Dragons

Dragons, belonging to the family Dracones, are a suborder of reptiles, comprising a group of scaly, featherless, winged and self-aware reptiles, some of whom are able to channel magic and most of whom can breathe fire. With four extant genera, it is one of the smallest suborders of extant vertebrates. Members of the suborder are distinguished by their self-awareness and featherless wings. They also possess scaly armour, in a number of colours, and long, often spiked tails. Dracones is part of the order Squamata, and the superorder Lepidosauria.

Protection of dragons, their habitat and way of life is a responsibility of the Ramaloce Heru, one of the Five Great Mages.

Extant genera

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Dracolongigraciles

To aid description dragons are described as one of four types, examples of which are given below:

Type A: serpentine

Type B: long, thin

Type C: between B and D, ‘normal dragon’

Type D: bulky

Whitewyrme

Appearance: type b, white

Fire: blue flame

Flight: good

Speed: fast

Strength: normal

Agility: high

Habitat: mainly mountains, foothills and plains; not deserts, tundra, sea or very high and cold mountains; sometimes forests but not dense jungles

Notes: sometimes kin with humans

Blackwyrme

Appearance: type b, black

Fire: blue flame

Flight: good

Speed: fast

Strength: strong

Agility: high

Habitat: same as whitewyrme

Notes: rare variant of whitewyrmes, on average one blackwyrme per whitewyrme colony; occasionally kin with humans

Great Black Dragon

Appearance: type d, black

Fire: wide, dark red flame

Flight: good

Speed: normal

Strength: strong

Agility: low

Habitat: can live almost anywhere but prefer isolated places

Notes: aggressive, reclusive, dislike humans, very rare, live in large colonies

Silver/moon Dragon

Appearance: type b or c, silver or white

Fire: white flame

Flight: good

Speed: normal

Strength: normal

Agility: normal

Habitat: can live anywhere but are rarer than other dragons

Notes: come out more when the moon is fuller

Forest Dragon

Appearance: type b or c, green or brown

Fire: precise, yellow flame

Flight: good, limited in denser forests

Speed: normal

Strength: normal

Agility: normal

Habitat: forests

Notes: type b forest dragons are more common in denser forests like jungles

Desert Dragon

Appearance: type a or b, pale yellow or off-white

Fire: yellow, orange or red flame

Flight: limited

Speed: fast

Strength: weak

Agility: high

Habitat: deserts

Notes: can go a long time without food or water; lie low and camouflaged in sand; half slither, half walk

Mountain Dragon

Appearance: type c, occasionally type d, grey-green or blue for most of their life, red when old

Fire: yellow, orange or red flame

Flight: good

Speed: normal

Strength: strong

Agility: normal

Habitat: mountains and highlands

Notes:

Sky Dragon

Appearance: type b, red, blue or white

Fire: yellow, orange or red flame

Flight: good, can fly for many days and fly while asleep

Speed: fast

Strength: weak

Agility: high

Habitat: high mountains, sky

Notes: spend most of their lives in the sky, only land to lay eggs

Ice Dragon

Appearance: type c, pale blue or white

Fire: frosty blast

Flight: good

Speed: normal

Strength: normal

Agility: normal

Habitat: tundra, mountains

Notes: are not resistant to fire, good swimmers

Sea Dragon

Appearance: type a, blue or green

Fire: none

Flight: no, sometimes but limited

Speed: normal

Strength: strong

Agility: normal

Habitat: sea

Notes: not to be confused with sea serpents, can breath underwater, are not resistant to fire

Fireworm

Appearance: type a, red or black

Fire: red flame

Flight: good

Speed: slow

Strength: strong

Agility: normal

Habitat: active volcanos

Notes: can resist any fire, have the hottest fire of any dragon

Wyrmekin

Whitewyrmes and blackwyrmes have been none to form close bonds with human children they find lost or abandoned. These people are known as wyrmekin, they almost always remain with their dragons throughout their lives and can speak dragontongue. They wear the shed skin of their dragons which only the sharpest blades can pierce and carry a lance fashioned for them by their dragons which they use to protect dragon colonies from dragonslayers and trappers. Due to their bond wyrmekin are extremely hard to defeat. Many wyrmekin avoid humans whenever possible however they will answer to the Five Great Mages and particularly the Ramaloce Heru as they each work in the interest of dragons.