Dragons

Born of Flame. Shaped by Will. Forged by Choice.

They are not gods — but often thought to be by lesser species.

Dragons are not merely beasts or beings. They are acts of transformation. Dreamed into existence by Namsae herself, dragons are forged from will, shaped by philosophy, and awakened through experience. Every dragon begins as a wyrmling: serpentine, limbless, silent. What they become — wings, horns, breath, even form — is earned, not inherited.

A dragon is not born into power. It chooses power. And power answers.

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What Are Dragons?

Dragons are among the oldest and most powerful creatures in existence, born directly of Namsae’s breath. Their birth form — the wyrmling — is small, serpentine, wingless, and pure. During this early stage, dragons are hidden away from the world, capable only of dreamwalking, telepathy, and out-of-body travel. These gifts, echoes of Namsae herself, allow them to observe, learn, and make their first life-shaping choices.

Once a wyrmling chooses to diverge from Namsae’s path — through action, emotion, or desire — they lose their dreamwalking, telepathy and out-of-body travel gifts forever. What they gain in return depends on who they become.

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Forms & Shifting

True dragons possess full mastery over their physical form. Unlike halfbloods, they do not require ritual, stress, or magical conditions to shift. Their bodies are fluid extensions of will and purpose.

Common forms include:

• True Dragon Form – Gigantic, elemental, divine in bearing

• Draconic Bipedal Form – Winged or horned, used for interaction or battle

• Humanoid Form – Often used for diplomacy, travel, or disguise

Some dragons prefer to remain in their true form. Others walk among mortals without ever revealing their nature. The choice is always theirs.

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Bloodline Powers

While each dragon evolves uniquely, all true dragons share some combination of the following:

• Elemental Breath – All dragons begin with pure fire; this may change to lightning, mist, acid, etc., based on their chosen path or fall from grace

• Shapeshifting – Full control over form and physical manifestation

• Mental Resistance – Immune or highly resistant to magical manipulation

• Longevity – True dragons do not die of age; they only die by force

• Spiritual Influence – The strongest dragons alter dreams, climates, or magical leyflow by mere presence

• Regenerative Capacity – Dragons heal rapidly and can regrow lost features over time

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Evolution Paths

Dragons do not evolve along a fixed biological track — they transform through choice and belief. Every form beyond wyrmling is a declaration of identity.

Each of these paths will be explored in full on their own compendium page.

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Culture & Identity

Dragons do not form nations or cities. They do not breed in numbers or raise armies. They are singular, sovereign, and rare.

• Most dragons claim territory, not to rule it — but to protect or hoard it

• Many live alone, though rare flight-pacts exist

• Hoarding is instinctual, but what a dragon hoards depends on its path:

  • Wyrmkin hoard dreams, memories, and prophecy

  • Skyclads hoard ideals, relics, and battle wisdom

  • Emberwyrms hoard change, transformation, and artifacts of pain

  • Stormbound hoard rage, grudges, shattered things

  • Blightwings hoard everything, even souls

  • Aquarion hoard currents, sacred places, lost songs

A dragon’s hoard is a mirror of its soul.

The Disappearance of Dragons

The world believes they are extinct.
The truth is more complicated.

Once, dragons scorched across the skies like living gods. Their breath shaped continents. Their bloodlines gave rise to ancient magic. Some ruled. Some guarded. Some simply watched.

But when the fires came — when the world began to break — mortals blamed the dragons.

Some say it was one of their own who betrayed the balance.
Others say the dragons refused to stop the world from falling.
It didn’t matter.

The world turned on them.

So the dragons vanished.

The great wyrms disappeared into the stormlayers, buried themselves beneath mountains, or flew beyond the edge of the known world. Some died. Most chose silence.

And the others — the lesser-known bloodlines, the shapeshifters, the ones who walked among men — erased themselves.

They let the world forget.
They allowed myth to replace memory.
They became story, then silence, then superstition.

To speak of dragons is to speak of power lost.
To find one… is to awaken something the world swore never to face again.

And yet, in every age, some still ask:

If dragons are gone… why does the sky still tremble before a storm?

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On Treasure and Hoards

Traditional treasure — gold, gems, crowns, and enchanted relics — can be part of any dragon’s hoard, depending on personality, purpose, and life among mortals. In fact, many dragons who take humanoid form keep some wealth for trade, survival, or personal style.

A dragon may hoard gold not for greed — but to fund a rebellion, build a temple, or craft a memory.

The key difference lies in intent:

• Skyclads, Emberwyrms, Aquarion, and others may keep wealth — but they are not consumed by it.

