While Frostspear dragons change colors, they always have at least one constant color, the color of their element. This color is present from hatching and through the rest of the dragon's life.

It's notable that pre-frost Frostspears have very dark, sometimes black secondary colors, the latter of which is unusual even for impure ice dragons. While this is otherwise a sign of recent fire or electric impurity, Frostspear maintains this is not the case for them as these black colors always change.

Usually, Frostspears start changing color at 6 years old and finish changing at 120 years old, the start of their elder years. However, this varies. Some Frostspear hatchlings start changing as early as 2 or as late as 15, and some Frostspear adults have fully whitened at 50, or as late as 150.

While the Frost trait starts and spreads mainly from the tips of horns and spurs and the center of plates, there are devations. The trait can occur from the top-down (Isolda) or front to back, or vice versa. It can also occur diagonally. Certain variations are more present in certain family lines.

Some Frostspears have a tertiary color bleed into their frost, though this stays at the tips (Isolda, Frossar, Isrun).

For some Frostspears, the trait 'fails'. It may stop progressing, or be inverse; bright colors turning dark (Wintus). This is considered undesireable, and Frostspears with this 'error' will not have their children considered part of the clan, even those with the Frost trait on their eggs.

The Frost trait is the deciding factor of whether or not an egg is accepted into the clan, but Frostspears have other traits.

Spear Tail 

Another part of their namesake. Most Frostspears have a spear-like tail spade, either flat or 3-sided. These are flat edged and made of bony keratin, and can be sharpened for cutting and stabbing (when necessary, this wears down fast). Usually the spear tail is accompanied with an ice-spear technique, wherein the dragon manipulates a blade/spear of ice around their tail spade for deep slicing and stabbing. All Frostspears are encouraged to go beyond Controlled mastery, and the first manipulation they are expected to master is the ice spear tail.

Horns

Frostspears have horns that grow in a diamond shape with largely smooth sides. Some Frostspears have blade-like horns and spurs, wherein one side has a thinner, sharper, often different-colored end (Isrun, Skadin, Isolda, Frostir, Vitreus).

A number of Frostspears, primarily in the leading family line, have a set of horns jutting out from the front of their head.  It's considered a very desireable trait, but present only on a minority. It's a rare trait for dragons in general.

Spurs & Frills

Most Frostspears have spurs matching their horns. A part of their traits is a split double row of spurs down the spine. They'll often have these blade-like spurs on their limbs and wings.

Frills are uncommon in Frostspears, usually appearing only in certain family lines.

Eyes

Two-toned eyes are present in most Frostspears. Their eyes' second tone is a soft glow around the pupil, and may be less noticeable in some dragons. Other iris colorations are possible but not considered a trait.

Body Plates

Body plates are unusual for ice dragons, but Frostspears often have them. They appear with age, starting from mid-teens to early twenties. Usually markings appear in these areas as the Frostspear gains color, until these grow thick enough to become proper plating. These usually take after the colors of the Frostspear's plates and are affected by the frost trait.

Markings

The most common elemental markings for Frostspears are ice swirls and ice glitter, but ice crystals/diamonds are second most common.

Other

While Frostspear demands the presence of the Frost to be accepted in the family, the presence of other traits are merely bonus. Not every Frostspear adheres to the other traits.

Frostspears have forked tongues rather commonly, hinting at old electric impurities, but mostly have diamond and sharp tongues, as ice dragons originally did.

Elements

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Frostspear prides itself on being a pure ice family. While they have evidence of impurities, as most dragons do, they claim to not have impurities so recent they might birth non-ice dragons.

In the main family line, the line of Isrun, white ice is most prevalent, with blue ice second.

Other family lines of the clan have purple, aqua, and deep blue ice.

Their distribution is as follows;

Blue (98)

White (86)

Aqua (59)

Deep Blue (38)

Purple (17)

Trade 

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Frostspears are notoriously Guards, often high-ranking ones, to the point of being considered to be the law enforcement of Warfang.

Every single Frostspear is accepted into the Guard when their service duty comes, even if their evaluations don't at all warrant it.

While most Frostspears remain in the Guard, some black sheeps choose other fields. The clan permits this (and sometimes begrudgingly permits service as a soldier instead of as a guard, albeit rarely) only so long as the occupation is deemed respectable, and the dragon isn't bringing shame to the clan name.

Reproduction and Eggs

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Frostspear engages primarily in reproduction contracts, choosing partners from high-standing, pure ice clans. They will engage in union contracts to form alliances.

Romantic unions are refused if the non-Frostspear does not meet the above criteria.

From reproduction contracts, Frostspear takes all eggs with the Frost trait, this usually being half or more than half of a clutch, and yield the rest of the eggs.

Notable Members

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Chief Froszara (Matriarch until 3003, deceased)

Commander Glaciarus (Froszara's Unified, deceased)

Chief Isrun (Matriarch, firstborn daughter of Froszara)

Captain Vitreis (Isrun's Unified, deceased)

Chief Isfriar (son of Froszara)

Commander Frysor (son of Froszara)

Captain Glaczana (daughter of Froszara, deceased)

Commander Frossar (firstborn son of Isrun)

Commander Frosun (son of Isrun)

Captain Isrind (son of Isrun)

Captain Skadin (son of Isrun)

Master Isolda (daughter of Isrun)

Captain Iskald (son of Isrun)

Captain Glaciaris (youngest son of Isrun)

??? (child of Frosun)

Guard Wintus (son of Isrind)

??? (daughter of Isrind)

Guard Isra (daughter of Frossar)

Frostir (son of Frossar)

Vitreus (son of Frossar)

Iszari (daughter of Frossar)

Glacir (son of Frossar)

Runeisis (son of Frossar)

Commander Istar (son of Unnamed, first cousin of Isrun)

Iskari (granddaughter of Isfriar, niece of Isrun)

Blizira (granddaughter of Frysor, niece of Isrun)