Traits
Scorched
Scorched causes two or more points of your dragon to appear darker than what lies beneath them, a darker color within their elemental palette, or black. You can make it subtle as long as it is still visible. No matter what, it should appear as a smooth gradient. The color should be consistent throughout (unless a marking on top of or beneath it is affecting its color).
Texture Rules
It will always have a soft edge.It will always have an edge with a smooth gradient. You should not be able to distinguish shapes or solid patches.
Color Rules
Scorched will always be darker than what lays beneath it (‘darker’ refers to value). This may be a layer set to multiply or a color darker than the base scales.
Layering Rules
This marking can go above or beneath other markings. It will not cover top layer markings.
Effect on Modifiers & Physical Traits
It may affect modifiers, skin, nails, ears, and similar things where it touches.
Charged Scorched
Each point of Charged Scorched may be a different color. The range expands to the whole body part (the whole leg, wing, etc.). It includes both the red and the purple parts below:
