Abilities

SkyWings are the fastest fliers of any dragon tribe due to their enormous wings and endurance. They are capable of breathing fire and are considered powerful fighters. They can see farther and have better cold resistance than most tribes, excluding IceWings.

According to Morrowseer, SkyWings, like other fire-breathing tribes, can hold their fire until it's at maximum temperature.

A SkyWing dragonet in a twin egg may develop a condition known as firescales. This is when a dragon has "too much fire," causing their scales to be incredibly hot to the touch, and burn almost instantly. Firescales are much hotter than the average dragon's fire. This may occur when one twin "sucks the fire" out of the other, leaving the non-firescales twin fireless and much sicklier. Due to the dangerous nature of this condition, SkyWings traditionally kill dragonets hatched with firescales by dropping them off of tall mountains.

Firescales dragons are immune to frostbreath and are often difficult to injure due to weapons melting or burning before or on contact. Frostbreath causes temporary numbness to firescales dragons when they are hit. Hope states that she hadn't seen a firescales dragon in a long time, implying that there might have been a dragon with firescales in her time.

Animus magic

SkyWings had animus magic during or prior to Darkstalker, and would kill animus dragonets by dropping them off a cliff due to possessing this dangerous power. They have not had an animus dragon in centuries.