Dragon

Dragons are big winged lizards with innate magical powers. Dragons play a sizeable role in the history of the Dragon Empire (hence the name), and don't take this influence for granted. They're also famous for their love of treasure.

They come in ten main varieties, usually grouped into chromatic dragons and metallic dragons.

## Common Traits

There are a few traits common to all dragons, regardless of colour.

### Elemental Affinity

Every dragon (as far as is known) is associated with some element or other, such as fire, cold, or acid. They are resistant to spells and damage associated with this element, and can shoot magical streams of it from their mouths in an attack often called a breath weapon.

### Unusual Life Cycle

Dragons are functionally immortal, and don't grow like most other creatures. They become larger as they grow more powerful, which usually corresponds with age, but not always. The most powerful of each variety of dragon is usually known as a Wyrm, but it isn't known if another dragon can supplant or replace a Wyrm or if they are immutable fixtures of the world.

### Independent and Solitary

Though many dragons hold up the Wyrms as exemplars of their kind to aspire to, they don't tend to congregate together to the degree that smaller, squishier creatures do. As a result, dragon culture is loose and ill-defined, and they often keep out of each other's way.

### Strong Destiny

Dragons have much more powerful souls than is usual for other kinds of creatures. Additionally, either through lucky quirk or unknown design, something about a dragon's metaphysical anatomy makes them seemingly impossible to possess, such as by a ghost or devil.

### Magical Diet

Dragons don't need to eat that farmer's livestock; they do it to assert their territorial dominance, or just for fun. For sustenance, they actually feed on unusual things like conceptual or magical energy.

## Chromatic Dragons

Often thought of as evil monsters, chromatic dragons are largely aligned against the Dragon Empire and with the Three. From strongest to weakest, the five types of chromatic dragons are:

### Red

The strongest and most prideful, red dragons breathe fire and are associated with brute force. Their obsession with gems and gold is perhaps even stronger than the dragon baseline, probably because they feed on the conceptual energy it passively exudes. They are associated with the Red Wyrm, Lofrudd.

### Blue

The most magically potent, blue dragons breathe lightning and are associated with intelligence and sorcery. They feed on many of the same magical energies that power arcane spells and rituals, and are associated with the Blue Wyrm, Rhith.

### Green

The most reclusive, green dragons breathe poison and are the least likely to associate with the Three, or other dragons at all, for that matter. They are associated with the Green Wyrm, Rannu.

### Black

The most spiteful and calculating, black dragons breathe acid and are associated with stealth and guile. They are associated with the Black Wyrm, Cysgod.

### White

White dragons breathe cold and are associated with... not much at all, really. Their associated Wyrm, Esgyrn, is long dead.

## Metallic Dragons

Whether considered the Dragon Empire's stewards, servants, or secret masters, metallic dragons are thought of by many as friends and protectors of humanity. From strongest to weakest, the five types of chromatic dragons are:

### Gold

Gold dragons breathe fire. They are associated with the Gold Wyrm, Tarian.

### Silver

Silver dragons breathe cold. They are associated with the Silver Wyrm, Seren.

### Copper

Copper dragons breathe acid. They are associated with the Copper Wyrm, Luman.

### Bronze

Bronze dragons breathe lightning. They are associated with the Bronze Wyrm, Morthwyl.

### Brass

Brass dragons breathe fire. They are associated with the long dead Brass Wyrm, Chelain.