Clutch:Hrw10/Eggs

Early Crocus Egg

All alone, this tiny egg pokes its head above an empty stretch of smooth sand, bearing resemblance to the first crocus blooming while snow still covers the High Reaches mountains. The lilac-blue shell is so pale in places it that almost seems white, and is marred only by a streak of gold near the middle. Its solemn stance hides all indication of the precious contents growing within.

Contributed by: Darci

Tangled Honeysuckle Egg

Viney swirls of brown loop lazily around the surface of this egg. Creeping up from the dark bottom, they twine about as if to choke the spackled grey shell of the egg. As they near the top, paired strokes of creamy white or burnished yellow-gold are added to each side of the swirly vines.

Contributed by: Lirryn

Captivating Forget-Me-Not Egg

As you look at this egg, tender green tracings remind you of stems, spreading up from the bottom and wider end of the egg. A mixture of pink and white shades eludes you for a moment, as if you forgot you were looking at this particular egg... then your eyes flick back and you focus again on the blossom edges that spread with yellow centers into small leaves of rose and virgin white. Colored simply and beautifully, this egg is serene and understated; perhaps it will yield a gentle green. As you look away again, your eyes can't help but return to this egg as if it has captured your attention when you didn't even know it.

Contributed by: Silora

Wildflower Mountain Hillside Egg

The slightly mottled surface of this large egg reflects tiny bits of light, seeming to match the edges of the speckled pattern covering its face. From a distance, it looks to be a light purple, but the more you view, more variations can be made out. Small circular swirls of pink, lavender and blue cover the shell. The swirls are touched with darker shading near the edges, and grouped like a small mountain hillside covered with wildflowers that bloom in the summer. The small flowers are touched by the reflections of light like the sunlight bouncing off the petals' morning dew.

Contributed by: V'beda

Blackberry Mystery Egg Nearly totally black, this egg stands out among its peers in the light colored sands. Dots of lavender draw ones eyes towards this mystery. Darker spots of blackness seem to almost outline where cracks will appear when the dragon inside hatches, or perhaps they really are cracks. With the lights of the cavern shining on the shell's smooth texture, one cannot be sure. This egg will have to be left alone and let hatch before the mystery is solved.

Contributed by: C'lus

Goatsbeard and Black-Eyed Susan Eggs Two small eggs rest at a point just to the right of the clutch's center, two of a kind, and yet subtly different. The smaller of the two seems to be covered with feathery wisps, mostly white but with a hint of pale yellow. The other is a warmer yellow with four pale brown streaks leading to a darker brown circle that, if one looks very closely, resembles the facets of a dragon's eye.

Contributed by: Tiya

Delicate Baby's Breath Egg

At first glance, this egg appears to be plain: dark and bespeckled. However, the surface, though mostly a deep color of greyish-green, is covered with a delicate pattern of white and yellow throughout. Taken as a whole, the effect of the pattern is refreshing and beautiful in its simplicity.

Contributed by: R'lym

Wood Violet Egg

Diminutive and secretive, this delicate egg's shell is covered in a wash of dark green, with deep purple spotches here and there in clusters of twos and threes. It rests in the shadow of a much larger egg, prefering to keep to itself until discovered by someone who looks closer than most might, and who will appreciate the simplicity and beauty of its chance design...as well as its more complicated and wonderful contents.

Contributed by: Laurelin

Cattail Twin Eggs

These two large, burnished eggs sit slightly apart from the rest, leaning into one another, causing many a Bitran to wager they contain a fine bronze pair. Both are rich loam in color, freckled with highlights of warm amber. One has an explosion of cream-colored puffs splattered along one side.

Contributed by: L'han

Golden Sungazer Egg

On a sandy hillock high above the rest of the mound, an enormous egg rests in a place of honor within a protective shallow depression. Undoubtedly the largest in the clutch, its color is the warm golden yellow of sunlight, or the shade of the little sungazer flowers that grow mostly underground, showing just the bloom in the grass. Darker streaks appear to travel its length in a meandering course. Is that the shadow of the young queen showing through? It is impossible to tell from this distance. More likely it is just a deep bronze swirl coloring the egg.

Contributed by: Darci and L'han

Indian Pipe Egg

Contrasting strongly with most of the other eggs of the clutch, this one is a pale, ghostly white all over, marked here and there with scales of the same waxy color. The shell looks milky, almost translucent, making you think that if looked closely enough, you just might be able to look through the shell and see the dragonnet moving around inside. Not so, however; as you look closer you realize that its transparency is an illusion. The egg's contents must be left, for the time being, a matter of the imagination.

Contributed by: Laurelin

Boysenberry Patch Eggs

Bunched together on a little mound of sand, a small group of eggs defy the adventurous candidates to try and squeeze between them without touching the shells. Silver dusted green, like the furry leaves of so many boysenberry bushes, the illusion is heightened by the speckles of red and purple highlighting the shells. Hopefully, those brave enough to face these brambles will come away with fewer scratches than one usually does.

Contributed by: Lirryn

Flowering Ging Blossom Egg

Wispy brushes of lilac-blue dance across the smooth surface of this egg, reminiscent of the gentle winds along Ista's coastline, where the fragrantly frosted white ging, blossoms flourish amongst the other tropical beauties. Rippling patterns of snowy sprays oscillate about the flawless shell, perfect in its elliptical shape. Dashes of pastel green placidly entwine with the blossom patterns, and throughout the picturesque exterior, smudges of pure golden-tan sunlight peak through. This tiny egg is masked by its mates, hidden within the clutch, and only discernible by the innocence and naivety it seems to radiate.

Contributed by: Jaria

Yellow Mullein Egg

This very large oblong egg, easily the size of two smaller ones, sits placidly upright in the middle of the mound. Vibrant green wraps around it in a blotchy swirl, mellowing and fading as it sweeps upward, finally changing to bright yellow at its very tip. Its texture looks velvety, and you swear if you touched it, the surface would feel like the fuzz of a peach. A tentative touch would reveal, however, that the shell feels like any other, hardening daily on the hot sands of the grounds.

Contributed by: Laurelin

Vibrant Poppy Egg

This average sized egg nestles in the warm sand while its flaccid shell hardens. Rather than being hidden, its vibrant colours attract the eye. Startling splashes of scarlet stand out amongst a mottled backgound of golden yellow. The colours invoke images of blood-red poppies stirring in the breeze in a field of ripe corn. A sense of freedom and joy radiates from the egg.

Contributed by: Zera

Multihued Lilac Egg Four colors dominate this shell. On the near side, dark blue-violet curls along a barely visible strand of brown-green. This shades into a less vibrant, but still lovely, gray-purple. At the last is a pale, crisp ivory. Looking closely, one can see tiny lines covering the shell, making designs not unlike tiny florets. The apex has several patches of green, each approximately a handspan wide.

Contributed by: Tiya

Common Dandelion Egg

This tiny egg catches your eye, it's bright, cheerful colors drawing immediate attention to it almost before any of the other eggs. Energetic starbursts of vivid green and sunny yellow cover the entire surface. The shell's hardening surface looks soft and powdery, as if the color might rub off on your fingertips. For all its small size, this egg is bright and loud; surely the hatchling inside will expect as much attention as its egg seems to now demand.

Contributed by: Laurelin

Subdued Iris Egg

The bottom quarter of this egg is a rich shade of blue. Soft-edged bands of color run up the curving sides of the egg, and three just meet at the top. Two more bands seem to stop halfway there, a white-edged yellow streak on each tapering back toward the bottom of the egg, like folded petals. Between the petals, the shell is a swirl of purple, blue and gold, hinting at the special things hidden within the heart of this flower.

Contributed by: Lirryn

Fields in Bloom Eggs

This cluster on the mound hardly looks like eggs at all. All clumped together, they appear more reminiscent of a flowery field than a group of hardening eggs. Speckles of color in every shade imaginable at the center of each egg extend into darker patterns on the edges. One egg has all the brightest colors one can imagine, with paler neighbors to the sides. The lights of the cavern cause the colors to shift and change, ever so slightly, adding to the illusion of flowers blowing in the wind. The dragons inside await their time to mimic the wind, shattering the shards, scattering the flowers beneath them.

Contributed by: C'lus and Darci

Cheerful Sunflower Egg

This egg of medium size leaves you blinking in its golden haze. Looking as if a Weaver dipped it in saffron dye, it waits in cheerful silence for the day it can release the treasure it shelters. The yellow deepens the closer it gets to the sands, and the slightest hint of a dark brown eye is glimpsed before the egg disappears in the mound.

Contributed by: L'han

False Dragonshead Egg

Is this an egg, or a tapestry of dragons? Pink blotches cover the surface of this large egg, each one different, yet somehow similar to the shape of the heads of dragons, each one wearing a different expression. Here, one determinedly opens its mouth, as if about to flame; there, another wears a content expression of a recent feeding; there again, another's jaws are yawning wide, ready for a good rest well-earned. Is the dragonet inside reflected on the outside?

Contributed by: Laurelin

Purple Lace Cup Hydrangea Egg

Aurelinth has allowed this rounded egg to become halfway burried in the sand. Swirls of purples and pinks cover the surface of the shell, creating a delicate, textured appearance. As light touches upon a section of the egg, it seems nearly faceted as swirl becomes petal and darker areas take on the appearance of a leafy undergrowth.

Contributed by: R'lym

Water Lilies on a Pond Egg

Mottled murky brown covers the shell of this most peculiarly shaped egg. One end is far too narrow, the other much too bulbous. Did the dragonet within decide it only liked one side? Hardly the equal of its mates, it would easily be dismissed with half a glance. But there is more to this egg for those steadfast enough look deeper and find beauty upon the depths. Small paler spots clustered atop the egg bear a heavenly color that's a blend of pink and pale gold.

Contributed by: Darci

Yarrow and Bleeding-Heart Eggs

One can barely distinguish the clusters of white florets that cover the first of these two shells, the delicate lacework of the pattern hiding a supporting greenery. More visible are the bits of rosy-pink that occasionally surface from among their white fellows. Nestled protectively in the shadows of its larger sibling, the second of the two is oddly elongated, its oblong shape a darker pink than the small blossoms of its more regularly shaped fellow. At the top, an arrowlike stem of white emerges from the pink, then bisects the shell.

Contributed by: Tiya

Delicate Goldenrod Egg This tiny egg has a delicate pattern, tracings of soft golden flowers spreading across the shell like a caress of sunlight. Small green stems cover the egg's surface in a spidery web, like the branches of a frail tree that could be whipped to pieces in a wind. Airy leaves like the down on a small animal's hide fluff between and amongst other blossoms, reminding one of the goldenrod as it blooms and spreads a warm yellow tone over an entire field or just one corner. This egg's particular pattern seems to show the delicate flower to its fullest, making it look fluffy and gentle, perhaps like what might be found inside.

Contributed by: Silora

Coltsfoot Egg

Medium-sized and sturdy-looking, this egg's shell appears as if it's hard already... don't touch though, until several sevendays have passed. Little yellow crescent-shaped markings dot the bright green surface in something almost like a pattern of footsteps, or perhaps the marks made by a galloping runnerbeast, racing across a firmly-packed turf towards some eager destination. No coltling runner will emerge from this egg, however, but a fledgling dragonet, eager to meet the destination of his lifemate.

Contributed by: Laurelin