Talk:Miasma Dragon/@comment-5810529-20140116130529/@comment-5835936-20140118104333

I imagine they chose Miasma for the "Dark" connotations. As I mentioned, the association with spreading death and disease. A lot of Dark dragons have this association. For example a Crypt is a building that houses a grave, a Ruin is a rundown building, Belladonna and many kinds of Fungus are poisonous, all spiders (on which Cave is based) are venomous, a Wraith is a typically menacing spirit. Smog may have been a suitable replacement, as it is a combination of pollution and fog, and therefore harmful, but there's no sign that the wizards use any kind of industrial technology, so there is no reason for smog to exist in their world. Plus, one of the reasons I like DragonVale is that its obscure bases for dragons may actually help educate people. Especially those that visit the wiki and find out where the design elements and references come from. Sure a Fart dragon would have been funny, but people would just laugh and move on. Instead, you guys have all learned what the word Miasma means. :)