Dragon

**Dragons** are a race of being which are descended from the dragon progenitor and Celestial, Circunus.

## Characteristics

### Biology

Dragons are characterized by a (usually) non-humanoid form and their sentience as well as wisdom. They usually take the form of a lizard-like animal with wings, but with usually expressionistic faces. While this is the general form of a dragon, they come in many shapes, colors, and sizes and no two dragons are truly alike.

Dragons are coated in a layer of dragon scales, which are very strong and powerful pieces of condensed matter resembling the scales of lizards on Earth. However, scales are extremely strong and allow dragons to be incredibly durable, being able to shrug off immensely powerful events that could do damage to them. Under the scales, dragons themselves are not biological entities, but are collections of stellar material held together with a high density of Immaterial Essence.

All this said, powerful dragons can take on more biological forms, altering their inner structure to more closely align with biological creatures they encounter. Furthermore, some dragons that associate with humanoid celestials can take on humanoid forms in that Celestial's image.

### Abilities

Dragons are known for their exceptionally long lifespans, usually in the millions of years with more powerful dragons possibly being immortal. Due to their long lifespan, there is no reason for dragons to mature and develop as fast as humans, and generally remain underdeveloped for hundreds of years compared to the 18 years for humans, but at the end of the development period dragons come out with immense wisdom that they maintain throughout life thereafter.

The wings of a dragon work in space, being able to use the particles in solar wind or storing air from atmospheres for long spaceflights, and due to the dragon's non-biological nature, they are able to easily exist and survive in space. Many powerful dragons can even travel at large percentages of lightspeed. Dragons are often extremely efficient at connecting with Celestials, allowing them to learn and be able to powerfully use many of the Celestial's magical powers quickly.

### Dragontongue

Dragons speak Dragontongue as their common language. Most dragons, from Solar Sky Dragons to even mermaids speak Dragontongue, although each subspecies has their own dialect of this language. Dragontongue is most easily spoken telepathically, but only dragons can communicate telepathically with other dragons- telepathy in either direction between a dragon and non-dragon is generally not possible, at least not without magic. Dragontongue is a language where essence is conveyed and thus concepts, whether they be words, sentences, or full ideas, are often conveyed in one long breath with highly varying pitch and volume throughout to convey this essence.

## History

Dragons were birthed 4.8 billion years ago when Circunus the dragon celestial was born. Unlike most other celestials, which took on humanoid form, Circunus the rebel took on a much different form, the form we would now consider to be the stereotypical dragon.

During his short (on stellar lifetimes) 50-100 million year life, Circunus gave birth to many buds, the dragons. The most notable of these were Madra and Ryugu, but countless other dragons considered Circunus their direct father. These dragons would in turn bud off, procreating to create the entire dragon race.

Circunus soon exploded in a supernova (creating the Wish Stones), but this supernova caused dust and gas to begin collapsing into a new star system- the sol system. In the process, Circunus' essence, spread via the supernova, was embedded within this newly forming solar system and within its star and all its planets. In the end, the Sun, Earth, and all the planets each contain a small amount of Circunus' essence. Due to this, the dragons migrated into the Solar System and began to live there.

For billions of years, dragons interacted with the celestials of the solar system, sharing deep kinship with them due to the celestials containing essence of Circunus which could resonate with the essence of Circunus within the dragons. This era, when dragons dominated the solar system, is the heyday of the dragons. The heyday ended around 2 million years ago when Earth Celestial exiled the dragons to make room for sentient life of its own, which would become the humans. As part of this, dragons were barred from landing on Earth.

An artifact named Pendora's Box was passed down through the Pendora Family, with many believing it contained the soul of Circunus and would release his soul if opened. However, it was also likely to wipe the solar system of all other sentient life. After the barrier to Earth shut down following the defeat of the demons, Selen sought Wish Stones to open the box, but was stopped by Elira, her half-sister, and the protectors of Earth, the Iluna Six, although in the process of the invasion the Dragon-Human Reveal occurred. Still, thanks to their actions, dragons were accepted by humanity and a new heyday of dragonkind could begin.

## Varieties

There are many varieties of dragon:

- Primordial Dragons: The first dragons including the firstborn of Circunus. Includes Madra and Ryugu among many others. They were not originally associated with any celestial in the Solar System and have the power to develop unto themselves. They later did associate to an extent with some celestials; Ryugu with Earth and Madra with God/the Sun.

- Solar Sky Dragons: These dragons have associated with God, the sun celestial. The most powerful of them are connected enough to God to take on his humanoid form, the most notable being Elira Pendora.

- Lunar Dragons: These dragons have associated with the Moon Celestial, and as with the Solar Sky Dragons, the most powerful of them are connected enough to this celestial to take on a humanoid form. The most notable of these is Selen Tatsuki.

- Mermaids: Tropical Mermaids are descended from the dragon sea god Ryugu, thus making them an off-branch of dragon. There is much debate as to whether they are true dragons or beings who evolved from dragons.