Dragon

An order of herpetons that includes Draconids, Amphipteres and Wyverns, and a suborder, Terragons, composed of micro variants of the former.

The encompassing trait common to all dragons is the distinction of being herpets with powered flight and breath weapons (breathing out or vomiting forth a substance used as a weapon). Dragons are distinct from other reptiles, crocodilians and dinosaurids.

## Diet

A common, but not universal trait of dragons is their inability to eat anything but ash.

## Behavior

Dragons, in terms of classification of the animate are considered creatures, they are either the center of civilizations, or their bane. The intelligence of dragons varies from species to species, some are capable of speech and cooperation with other races, while some display little cognition above baseline predatory animals.

### Magic

While usually unable to practice magic, dragons are sought out for their magical properties. Some will teach magic, dragons can teach kinetics to command sky, earth, wind and anima, as well as the ability to speak to the dead, probabilities, and to find where treasure is hidden.

#### Dragon parts

Dragons are a source of magic. To become sorcerers, one can eat the heart and liver of a dragon, though most prefer to find gothic weed instead.

In their heads is a precious stone, draconite, which can store enormous quantities of chemical energy.

Horns, Scales, Claws, Teeth of dragons have the ability to make the effects of potions and elixirs last much longer.

## Suborders

Dragons vary greatly from one species to another, usually based on the number of limbs they have.

### Draconids

Four legged dragon. Considered an animal or creature.

### Wyverns

Wyverns are two legged dragons that do not possess arms but have bat-like wings.

### Amphipteres

Amphipteres are winged dragons that do not possess legs or arms. These dragons are often confused with wyrms, which are a species of wingless tarrasques.

## Species

### Volcanic Dragons

Dragons that feed off ash that they create from their fire. Volcanic eruptions coincide with reproductive boons for dragons. The creatures can typically sense a coming eruption and gather there. These dragons are centered around one male dragon that cannot produce fire and many females who produce the ash they consume. These volcanic colonies are multispecies, including draconids, wyverns and even amphiteres.

### Terragons

Sub order of micro sized dragons, includes species of draconids, drakes, amphipteres and wyverns. Also called dwerro dragons.

### Social Dragons

Social dragons hunt in packs, they use cloud cover to hide themselves when returning food to an alpha.

### Fume Dragon

A Dragon who can exhale the carbon monoxide (CO) that it intakes, it uses this by suffocating its victims. also known as the Dark bringer dragon, as its breath extinguishes flames.

### Salamandra

Salamandra are dragons with other race level sentience, considered creatures as they rarely create or live in societies.

These are usually the dragons that exhibit intelligence in their behavior, such as kidnapping and ransoming members of other races, but also practicing and researching magic, ruling over territories and more.

Their classification escapes the label of the other species of draconid or terragon, as the only criteria is their intelligence level.

### Marsupial Dragon

*Main article: Marsupial Dragon*

A fascinating example of sexual dimorphism, the Marsupial dragon is a species whose physical appearance and behavior differs wildly.

The males are bipedal and carry the young males in their pouch which they take under their care as soon as they are born, to avoid being burned to death by its mother. The males live in groups without females where they tend to their young. Their diet is herbivorous and they are rather territorial, they live in savannahs and grasslands. The baby leaves the pouch only rarely until it is three years old. In order to avoid crushing the baby, the male marsupial dragon sleeps standing up. Despite the name, the male marsupial dragon very rarely uses its fire breathing ability if it is with child, preferring to use bone clubs and the armor made of its ancestors bones for protection, the armor eventually fuses with the creature upon reaching adulthood. The males also do not have the ability to fly, lacking wings. As such, young males without wards usually ward off predators while the adults protect their young.

Female Marsupial Dragons look a lot more like actual dragons, sporting wings and a greater propensity to use their fire breathing ability. The females guard the nesting area, and when the eggs hatch, wait for the strongest females to leave. The female then ignites the young females tails, which triggers the organs inside them, leading to their development of wings and flight later on in life. The weaker males still in their eggs are discarded into the Dragon graveyard, by the females where they wear their ancestors skulls and wield their bones as weapons. They fight and kill each other until the survivors are rescued by their fathers, who care for them until they are adults. When the young males grow, their body fuses with the bones of their ancestors.

### Ephemere Dragon

This salamander spends most of its life on the ground as a bipedal fire breathing reptile.

When mating season comes, adults sprout wings to find mates, reproduce and then die. the females live long enough to bury their eggs into a mound, that they cover in rocks and then breathe fire on until the rock forms a protective shell.

The babies when they hatch must then break through this tough shell, ensuring the strong survive.