on it, for it may consume and destroy the entire planet if left unchecked. This conspiracy is backed up by the fact that the sky dragons visit the Rift below and have some business with the Earth Dragons, who happen to live there, and if you know anything about the Earth tribe, you would find this suspicious as well. More about the Earth Dragons in the next chapter of these notes.