Dragons

Dragons are very powerful, magical and typically very large creatures; Some are so Large that they might even mistake them for a small mountain. There are 2 types of dragons. They are known as True Dragons, and Lesser Dragons, which include Wyverns, Wyrms, and Drakes. As all Draconic Creatures grow in age they respectively grow in power. They can eat almost anything, their senses are one of the most adept. And the length of time a dragon can live rivals no other creature in Parvolon. Each type of dragon has its own mannerisms, however most are very prideful of their own race.

**Anatomy**

Dragons were inherently magical beings, and in no case should dragons be considered reptiles, despite obvious similarities such as a scaled epidermis and reproduction by laying eggs. They were more akin to feline creatures than reptiles, particularly in regards to their posture and movements, as well as being inherently warm-blooded and an eye composition similar to felines, although far more complex. A good example of this was the placement of the legs: dragons also tended to place their rear foot where their front foot was previously, much like most stalking feline predators.

Unlike most warm-blooded creatures Dragons have poor insolation. ***(Insert something about How they regulate heat, or something about the material they are made of to explain how)***

**Diet**

All dragons were omnivorous and could eat almost anything, thanks to their innate elemental nature that allowed them to consume and digest all sorts of food, including substances that wouldn't qualify as food to other living creatures. Most dragons preferred a carnivorous diet, but a few of them had developing unique dietary habits. Metallic dragons, for instance, preferred to eat primarily inorganic fare. They were able to eat almost everything, but each race had a preferred diet; some preferred flesh, other to eat precious metals or gems, and so forth.

Most active dragons usually consumed half their own weight in meat every day. Dragons rarely got fat, as their bodies converted all the eaten food into elemental energy, storing it for later use. Much of this stored energy was expended using their breath weapons and other magical abilities. When eating inorganic materials, dragons needed to eat as much as its own body weight per day to maintain healthy bodies.

A dragon can sustain itself for up to 40 years without food while still being active, and up to 150 years during a period of hibernation. However they become significantly weaker the longer they go without food.

**Senses**

As for their senses, which varied slightly depending on the species, dragons were superior in most ways to other creatures - like any predator, they had exceptionally acute senses, which only increased with age. Dragons had excellent depth perception and comparably good peripheral vision, able to see twice as well as a base Evolvi in daylight; they had great night vision, and were able to see even when conditions had no light to offer, though not in color. Dragons could also pick up scents very well, utilizing both their sensitive nose and forked tongue, much like a snake. Their hearing was on par with human hearing, although their minds could filter what noise it hears. Dragon taste was also refined, although they did not respond well to sweet flavors, and most dragons didn't discuss why. Of all its senses, a dragon's sense of touch is the only one to decrease with age, due mostly to the development of thick, hard scales.

**Reproduction**

The number of eggs a Female dragon lays each brood depended on its race, but was usually low, between one and ten. The time that a dragon is capable of breeding is when they are in the Adult to Mature-Adult in their lives (typically 101-400 years in age). It takes 20 years to produce a set of eggs, and another 30 years for each egg to hatch. Breeding has a high chance for failure. Feralization is not a guaranteed success and often requires multiple attempts to create a fertilized egg. Even after this, development of the egg is unreliable; even if a dragon lays a sizeable brood, many of these eggs might be stillborn from the start. Mothers are often left caring for their nest on their own. Leaving the eggs unattended is a severe risk to take, but often a forced choice. Many humanoid species poach dragon eggs because of a legendary status in their cultures as delicacies or miracle cures.

Thanks to their shape-shifting, dragons could also cross-breed with virtually any other creature, creating a half-dragon. However this is extremely rare due to the low rates on breeding. Most of the time when dragons of different types crossbred it resulted in no offspring. Whenever offspring did occur between different types, the offspring's biology would almost always favor one of the parent's "type" over the other and might display characteristic that varied from its norm.

**Aging**

Dragons went through twelve stages of growth during their enormously long life cycle. While size depended on the subspecies of dragon, great wyrms were often more than 100 feet (30 meters) in length. Age did not seem to diminish their strength, intelligence, or power, and often had the opposite effect, and so the oldest wyrms were among the most formidable and impressive creatures in all of Parvolon. They can live up to 4 millennia however death of old age is at around 3,000 years. This would happen due to the stress on the internal organs throughout their entire lives.

Lesser Dragons usually do not live as long as True Dragons.

A Dragon's race does not change into a Wyrm when they become of that age category, this is just what a very Ancient dragon is referred to as.

**Abilities**

Dragons became stronger as they grew older; they also became larger, more resistant to damages and magic, had a more dangerous breath, and a great deal of other enhanced aspects. Older dragons could cast draconic magic, such as spells with just a few words, and oftentimes they didn't need long and complex ritual involving words, gestures and components like other wizards, and they radiated a mystical fear aura around themselves. After a millennium or two, a dragon reached his maximum development. All dragons had some innate magical abilities, but they varied from race to race.

Draconic Magic is an ability that only dragons can perform. This type of magic is more powerful than most Humanoid magic, and the most powerful types of Draconic magic could be seen as a "Level 10 spell" due to its massive amount of power. Humanoids might refer to "Draconic Magic" as "Magic" because these abilities are outside of their Natural Order. The name is a misnomer because of the humanoid Perspective. The Dragons call this ability ***"(Insert Text Here)"***

## **Types of Dragons**

There are 2 types of Dragons. True Dragons, and Lesser DragonsWyverns, Wyrms and Drakes.

### **True Dragon**

True dragons have four legs and a pair of wings. They are the most powerful type of dragon in Parvolon, and this is the type of dragon that most Skala are descendants from. Their Group resembles their color pallet and how they act. These groups are known as Chromatic, Metallic, and Miscellaneous. See True Dragons

**Chromatic True Dragons**

Distinguished typically by a solid, non-reflective coloring of their scales, hence the name. They were generally Egoistic, greedy, and predatory

**Metallic True Dragons**

Distinguished typically by the color and composition of their scales, that was like that of various metals, hence the name. They were generally good, altruistic, and righteous creatures. Despite their relatively benign nature, metallic dragons were also aggressive when threatened or challenged.

**Miscellaneous True Dragons**

All other types of dragons that do not fit into the 3 mentioned above. Some of the most common type of these dragons could be Undead, Planar, a Dragon Turtle, or dragons have no breath weapons but some other magical abilities. These types of Dragons have yet to be fully explored as they rarely venture away from their homeland.

### Lesser Dragons

Lesser Dragons are Dragons that usually do not grow as old or Powerful as True Dragons. There are 3 types of Lesser Dragons: Wyverns, Wyrms, and Drakes.

**Wyverns**

Wyverns have two legs and pair of wings. Some are seen with relatively small arms that have little to no use, while others have no extra limbs. These creatures varied in length from 15​ to ​65  feet weighed around 1-2 tons. Some exceptions of larger Wyverns exist. Wyverns only had a pair of hind legs instead of a set four. Their wingspan could get over 50 feet in length. Their tails were often quite long, comprising almost half of their bodies, yet very mobile. These ended in a thick cartilage knot with a stinger protruding out of it, similar to a scorpion.

**Wyrms**

Wyrms are snake like creature with or without legs. Depending on their Sub-race, a Wyrm can either fly through magical means, or not at all.

**Drakes**

Drakes have four legs, and no wings. They were often used as guards by dragons. Commonly used as mounts, These dragons varied in size depending on their race. Some matched that of Gargantuan Dragons, while others simply stayed in the Huge or Large category.