Sparkle Dragon

Sparkle Dragons are significantly smaller than most dragons and significantly more agile because of it. They are the fastest known dragons, able to wiz by at the speed of a car with their two sets of wings.

## Sociocultural Information

### Languages

* Draconic
* Sylvan

## **Description**

Sparkle Dragons are significantly more birdlike than their parent race - the Spirit dragon - with a yellow or brown beak and feathered wings that are dotted with star-like sparkles. They are smaller than most other dragons and because of this they are often paired off with human riders as they are the most social and enjoy human company as well. Sparkle Dragons who do not reside in human colonies will live in groupings of 6-10 called Dralock which they will protect fiercely with their life. In addition, Sparkle Dragons find their mate when entering young adulthood and are mates with them for life.

### Maturity

Sparkle dragons live for roughly 1010 years, shorter than most dragons but still long enough to live through multiple humanoid generations. Sparkle dragons are known for a higher mating drive as only 1 in every 6 hatchlings survive to adulthood, because of this most Sparkle dragons will have multiple mates over their lifespan with other sparkle dragons outside of their dralock.

### Abilities

Sparkle dragons have the ability to fly much faster than any other dragon, but this not used in the case of hunting food as sparkle dragons are exclusively herbivores. Their speedy flight is used for round the year migration in which they never stay in one place for long, travelling between forests and mountains all throughout the year. Even though they are herbivores, sparkle dragons have a sharpened and somewhat jaggad upper beak which overlaps the slightly smaller lower beak, this sharpened beak is used in combat as well as the consumption of harder vegetables like the snow carrot or tundra potato.

#### Breath Weapon

The breath weapon of a sparkle dragon emits itself as a powerful scream from the deepest bowels of the dragons throat which can be heard many miles away. This scream is strong and high-pitched, disorienting, and loud, it acts as a stun to any creature that can hear it causing them to be briefly overwhelmed by the intensity of it.

### Ecology

Sparkle dragons thrive in forests and mountains with their body equipped to handle both harsh and mild weather that may occur in their homes. They have no problem nesting besides a village so long as they are not disturbed intentionally by any of its inhabitants; if this does occur they have been known to immeditely set out to find the next nearest forest or mountain range. Because of their near-constant travel a sparkle dragon has no set lair besides a Lair of Mating, as the researchers call it. This lair is within a mountain range, it has a central hub where a hole in the top allows for ample light to shine off the feathers of the males as they attempt to woo a female into mating with them. Additionally, this lair has hundreds of tunnels which hold the weath of at least 50 sparkle dragons.

### Harvesting

**Feather:** the feather of a sparkle dragon can be used in place of certain components when it comes to a Light spell, as well as a few light-based spells which use the element of light and thus requires something reflective of that element, like the feather of a sparkle dragon or a candle flame.