Othermind AU

An AU where the Othermind took over Pantala and then used it’s infected dragons to spread to Pyrrhia for good measure. The rainforest, being so well suited to plant life, fell first, with the marshes going soon after. The Othermind grew and spread over every inch of land, but came upon a problem: the gift of defense protecting the IceWings and their lands. The Othermind could use its thralls’ leafspeak to be able to grow in both the deserts and the sea, but no leafspeak could solve the problem of the great ice cliffs. Only animus magic could, and that had been broken long ago. 

And so it is that IceWings are the last surviving tribe, their lands filled with refugees who had escaped the Othermind’s grasp. And it’s one of those refugees, a little NightWing dragonet named Calamity for his violent visions, who was able to make this happen - he gave a prophecy about the Othermind’s coming, and about killed himself flying from place to place screaming warning to all who would listen. 

In an effort to keep the Othermind from potentially using leafspeak to get around the gift of defense, volunteer dragons got together to form special teams to hunt down and kill every single LeafWing. They were leaving nothing to chance, including forbidding IceWings to go, much to their displeasure. But no one could circumvent the very real possibility of the Othermind taking an IceWing and getting in that way - all it would take was one, and then their last safe haven would truly be doomed. And so it went, with the teams successfully wiping out every last LeafWing in the Othermind’s control. To prevent the Othermind from sneaking in, the last four mind-reading NightWings were set on the cliffs, protected with the gift of diplomacy, waiting for the signal flare of an approaching team to scan and clear them of the Othermind’s presence. It was this way that these brave dragons could return home.

But now, Calamity’s had another vision - a way to finally stop the Othermind for good. In it, he saw the location of the last leafspeak dragon, a dragonet named Ash. Not daring to bring this to the attention of the adults in fear that they’ll kill the LeafWing even though he’s not yet been infected, Calamity gathers up his friends to sneak out on a mission to retrieve the leafspeak dragonet and save the world. No pressure, right?