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I’ve heard about Songwings before, but never actually met one. They’re supposed to have very melodic voices they use to calm down anyone who might attack them. [src]
  Leyla  

The Songwing is a large Mystery Class dragon that first appeared in Dragons: Rescue Riders: Secrets of the Songwing.

Physical Appearance[]

Hatchling to Adult[]

Songwings are large quadruped dragons, with comparatively short legs. They have a long neck and a colorful crown on their heads made of feather-like scales, much like that of a peacock. Songwings lack any horns or spikes, having a smooth appearance and a row of small purple sails on their back. They have a broad and colorful butterfly-like wingspan compared to their body size, and their tail ends with a large fin, with a model similar to that of a peacock tail.

Abilities[]

Hypnotic Song[]

Similar to the Death Song and the Slithersong, Songwings can hypnotize other dragons by singing to them. But unlike the Death Song and the Slithersong, the Songwings' melodious voices are more defensive than predatory, as they use their song to calm their enemies from attacking them.

One individual named Melodia discovered that if she sang in the right key and pitch, her song could hypnotize and calm humans as well as dragons. Melodia was able to use her song to make others sing with her until she was reunited with her Songmate Cantata. Since Leyla said she never heard of a Songwing doing that before it's implied that it's the hidden ability of the dragon.

Targets will not be affected by the song of a Songwing as long as they have their ears covered. Those already hypnotized will only return to their normal selves if they hear someone singing even more beautifully or if they hear an extremely loud and obnoxious sound like that of the shrieks of a Piercing Shriekscale.

Refracting Wings[]

SOTSW - And sing with me

The Songwings' translucent and colorful wings can refract light that shines through them.

Weakness[]

Dragon Pepper[]

Songwings are unable to sing properly when they come in contact with Dragon Pepper.

Shriekscale's Shriek[]

A Piercing Shriekscale's sonic shriek can temporarily neutralize the hypnotic effects of a Songwing.

Behavior and Personality[]

Songwings are social dragons that tend to live in pairs called Songmates. If a Songwing gets separated from its Songmate, it can fall into deep loneliness. They also use their songs to communicate and find others of their species by the pitch of their partner’s singing voice. As their name suggest, Songwings possess beautiful voices that they use to calm their enemies when threatened, or in Melodia's case can manipulate it to hypnotize other dragons or humans. Due to their civil lifestyle, Songwings are kind and gentle dragons.

Appearances[]

Dragons: Rescue Riders: Secrets of the Songwing[]

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Main article: Melodia
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Main article: Cantata

A female Songwing named Melodia got separated from her Songmate Cantata and started to hypnotize dragons and Vikings around Huttsgalor to sing with her so that she would never feel lonely. Eventually, the Rescue Riders decided to help in reuniting her with her Songmate.

Games[]

School of Dragons[]

The Songwing was added to the game during the Friendship Festival of 2023. In a story quest, Mala and Dagur inform the player and Hiccup that they had spotted a distressed-looking Songwing while flying over Zippleback Island and had rushed back to get help. Hiccup asks the player for their assistance, and they leave for Zippleback Island. Upon arrival, they hear howling. Assuming the dragon is in pain, they hurry to find it, only to run into none other than Mildew. He mentions that there are two Songwings, and Hiccup suggests that they may be separated Songmates.

The player follows Mala to where the Songwing was last spotted. They find the Songwing in ill condition. upon closer investigation, they find a strange new flower bush, which Hiccup takes to Phlegma for closer examination. Mala and Dagur stay with the ill Songwing. Hiccup meets the player at the Lookout, where he confirms his suspicions: the plant is Dragon Pepper, and is the cause for the Songwing's ill condition, as dragon noses are incredibly sensitive to the plant's red dust. Hiccup theorizes that the plant was spread here by way of the migrating birds, and the player returns to Zippleback Island to clear out the plants.

The group hears another Songwing singing from somewhere nearby, and the Songwing begins searching for it believing it to be her Songmate. However, the other dragon cannot be found, and the Songwing stops, confused. Nearby, a Slithersong hides in the bushes, and it is revealed that it was mimicking the Songwing's calls to draw it closer. The predatory dragon swoops in and grabs Mildew's sheep, Fungus, and flies away. The player is tasked with rescuing him, and sneaks up on the Slithersongs, blasting them with the Dragon Pepper they collected, scaring them away and rescuing the sheep.

The player regroups, and although the mission was successful, Hiccup comments his disappointment that there wasn't another Songwing. Snotlout brags about his bandmate again, raising Hiccups suspicions, until Snotlout accidentally reveals that his bandmate is another Songwing. An exasperated Hiccup berates Snotlout for hiding this information, and the group sets off for Snotlout's Sentry Station, where Malestrum, another Songwing with a black and purple colour scheme, is waiting. Snotlout attempts to stop the Songwings from leaving together, but the two reunited dragons take no notice, and everyone watches them happily fly off into the distance together, singing. The player is then given an exclusive 'Goth-song skin' which matches Malestrum's colors. This skin can be equipped to the player's own Songwing.


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References[]

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