• They may even share it freely when moved by love, honor, or mercy.

• Wyrmkin have no interest in material things and do not hoard treasure at all.

• Only Blightwings and Drownkin hoard with jealous possessiveness — they kill to protect what they’ve gathered, viewing every coin, trinket, or person as something that must belong to them alone.

This misunderstanding leads many mortals to believe all dragons guard their treasure like monsters.

Sometimes, when a human tries to steal from a Skyclad…
they are met not with fire — but with a gift.

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Legacy & Power

• True dragons are immortal unless slain. No illness or age can take them.

• Their mere existence reshapes magic, influences fate, and warps prophecy.

• Vampires fear them. Courts watch them. Mages revere or hunt them.

• To ally with a dragon is to shift a kingdom’s future.

• To anger one is to doom it.

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Bonds & Bonding

The Sacred Threads of Connection

Dragons do not bond lightly. To be chosen by a dragon — in any form — is a life-altering honor. These bonds are ancient, varied, and powerful, forming the foundation of many of the world’s greatest legends.

There are three known tiers of dragon bonding, each distinct in nature, intensity, and consequence:

Bonded (Matebond)

This is the rarest and deepest of all dragon bonds — the matebond. It is a soul-deep fusion of love, will, and flame. To be Bonded is not simply to be chosen; it is to be claimed in heart and spirit as one half of a greater whole.

• • Exclusively romantic and lifelong
  • Shared lifeforce — the death of one typically ends the other
  • Empathic and dream-linked communication
  • May manifest physical signs: glowing eyes, scale-patterned skin, shared dreams
  • Only one Bonded exists per dragon or person in a lifetime
  • If one goes dark, so does the other — the bond drags them together

This bond is unbreakable except by death.

Oathbound

More than a companion, more than a rider — the Oathbound are sworn souls who stand with dragons as equals, protectors, and partners. To become Oathbound is to be marked by dragonkind, to wield echoes of their power, and to carry their legacy.

• • Requires a sacred or emotional vow
  • Grants the ability to ride a dragon (with their consent)
  • Receives a visible mark or sigil somewhere on the body
  • Gains long life equal to their dragon’s lifespan
  • If the dragon dies, they begin aging normally and may die of old age
  • Dragons typically take only one Oathbound at a time; a second is rare
  • If betrayed, the bond may snap — causing extreme pain or even death depending on the depth
  • Grants resistance to dragonfire, mental shielding, and elemental magic mirroring the dragon’s flame (e.g. fire, water, storm)

This bond is lifelong and sacred — rarely formed, rarely broken.

Chosen

To be Chosen is to be recognized by a dragon as resonant, worthy, or important. It is the most common — but still rare — form of dragon bonding. This is often the first step toward deeper bonds.

• • May be spiritual, magical, or emotional
  • Grants longer life (up to ~500 years), strength, health, and resistance to fire
  • Can be severed by either party with some pain, but without life-threatening consequences
  • Bond may fade, strengthen, or evolve over time
  • Often includes telepathic communication (only with the dragon they are bonded to)

The Chosen walk closer to flame than most, but they are not of it — not yet.

Communication

Dragons possess three forms, and their ability to communicate varies by shape:

• Dragon Form: Pure telepathic communication only. Their voice can sound like thunder, wind, music, or memory. Can communicate telepathically with dragons or anyone they are Bonded, Oathbound, or Chosen with. Cannot speak telepathically to others.
• Hybrid (Bipedal Dragon) Form: Dragons may speak aloud, though their voices are gravelly, deep, and resonant — even among females. Telepathy remains the primary method of communication with bonded individuals.
• Humanoid Form: Dragons speak like any other person. They may still use telepathy with their Bonded, Oathbound, or Chosen.

Marked by Flame

All three bonds leave visible or metaphysical signs, though these are strongest in the Bonded and Oathbound:

• Resistance to dragonfire (especially vital with Emberwyrms)
• Mental shielding from fear or enchantment
• Draconic empathy, vision, or echoes of elemental power
• Physical marks (scale tattoos, glowing sigils, scarlet eyes, etc.)
• Elemental magic echoes for Oathbound — such as temporary firecasting, control over water, storm affinity, etc.
• Extended lifespans (up to 500 years for Chosen; potentially thousands for Oathbound)

The Risk of Bonding

To bond with a dragon is to share in their power — and their burden.

• A kind soul may stabilize a volatile dragon.
• A cruel or selfish companion may corrupt even the noblest of creatures.
• Dragons can be broken by betrayal — or twisted by obsession.

