Hydrian

"Wipe them out using the shuttles, they taste like bone and have no meat, they aren't worth devouring" TwinBragia after devouring her first Hydrian which she did in front of Fern.
Hydrians are a large, bi-pedal, almost extinct, female only, twin-headed DragonKin. Their average lifespan is around 2300 years.
==Overview==
===Modern===
Hydrians, on average, are around 40ft tall making them one of the larger DragonKin species known to the Dragoians. They hail from the planet Hydria and are very primitive in terms of technology, having barely learned how to use cartridge based fire-arms, and are almost extinct due to lack of food.
Despite having two heads, a Hydrian is only one creature, not 2 creatures sharing a body. This means that if a Hydrian loses one of it's heads in a fight, it can still survive if the wound is sealed, although brain-power will be down (the brain in each head have exactly the same memories, functions, etc and will work together until the other one is damaged). What remained of the species would be pushed even closer to extinction starting in 2032 when TwinBragia claimed Hydria and it's rich DragonKin Base Metal resources for her own uses and would ruthlessly hunt down any Hydrians who could potentially threaten mining operations.
In terms of population there were less than 100,000 Hydrians before TwinBragia claimed Hydria. TwinBragia's purges would gradually reduce this number as her assorted mining operations expanded.
===Ancient===
Ancient Hydrians are physically similar to their modern cousins, but are mildly heavier in general and are much more technologically advanced.
In terms of population, at the height of their empire, there were over 3.5 billion Hydrians, with roughly two thirds of the population living somewhere other than Hydria.
== Appearance ==
Skin Type: Scales.
Colour Range: Hydrians are two-tone, with their main bodies being assorted shades of red, while their underbellies being sand colours.
Eyes: Hydrians have large eyes with a near-black sclera and an iris that is always a bright shade of red.
Heads: Hydrians have a pair of large somewhat angular heads which each mount 2 tall horns and have large almost lipless jaws with exposed teeth, including 2 massive fangs. The Hydrian ear is a small recess lacking a scale on the side of their skulls, and is almost always covered by hair. These twin heads are attached to their body with a pair of long slender necks which form a roughly V shape in their neutral position, but have a larger range of movement than a typical DragonKin neck.
Bodies: Hydrian bodies are similar externally to that of humans although lacking human genitalia and are generally tall and slender, and have large, clawed, 6 toe feet and clawed 4 finger/1 thumb hands. Hydrians also possess a long spiked tail and a pair of small flightless wings.
Tongue: Hydrians have a long, two forked tongue.
==Technology ==
===Modern===
Hydrian technology is around that of early 19th century Earth, with build quality often being more akin to something that would be found in Earth's "Middle Ages". This lack of technology is mostly due to the abnormally few Hydrians on Hydria who spend most of their time just trying to survive rather than actually innovate.
===Ancient===
Ancient Hydrians (Lived up to around Dragoian year -2,100,000) had advanced technology up to and including starships and energy weapons. However, this technology can no longer be found on Hydria due to the increasing amounts of geological activity swallowing it up over the centuries, this same increasing geological activity over a few millennia had caused a huge portion of the Ancient Hydrians to abandon Hydria in favour of off-world colonies. When this geological activity got so bad, the entire Hydrian fleet, as well as all available civilian ships, formed an "Evacuation Fleet" in -2,100,312 to get as many Hydrians as possible off Hydria before a predicted doomsday event due in early -2,100,311 could strike. This "Evacuation Fleet" looked to be succeeding in it's job, but as it prepared to leave the system it was all but wiped out by a Soul Dragon attack force whose goal it was to effectively 'reset' the Hydrian species to an undeveloped state by using a combination of Soul Dragon technology and tactics as well as the newly unstable geology of Hydria.
The "doomsday event" hit on schedule, and Hydria was ravaged by massive amounts of earthquakes and volcanic activity for several years which did immeasurable damage to the planet's infrastructure and population. With many sizeable aftershocks for centuries to come which would consistently demolish whatever got rebuilt.
Ancient Hydrians had a flare for building royal buildings with incredibly oversized corridors and rooms that were around 200ft in height. This worked well for queen Giganterra, as it allowed her to use the royal palace.
==Culture==
===Modern===
Modern Hydrian culture is almost non-existent, as the species is almost extinct and survives almost exclusively in small family groups that live off the local land which is barren and volcanic in most places, and off the few surviving smaller species. Food and drink resources are so rare that most Hydrians have a "Shoot on sight" policy for those they don't recognise and cannibalism is an abnormally common trait among the species and the few spots of arable land are often heavily defended.
===Ancient===
Ancient Hydrian culture was based on subservience, with a single queen ruling over all others, with day-to-day affairs being managed by the military and police force in accordance with the queen's orders. The Hydrian who unified the species and became the first Hydrian Queen was Tiamat, while the last queen was Giganterra, whose rise to power, and the Ancient Hydrian society falling in subservience, was filled with blood and death and didn't get much better once Giganterra took the throne.
==Notable Hydrians==
*Fern - Modern Hydrian
*Tiamat - First Queen of the Ancient Hydrians
*Giganterra - Last Queen of the Ancient Hydrians
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Category:Hydrian