Onean Dragon

Onean Dragons are a large, stout reptilian creation of Kaia (rough blueprint gifted by Ignacio and Alya) who wanted a creature to match her siblings. Kaia’s Dragons are born and created from the earth in a godly form of Necromancy. The first dragon was sighted April 23 1702 by the War Lord Praxitelles and his companions off the War Lord’s road.

## Life Cycle and Biology

These creatures are very unique in their life cycle, they don’t breed or mate. After they mature they disperse spores that create fairy rings in habitable, sheltered areas; the life within that circle is drained to create new draconic life which then waits for their bonded equine to arrive. A Dragon's life ends when their companion's does, simply returning to the earth it was born from.

They grow very slowly but arise from the earth already twice the height of a fully grown equine. They'll never be fully grown before five. The larger they get, the further their desire to travel to forage and remain as cold as possible.

#### **Additional Notes**

* Eating doesn't provide the same energy it takes to fly. Eating is purely for sustenance to keep their body going; life absorption adjusts the energy in their body to propel them forward in flight.
* Mainly feed on mammals, they're not opposed to eating the occasional equine if truly desperate but can quickly be taught not to do so.
* They get the rest of their nutrients from foraging minerals in the earth and all that comes with it.

## Abilities

Onean Wyverns are heavy and ground bound, however Kaia has blessed her creatures with the ability to take life force from her very earth and redistribute it within themselves to fly. The most common life they absorb is from within flora and areas of heavy vegetation, namely forests. The energy isn't powerfully nourishing, but it typically gets them where they want to go.

They can, in necessity, take a living creature's life force which creates much richer power; needing to take less to fly more as the energy is much more potent. But as it tends to take them further from the ground than what they're used to and faster than is their typical travel speed, this would only happen once every decade or so.

Earth Dragons have limited eyesight and hearing but can feel the earth in an innate form of tremor sense. Always feeling the vibrations around them, they can easily follow their companion and find their way home. It's another reason they prefer not to fly long distances as not being able to feel the world around them sends them into panic mode. They typically like to have their stretch of territory on a fault line so it's much easier to distinguish and lowers the chance significantly of running into another Wyvern's territory.

Each Onean Dragon is also created with **one**of the following breaths:

### **Earth Breaths**

* **Stalagmite Bullets** - within the wyvern’s stomach, stalagmites and stalactites grow. It’s rage very easily dislodges these and they come speeding out at destructive speeds in rapid fire.

* **Tremor Force** - Connecting with their innate tremor sense, the Onean Dragons can release large bursts of force into the ground creating area specific earthquakes that can shake several targets off their feet and potentially create small cracks within the earth.

## Behaviour

Earth Dragons are slow, docile creatures but they are remarkably stubborn, so getting your Wyvern to do what you want requires careful strategy to make the Dragon think it’s their idea or better yet they can typically be persuaded with chunks of mineral. They are doubtlessly loyal and will do anything to defend their companion and family.

They’re far from aggressive and will only ever attack another creature if severely provoked or if their territory/companion is threatened. Their territory generally encompasses their companion's home, as well as a chunk of mountains that they have claimed. They typically like to have their stretch of territory on a fault line so it's much easier to distinguish their pathways and lowers the chance significantly of running into another Wyvern's territory.

Onean Dragons prefer to be in the cold and like to roll around in snow and mud to keep extra cool. Even their preferred sleeping place is as close to the mountains as possible, if not on the mountain itself when travelling becomes easier with size and age. Even just the Southern stretches of Onea make them uncomfortable and if bonded with a companion in that region they tend to keep their visits to a minimum.

## As Companions

They’re somewhat similar to owning a ginormous shaggy dog, only more earthy. You’ll find little mushrooms, spores and earthy scales everywhere, although it’s being discovered that their scaled pieces and fungi make for good fertiliser.

Onean Dragons communicate telepathically with their companion using pictures and grunts. An equine companion can do their best to visualise what they'd like to get their Dragon to do, but there's no guarantee it's going to be an order followed. Particularly while in their early stages, Onean Dragons can find it difficult to get the full understanding from just one picture and may make their own decisions about what it means. A simple thought of a friendly sparring match could easily be interpreted as danger and send the Dragon into a protective frenzy that could easily end with several innocent equines injured. The communication takes practice but once both minds are in sync their communicating isn't far from just speaking to one another.

They are very much a one equine dragon with exceptions to their bonded companion’s immediate family. They’re often fond of young equines and less so of other adults both equine and other dragons. They'll happily let young foals run all over them, jumping and creating chaos as they please.

While young and learning their way in the new world they’re much like puppies, eager to please but still discovering themselves and what boundaries they can push, so although they’d be fantastic at helping a farmer plough and dig, they may not dig exactly where desired... As they age and mature, they prefer to go off on their own to forage minerals and mammals in the mountain ranges, coming back every few days to check on their companion.

Their telepathic range with their bonded equine knows no bounds, though the further apart the companions are, the trickier it can be to understand each other, usually dulling down to just feeling emotions and seeing colours instead of seeing pictures with perfect clarity. This happens most commonly when an equine goes beyond the Onean borders. Being in Valore would bring communication down to blurred pictures with slight emotion while even just crossing the border into Sedo would remove all communication all together and often send the Dragon into a panic if not heavily pre-warned and prepared.

## Onean Dragon Creation Rules

### **Earth Dragons will always:**

* Have a large, low body type.
* Have four legs
* Have some degree of fungi and missing flesh/scars on their body
* Be desaturated in colour
* Have two thick horns on their head
* Have a clubbed tail
* Have a plated spine
* Have damaged wings in varying degrees
* Possess *one* of the available Earth breaths

**Earth Dragons can:** ===

* Be any hue of colour but most commonly earthy tones
* Have varying degree of fungi, scars and missing flesh
* Have any kind of fungi
* Have some minor gemstones/rock formations on their body
* Have any colour eyes
* Have any shape club on their tail

**Earth Dragons can not:** ===

* Have feathers or fur
* Have a slim or lithe body type
* Have fully formed wings
* Be smaller than a 15hh horse