Homo draco

***Homo draco***, usually referred to as **dragons**, is the scientific name for the species of dragon girls that reside within the BiscuitVerse. Created by Vivaiya alongside the various other animal/human hybrid species, dragons have had varying degrees of acceptance within the DRIVE's of Vivaiya, with full integration within Cogitamim however becoming near extinct inside Kemanima.

## Physical Appearance

All dragons possess horns, thick tails and large wings which can sometimes get them confused with Demons. Most dragons also have fangs with some also having pointed ears. The colours of a dragon's wings and tails is usually an indication of what element they are, though in Cogitamim, this is less the case due to their integration within society.

## Traits

### High strength

Dragons possess high natural strength when compared to other species, often being cited as one of the strongest species in physical strength. They can generally bend and damage metal with their bare hands and can crush various objects with their tail.

### Immunity and resistance

Dragons are very tough and generally do not fall ill due to disease. Though they can resist things such as bullets and explosions, they still feel some pain when affected by such impacts.

### Elemental Breath

Dragons can breath related elemental magic from their mouths, though training and genetics can cause dragons to breath elements other than their natural one.

### Flight

Dragons can fly whenever they please by recalling their wings situated on their back. Dragons can fly at immense speeds, matching the speed of commercial aircraft by the time they reach adulthood, dragons who continually fly are capable of reaching speeds past Mach 1.

### Fast energy recovery

Dragons only require around 2 hours of sleep every 24 hours once they are adults.

## Behaviour

Dragons are traditionally solitary, usually not forming many relationships, even within the early clans dragons formed where they would only familiarise themselves with local members and immediate higher-ups. Dragons also have a tendency for chaos, often wanting to cause unnecessary damage or disarray only for their own pleasure. As the years have gone on and societies have formed, these behaviours have dulled down significantly when compared to their inception, however a lot of dragons still display these behaviours on occasion.

## History

### Early years

In both DRIVE's they were created in, dragons experienced a violent life, often fighting other groups of dragons for territory. Due to their high strength and power, this hindered the development of other species in the world and dragons were regarded as a barbaric species and were often turned away by groups of non-dragons, however they often picked up various of the developments of people such as language through spying or pillaging.

### Cogitamim

Within this DRIVE, dragons realised that they were not accepted into the general population of the world and started to fight and dwell in more remote locations like mountains and deserts around 500 years before the creation of the calendar. Dragons continued to fight for the next 1000 years until many clans realised that the population of their species was declining which caused many clans to form a truce in an attempt to save their species. Over the coming years, the clans formed a chain of truces that effectively ended the Cogitamim Inter-draco War and started the path of recovery for the species.

Due to their habitation in remote locations, resources had become scarce and dragons were running out of options for survival. Garnet Nightstrider (known as Nightblaze at the time) organised for all dragons to relocate to her clan was located at the Himalayas and form a society similar to other species on the planet so they could trade for resources and befriend others. After studies were conducted, in 1561 The Dragonstones was founded with 12 members who had renamed themselves after the 12 birthstones that their studies had found in hopes to better friendship between them and other societies.

Within 100 years, dragon population had increased dramatically and so had the development of the world with the help of the dragons, causing The Dragonstones to become a very important member in the world, continuing to monitor and police dragons around the world. In 1882, The Dragonstones were invited to nominate a member to represent them in World Congress, in which Garnet was nominated for being the founding member.

In the modern day, dragons are still uncommon sights but they're treated no differently from the rest of the population, living life as everyone else in the world. Some dragons still chose to live up in the Himalayas as Dragonic Law does not apply, dragons who wish to move from this area are no longer required to take a test but are encouraged to educate themselves on the differences expected in behaviour before moving in.