Dragons

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**Dragons** are powerful and Ancient creatures that predate the memory of even the other Ancient Races.

Calling themselves simply "The First" when describing their race, the Dragons are undoubtedly the eldest race on the world.

They are split into a number of breeds, or sub-races that each reflect a different aspect of nature. These divides took place at some point prior to the Elves, for even in their oldest histories the Dragons are as we know them today.

Dragons can be easily categorized into two types.

Chromatic Dragons and Metallic Dragons. Those types are further divided by what kind of climate they prefer.

It is theorized that the first schism in the Draconic race was caused by the rise of the first two Deities of the Dragons. Gygarion and Gallusia.

## Ecology

Draconic beings are varied, containing the most diversity among their species than any other intelligent race. But what they have in common is an inborn sense of power and desire to protect. What and how they go about this is different based on sub-species as well as individual.

All dragons are intensely territorial, and seek to hoard something, whether than be the stereotypical gold and riches, or it can be as esoteric as secrets. Some evil dragons seek to hoard people as servants and supplicants, feeding their egos by getting constant praise, where others can hoard people in an effort to protect and guide them.

Dragons are divided into three primary groups, Metallic, Chromatic, and Crystalline. Each group is then subdivided based on physical traits and also largely disposition.

Metallic dragons are split into Gold, Silver, Copper, Bronze, and Brass, while Chromatic are split between Red, Black, Green, Blue, and White. Crystalline dragons are split between Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, and Topaz.

All dragons possess a breath weapon, the ability to breathe out a specific element or energy. This energy type is determined by what sort of dragon they are. Red and Gold dragons both have fire attacks for example.

Dragons tend to live for unreasonable lengths of time, and do not ever suffer from any negative effects from age, they simply continue to grow in size and power the longer they live.

## History

In the time before all but the gods themselves, while Eden was still busy making the deities, the twins Gygarion and Gallusia decided to do something in secret. the pair watched how eden was making their younger siblings, and decided to emulate her, and attempted their hand at creating something together. The twins chose the form, strong, durable, timeless. They chose their minds, sharp, cunning, confident And they instilled into them the values they held most dear, protection and destruction, giving these new beings the capability to shape their world around them.

However as they delved further into this group project, their ideas and ends seemed to grow further and further apart, causing the twins to argue, first with words, then with blows.

The resulting conflict got the attention of Eden, who saw her eldest children fighting over a race of beings that they'd created in secret. Seeing these lost children, Eden forbid the gods from creating any new beings on their own, favoring the idea that all of the deities should work together on creating a race of beings. The resulting disaster of the Elves changed the policy once again, and afterwards Eden worked with each of the gods in creating children in their own image.

## Society

Draconic society is loose to say the least. Dragons do not typically live in groups aside from immediate family and even then those groups are loose and tend to only last a century or two at most. The reasoning behind this is due to dragon's innate need to be territorial and self-sufficent, this tends to drive them to live apart from one another, and focus on their own hoarding.

In general, the Dragons tend to defer to the oldest member of their family in any kind of dispute among their own kind.

Dragons do tend to get into conflict with one another due to their territorial natures, particularly when dealing with a different sub-species who likes the same climate or lair style. In those conflicts, Dragons tend to leverage their resources against one another first, that can include followers or servants or slaves depending on the particular dragon, but if pushed far enough, can result in direct confrontation between the two draconids.

## Territory

Dragons are spread across the length and breadth of all of Aedron, they were first to set foot anywhere, and still claim to have true ownership of all of the world. Many use their long lives and increased intelligence to bend the local settlements to their will, whether the locals realize it or not.

## Notable Dragons

* Burr
* Zel'na'rif'kef