Dragons

**Dragons** are a race of terrifying, gigantic, long-living, reptilian beasts. Dragons have been described as monsters, demons, serpents, reptiles, or sometimes just beasts while in reality they are all of the above.

## History

Dragons were huge creatures dwarfing even mammoths. There is something magical about dragons that has kept our intrigue over many centuries.

Few creatures of history conjure up the mental images of the dragon. Also known as wurm, wyrm and firedrake, these mercurial creatures pervade almost every pantheon of classical mythology and have become an integral inclusion of an entire genre of fantasy literature. Dragons are usually winged and breathe fire and they also are said to have scales and claws and horns and their skin below is corrosive. Some dragons may have two or more heads. They may also have more than one tail. They may have two, four or even more legs; however, most are known to have two or four legs. Dragons are said to eat things such as deer, sheep, goats, fishes or even mammoths.

Dragons are very intelligent creatures. They live in remote areas, far away from humans, in places that are dark, damp and secluded, such as caves. Dragons were first thought of as creatures who lived in fire. As of folklore, almost all dragon stories portray the dragon as the villain from whom the hero must protect the city or the princess. But some dragons can take on the form of the protector. Dragons cannot be put all into one group as there are so many types of dragons. Each world seems to have their own type of dragon, and each of these dragons are usually very different.

### Mating and Children

Dragons don't have external reproduction system like humans. It would be hard to distinguish between a male and a female dragon if it was't for feathers

Some secondary sexual characters are that males have a more muscular body, larger wings, smaller eyes and stronger bones. Females have bigger eyes, faster body and sharper features.

A dragon mates in the air about 600 feet above the ground and break about 100 feet above. Males can attract females by hoarding gold while females give a mating call and fly her fastest. If a female is matched by a male of her speed, they hunt together for some time and later they start mating and making nests. Dragons usually live in a family and take care of their young ones almost forever. Unless their homes are very small, entire dragon generations carry on in a single area.

Dragons are monogamous creatures and once they pick a mate, they never leave their side - not even after death. Dragons don’t mate as soon as they meet, they might even take years to know each other well enough before deciding to carry on and groom their young ones. Dragons are also known to be incestuous, generally the female is older that the male dragon and is thus far more stronger and dominant than the male dragon.

## Powers & Abilities

Dragons possess awesome and terrible power, capable of laying waste to armies and burning entire cities and towns to ashes. Dragons are tremendously powerful monsters and have a number of abilities that make them difficult creatures to kill. They are among the most powerful creatures on planet Earth, due to their giant size. Dragons can fly, breathe fire, and are extremely powerful, strong, and intelligent creatures. Their hard scales cannot be easily pierced by swords, arrows, and other weaponry. Dragons also have deadly poisons in their teeth and claws. In addition to physical as well as elemental attributes, some Dragons have also been known to possess their own form of magic.

* Dragons are almost immortal and cannot be killed by any man-made weapon but they can die from old age.
* Dragons have giant bat-like wings which they use to fly and capture prey. They are incredibly capable flyers, able to move with great speed and maneuverability, and still demonstrate great stealth despite their enormous size. They can also fly for great distances.
* Being gigantic creatures, dragons possess tremendous physical strength that makes them among the strongest type of supernatural monsters. They can easily overpower humans through sheer physical force, break through the thickest of rock walls, and have strength great enough to crush stone with ease. They are amongst the strongest of monsters, able to casually break and crush bones, toss a grown man like a doll, and easily lift and carry a handful of grown men and women and even lift 40-500 tons, for over hundreds of miles.
* Perhaps their primary use of attack, dragons can breathe a large stream of searing hot, deadly, fiery-flames or napalm from their mouth and nostrils that can set anything aflame and melt almost anything it hits. In addition, they can also launch destructive, explosive fireballs. These temperatures are hot enough to melt metals like iron and even stone. Dragons have been known to breathe both  yellow, red, orange and blue fire. When using their magic, Dragons can also forge a blade with their breath.
* In addition to fire, some dragons are also capable of breathing a stream of ice from their mouth that can freeze anything it hits.
* Despite being animals, most dragons possess the power to communicate with animals and humans.