Some dragons have died for their Bonded. Others have become monsters because of them. The bond magnifies what already lives inside.

Wyrmkin never form physical bonds and do not shift into humanoid form. They bond only through dream and mind, exclusively with spiritual figures like priests and seers.

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Armaments: The Draconic Philosophy of What Is Worn

🔮 What Are Armaments?

Armaments are any physical items a dragon wears—armor, saddles, ceremonial gear, or enchanted accessories. They may serve practical purposes in battle or flight, or be worn for aesthetic prestige and power projection.

But among dragonkind, armaments are never just gear. They reflect deeper beliefs, identities, and internal struggles—particularly along the lines of pride, purpose, and self-awareness.

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Draconic Attitudes Toward Armaments by Lineage

Wyrmkin

Never wear armaments.

• Wyrmkin are reclusive, introspective dragons who dwell in deep, hidden sanctums.

• They see adornment as a distraction from inner truth—something meant for surface creatures, not seekers of the dream beyond dreams.

• No Wyrmkin would tolerate metal against scale or decoration upon their form.

“We do not wear. We are.”

Aquarion

Worn only in times of great need.

• Aquarion dragons are calm protectors and spiritual guardians.

• They wear armaments only when their bonded or oathbound are in danger, believing that their lives must be preserved to safeguard others.

• Their gear, when used, is practical and protective—not ornamental. It is donned with solemn purpose and removed as soon as peace returns.

“This is not for glory. It is for the one I refuse to lose.”

Skyclad

Worn only in honor-bound defense.

• Skyclad dragons are noble warriors. To them, battle is sacred, and unnecessary adornment is dishonorable.

• Like Aquarion, they wear armaments to protect those they cherish—not for ego, but for oath.

• When they wear it, it is with full reverence—often passed down, blessed, or displayed in sacred places when not in use.

“I wear this not for war. I wear it so the ones behind me do not fall.”

Stormbound

Frequently wear armaments—often ornate or excessive.

• Stormbound dragons are lost souls seeking purpose. Their armor becomes a mask, a monument to what they once were… or still hope to be.

• They wear their armaments not just for war, but to be seen—to remember, or to pretend they matter still.

• Many view their ornate gear as both burden and badge.

“I remember who I was in steel and storm.”

Blightwings

Obsession-level adornment—corrupted, grotesque, weaponized.

• Blightwings take pride in their armaments, fusing them into their decaying flesh.

• They adorn themselves not for protection, but as a grotesque display of conquest, ego, and desecration.

• Their armaments may be asymmetrical, pulsing, organic, or scavenged from fallen foes.

“Every scale I wear was stolen. Every tooth, a price you paid.”

Drownkin

Wears armor to mask decay.

• Drownkin wrap themselves in coral-crusted shells and rotten sea-chains not to protect—but to hold themselves together.

• Their gear is a patchwork of delusion, pride, and denial, often anchored with magic to delay their inevitable erosion.

• Saddles are bound with toxic pacts. The rider becomes part of the fall.

“I wear this not to rise—but to hold back the tide of my own collapse.”

Summary: A Philosophy in Metal and Scale

• Armaments are a choice—a reflection of values, desires, and fears.

• Some dragons wear them as tools of honor and protection.

• Others use them as crutches of vanity, reminders of glory, or declarations of corruption.

• And some refuse entirely, believing nothing made by mortal or claw should ever cover what was born perfect.

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The Wyrmkin (iMoogi)

Born to the Wyrmkin form, some dragons never leave the wyrmling path, the path of Namsae. These are the Wyrmkin, often called (iMoogi) by those who keep the old names. They remain hidden deep beneath the earth or sea, their soft-scaled, wingless bodies never seen by mortal eyes.

They do not breathe fire.
They do not seek battle.
They explore the world only through dream and spirit.

To become a Wyrmkin is not failure — it is alignment. These dragons remain closest to Namsae’s essence. They are guardians of memory, watchers of prophecy, and silent influencers of fate.

Most dragons mock them. Few understand them. None who leave that path can return to it.

🔗 Learn more about the Wyrmkin here

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Halfblooded Dragons: The Drakari

Some beings bear dragonblood but are not dragons. These halfblooded shapeshifters, known as the Drakari, walk between two worlds — and burn in both.

🔗 Learn more about the Drakari here

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Other Types of Dragons

1. Wyrmkin
2. Skyclad
3. Aquarion
4. Emberwyrm
5. Stormbound
6. Blightwing
7. Drownkin