Flameborne of the Old Blood

“We are not dragons. We are what they left behind.”

Overview

The Drakari are the Mythborn descendants of ancient dragons—those rare beings born of mortal and wyrm, fire and flesh. They are not dragons themselves, but they carry the echoes of those primordial giants: the resonance of flame, the weight of legacy, and the lingering scent of magic in their veins.

Where Dragonborn are born of dragon eggs, and Bloodborn are direct descendants of shapeshifted dragons, Drakari are the refined, long-standing bloodlines that have evolved into a full people. Though diluted from the original fire, their presence still crackles with restrained power.

Physical Traits & Appearance

• Eyes: Bright, slit-pupiled, often in gold, red, copper, or sapphire.
• Skin: Smooth or lightly scaled; may bear subtle ridge patterns or iridescent shimmer.
• Hair: Usually dark—coal black, blood red, bronze—but some show silver or ash-blond flame-tinged hues.
• Other Traits: Short horns, sharp nails, fanged canines, or scale patches are common. Heat radiates from their bodies when angered or excited.

Some Drakari grow subtle wing nubs, tail vestiges, or ember-scented breath.

Drakari scale color varies widely across individuals and lineages, much like eye or hair color in mortals. Shades of gold, blue, green, red, silver, and more exist in every lineage and hold no inherent magical or cultural meaning. A Drakari’s scale color does not change over time—it is a permanent trait from birth, unaffected by mood, magic, or transformation. While some cultures attach symbolic value to certain hues, among Drakari themselves, color is merely aesthetic.

Differnt Types of Drakari

1. Abyssari — Descendent of Aquarion Dragons
2. Raezari — Descendent of Stormbound Dragons
3. Solkara — Descendent of Emberwyrm Dragons
4. Slaugryn — Descendent of Blightwing Dragons
5. Valkyren — Descendent of Skyclad Dragons
6. Velessari — Descendent of Wyrmkin Dragons
7. Zarashi — Descendent of Drownkin Dragons

Culture

Drakari culture is shaped by restraint, memory, and reverence. They know the danger of untamed power and teach mastery above all. Raised with ancient teachings—often passed through oral legend or flame-scripted scrolls—Drakari children are taught to speak carefully, act deliberately, and burn only when necessary.

• Fire is not fury—it is purpose.
• Knowledge is sacred. Many Drakari pursue scholarship, prophecy, or arcane research.
• Lineage matters. Though no longer ruled by draconic hierarchy, they trace ancestry and respect ancient ties.

Their temples are often built in volcanic calderas, hot springs, or on peaks scorched by lightning.

Shared Cultural Note: Living Among Mortals

Though born of dragons, most Drakari live primarily in their humanoid forms, allowing them to walk among mortals. Whether isolated scholars, city-bound guardians, or hidden wanderers, their daily lives often intertwine with human civilization. Their true forms—vast and unmistakably draconic—are kept secret, sacred, or hidden, and only revealed in rare moments of need, ritual, or fury.

Each lineage maintains hidden sanctuaries in keeping with their heritage, but to mortals, most Drakari pass as enigmatic, powerful individuals whose true nature lies just beneath the skin.

Drakari in Hiding – World Lore Update

The Truth the World Forgot:

Once, the Drakari — dragonblooded shapeshifters — walked openly among mortals. They were keepers of ancient knowledge, sovereigns of breath and fire, storm and stone. But when the world burned and blamed the dragons, no one cared to distinguish between the monstrous and the misunderstood.

The cataclysm that followed — perhaps engineered by one dragon bloodline, perhaps not — led to widespread devastation, magical collapse, and the Fall of the Ember Accord. In the chaos, mortals turned on dragons in all forms. Full-blooded wyrms, hybrids, even the whisper-lineages like the Velessari — all were hunted.

So the Drakari disappeared.

They folded themselves into myth. Into bloodlines. Into shadows.

They became sailors. Courtiers. Tinkerers. Couriers. Even cooks.
They hid their scales behind inked tattoos. Their eyes behind tinted lenses. Their breath behind silence.

They never correct mortals who assume they are human.
They never speak of their true nature to outsiders.
They never reveal their weaknesses — for to do so is to risk the extinction of their kin.

To this day, most of the world has forgotten dragons ever walked among them. That’s just how the Drakari like it.

Magic & Abilities

• Flamecall – Innate ability to summon or manipulate small bursts of elemental flame.
• Wyrmsense – Feel the presence of draconic relics, magic, or blood nearby.
• Scorchword – Speak a name or command that causes magical fire to ignite or flare.
• Heatward – Resist or absorb fire and heat-based magic.
• Ember Memory – See glimpses of ancestral dragon knowledge through trance or relic contact.

Rare Drakari can channel full flamebreath, grow spectral wings, or enter a semi-draconic battle trance.

Role in the World

• Stewards of Flame: They maintain sacred forges, hearth temples, and archives of draconic history.
• Flamebearers of Prophecy: Some are born with signs linking them to ancient draconic foretellings.
• Diplomatic Arbiters: In some regions, Drakari are trusted neutral parties in high-conflict negotiations.

Drakari are often misunderstood—mistaken for dangerous hybrids or falsely revered as true dragons in disguise.

⚔️ Dual-Mind Instinct

Drakari are creatures of conflict. Every Abyssari carries two minds:

• The Dragon — cold, ancient, dominant, godlike, angry to be bound
• The Mortal — adaptive, cunning, emotional, and flawed

This split creates a constant tension: the dragon resents its cage; the mortal fights to remain in control. When the balance tips, an Abyssari may become unstable—or worse, utterly predatory.

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Relationships

• With Dragonborn/Bloodborn: Treated with curiosity, sometimes envy, sometimes reverence.
• With Mortals: Varied. Some nations revere them as sages; others distrust their power.
• With Noctari: Cautious. Fire and shadow have ancient tensions.
• With Seers & Druids: Often respected as keepers of lost truths, especially regarding fire and balance.

Lore & Legacy

• The Ashwake Accord was forged by Drakari diplomats to prevent a war between flame-guilds.
• The first Drakari Flamekeeper lit the Eternal Pyre at Ironspire’s founding.
• It is whispered that a Drakari child once hatched a dormant dragon egg—an act thought impossible.

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See also: Dragonborn, Bloodborn, Dragons (True), The Ember Flame, The Eternal Pyre