Dragons are unique creatures of magic. Their birth, life, and growth depend on the magic they consume. Dragon eggs can survive dormant for hundreds of years before an impetus arises that causes them to hatch. In many cases, this impetus is the rise of powerful magic in the world around them that will provide their egg with enough magic to sustain growth.
Hatchlings are often smaller than their eggs and imprint on the creature they are first aware of after they hatch. They are awkward, incapable of flight or speech, and act similarly to puppies, kittens, or other small and helpless baby animals. They explore their environments to try and learn about them, often by biting, chewing on, or rubbing against new things they encounter.
The intake of magic before they hatch and the first three months of their lives are crucial to a young dragonet's development. What they eat, what magic and environments they are exposed to, and how other creatures they have interacted with have treated them will all contribute to their personality, magic, and growth going forward.
From three to six months dragonets become juvenile or child dragons and begin trying to test their limits and boundaries, including their magic and ability to fly. This is usually accompanied by a growth spurt, taking them from the approximate size of small to large birds to the size of medium to large dogs. During this time they are constantly hungry and develop the diet that will sustain them going forward. They also begin to learn language and communication skills on the level of young children.
The first six months of a dragons life teach them their understanding of the world, other creatures in it, morality, magic, and communication. It is the most vital period of growth for a young dragon.
Dragons are slow growers and their growth after six months of age is dependent on how much, how often, and what they eat. The more magic and food they consume the more they will grow. The average length of a fully grown adult dragon was around 200-300 feet/60-92 meters in length with varying wingspans.
Dragons who surpassed the average dragon sizes were those who cannibalized their own species by preying on other dragons. Once a dragon ate another dragon their diet shifted considerably and they became obligate carnivores with a taste for other dragons. This is a change few dragons ever turned back from. Logistykon was the only known dragon-eater to return to their original diet.
🜙 More About Dragons
Although lightning, ice, and fire magic were the most common types of magic for dragons to develop, these dragons were often raised in high altitudes or the mountains, living among other dragons with similar magic. Depending on a dragonet's environment and diet their magic can vary, and they may even develop more magic over time. Vronti's children all had lightning as their primary magical skill and developed their magic in different ways as they grew and matured.
Dragons also come in a wide variety of subspecies with an even wider variety of colors, attributes, and appendages. The only trait young dragons were guaranteed to share with their parents was their body type. The three main dragon body types are described below:
True Dragon
True dragons are quadrupedal. They walk on four legs and have a single set of wings that extend from the shoulders of their front legs. They are called true dragons because their form most closely resembles the form of Atromo the Golden Dragon.
Wyvern
Wyverns were the most common dragons in Idan. They are quadrupedal, but their forearms are also their wings. They usually had very powerful hind legs and had hands or clawed feet at the end of their arms from which a flexible extended wing continued off of.
Standing Dragons
Standing dragons had a very rare and unusual body form. They could walk on four legs or six. One pair of limbs were wing arms like wyverns but they also had a pair of smaller limbs either in front of or behind their wing arms, and a pair of hind legs. They were called standing dragons because they had a habit of sitting or standing on their hind legs with their wing arms up, and holding or using items with their hands.
🜙 Relinquishing a Dragon
Once you claim a dragon with one of your characters that dragon becomes their responsibility. The mod team will direct you to this post at growth milestones to let us know what has happened with the dragon and how things are going, but at any point in time a player is able to relinquish their character's dragon if that player no longer wishes to be responsible for it. This decision is permanent. Once you relinquish a character's dragon that dragon is no longer theirs and you /they are no longer responsible for it or in control of what happens to it. Relinquished dragons that have not died may be used in future plots or change without the player's control or consent.
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True Dragon
