Dragons

**Dragons** were one of the most powerful races of creatures in existence. They originated from Arkenheim, as the first created creatures by the Primordials.

## History

After Yeshua created Arkenheim and Cosmosos, he placed the Dragons as the master race of Arkenheim and Humans as the Dominants in Cosmosos. Dragons were originally intended to be a Chaotic Neutral force, able to decide their fate and sides of arguments for themselves.

The Dragons were granted many special permissions, and were able to harness the elements and magic for their own, personal use. Every dragon had this ability, though some were more magically influenced than others. Some dragons even had the power to traverse through the planes (until the Dusk Wars at the end of the Second Age). Dragons were considered to be the most powerful beings in planes they didn't belong to, some even being worshipped by Dominants of other realms. They're interactions with different cultures sparked an interest in them, and dragon legends became quite common in the Second Age.

## Classification

Dragons were usually large, quadrupedal, two-winged reptile-like beings. Most were capable of flight, ability to react to and control (to some degree) their identified element. Elemental Dragons typically followed after their elemental subtype's color and markings, so identifying dragon species wasn't very difficult. Some Dragons were exempt of traditional elemental powers and instead had vendetta on some other source, or could be multi-elemental. These dragons were usually stronger and higher in rank than monotype dragons.

Dragons fit a wide variety of Ranks all over the realms. Most were Dominants or Titans, though some dragons, especially many found in Cosmosos, would be considered Beasts. A select few were even Primordials, though they were rarely seen outside the Palace of Gur-Adin on Arkenheim.

The more powerful dragons are capable of telepathy, the ability to communicate to another organism, by sending signals straight to their brain rather than having them interprept it through languages and speech. Dragons can learn Dominant languages as well.

### Species

#### Fire Dragons

Fire Dragons were among the most common and well-known dragon species. They had the ability to regulate their temperature and produce fire from their nostrils and mouths. Nearly all fire dragons were flight-capable, magical, and were aligned either Chaotic Neutral or Neutral Evil.

#### Water Dragons

Pure, Draconian Water Dragons were much rarer than serpentine-like dragons. Most Water dragons were wingless and limbless, and had the ability to swim at breakneck speeds in the waters.

#### Forest Dragons

Forest Dragons were intelligent and cunning, far smarter than most other dragon types. Many were capable of camouflage and they could sap energy from living beings. They generally resided in forests or in caves, however dragons that lived in other planes (especially Cosmosos) would often claim a village or small town as theirs and terrorize the townsfolk living there. Many stories of Human/Dragon intervention came from these green dragons.

#### Earth Dragons

Many of these dragons could not fly, or only flew very rarely. Some Species didn't even have wings. Earth dragons have the ability to burrow deep underground, to create nests or lairs. They can cause minor earthquakes and even break the sound barrier with just their roar. Some Earthy Dragons even had rocks or crystals adorning their bodies. These dragons were often very greedy.

#### Air Dragons

Commonly referred to as Hellkites, air dragons seldom landed on dry ground. They spent majority of their time gliding over oceans or continents. They were superb flyers. Air dragons could whip up windstorms in a minute, possibly even starting rampaging twisters.

Some Air Dragons were Armored with thick layers of lightweight, metallic scales. These protected the creature from attacks from other species or even other dragons themselves.