Prismatic Dragons

Prismatic dragons are color beings thought to be crafted from light itself and originated on the plane of Bright Heights; the opposing realm of the Shadow Realm. They are honor-bound and lovers of humanoids which they express through typically becoming one of the rulers and protectors of a humanoid city, perhaps not in their true form as they have the same shapeshifting ability that yellow dragons have.

## Physical Information

### Resistance

* Light Magic
* Fire Magic

## Sociocultural Information

### Distinction(s)

* Only photovore chromatic dragon
* Blinding scales

### Place of Origin

Bright Heights

*"The bright and colorful prismatic dragon glimmers in the sunlight and acts as a beacon for all of humanity to look to."* - Prof. Kaysi Halbrunt

## Description

The prismatic dragon's scales are pale and translucent with the thickness of the scales acting as highly reflecting, blinding all who look directly at them. They have two simple glass horns which point directly upwards. A prismatic dragon will often go under disguise when in a humanoid city, buying a home and rising in the ranks of society before they eventually act as one of the cities prime protectors or politicians. They enjoy the heat of a debate and love to converse with any and all who belong to the humanoid species-type though they do have a certain disdain for goblins and kobolds. Some prismatic dragons may even go as far as forming a family throughout their years of living within a city in order to cement their disguise and position in the society, the children of which are known as one of the many half-dragons; specifically Dragomen, when a dragon mates with a humanoid race.

### Abilities

Besides its blinding capabilities in which no effort has to be expelled, a prismatic dragon can twist and shape light to become what it wishes. In essence this dragon cause the natural light to become brighter in a radius around them or do the complete oppisote and negate the light around them to become as dark as they wish; this light cannot be expelled through the use of a Darkness or Light spell.

Their ability to change their form into any humanoid race is akin to that of the yellow dragon the only difference being that the prismatic dragon can do this innately, without the need to understand the creatures physiology and their form will often act as "persona" for which they craft a history, personality, and traits that they act upon.

#### Breath Weapon

Prismatic dragons breath weapon is not entirely a breath weapon, it expands from their mouth as other breath weapons do but does not act as a normal breath weapon as it spreads from their mouth, expanding into a sphere of blinding light through which only the dragon itself and chosen allies can see within. Creatures outside of the sphere cannot see into it and as such makes combat for those outside of it a guessing game.

#### Lair

The lair of a prismatic dragon can vary in location, there are those which wish for isolation while there are others that prefer a more civilized location in which they surround themselves with beings to converse with. Either way what is within the lair stays the same; prismatic dragons love the collection of anything shiny coins, gems, metals, weapons, anything that may give off a glint of light is fair game. However, unlike many other dragons, prismatic dragons refuse to steal in order to grow their horde, they instead earn it through years of work and kind deeds through favors and friends or through the defeat of another dragon wherein they take their horde for their own.

## Reproduction

It is common for a prismatic dragon to not mate with another of their species until their later years in life, instead mating with humanoids to ensure their role in humanoid society is not questioned. But when a prismatic dragon does decide to mate with another of their kind the pair will abandon their hordes for a brief time; checking in on it of course; to live within the clouds where they mate and raise their children from hatchling to juvenile. During this time the pair may only mate once but will have at least 2-3 children that survive the incubation and hatching process that they raise until the hatchlings are prepared to leave home. After the hatchlings leave the two dragons bid each other farewell and return to their own horde to carry out whatever life they now wish to lead. Typically by the time a prismatic dragons children are raised their previous companions and family are long dead, their previous persona forgotten, and so they start completely anew.

## Harvesting

Prismatic dragons are fill to the brim with valuable articles for alchemy, spellcasting, and food making. A prismatic dragons scales are the most popular and import item to collect first so that the scales do not gain further damage as the scales can be used to make armor which has the same properties of the scales such as their resistances. Dragon Talons or teeth are also popular in the creation of knifes, daggers, or swords. Additionally, prismatic dragons scales are valuable in the crafting of reflective armors or cloaks, their horns often used in the creation of Blinding Wands, and their eyes even used as orbs for spellcasting.