Dragon

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This article is about the creature, for the Dragon NAMED Dragon, see Darastrix

A Dragon is a creature whose shape mimics the various draconic factions, gods, and powers---a form that seems to originate to Quelmar's Prehistory, or even earlier.

Dragons were considered extinct several times in Quelmar, only to come back again. Dragons worshiped various gods, and were split up not just by their external colors and shapes, but also their own moral compass. Generally speaking, chromatic dragons were nastier and followed Tiamat while metallic dragons were more benevolent and followed Bahamut.

Rarer than the chromatic and metallics, Planar and Gemstone dragons came from other planes and worlds, rarely seen in Quelmar history, though their presence exploded in the great Dragon watershed known as The War of Many Names, where Bahamut's return inlcuded the ushering of dragons from all over the great wheel to come join the final fight against Tiamat.

About

Because of their ancient heritage and their connection to Kiston's crystals, Dragons could not see or otherwise perceive an construct that incorporate Kiston Crystals, such as a Warforged.

History

Prehistory

Prehistoric Article This article contains information said to be from Prehistoric Times. The validity of prehistoric content is dubious at best due to poor recordkeeping in the era, and should be considered unreliable, or at best: Legend.

BR Era

By the time that Humans came to the realm proper, it was established that all of the realm's residents were familiar with the Metallic dragons and Dragonkin of Bahamut. However, lurking in secret, even at the beginning of written history, were the chromatic Dragons of Tiamat, lurking on that central island of Kiston.

Types of Dragons

Chromatic Dragons

The oldest of the Chromatic Dragons were known to speak Infernal, a language passed down from their creator Tiamat who had a long storied history with The Ten Hells.

• Black Dragon (Acid)
• Blue Dragon (Lightning)
• Green Dragon (Poison)
• Red Dragon (Fire)
• White Dragon (Cold)

Metallic Dragons

Metallic Dragons often needed to snack on precious metals, which would replenish their body's own minerals and ensure clean scale growth. For some dragons such as the bronze general Tenorixion, this would even include eating copper or silver pieces.

• Brass Dragon (Fire)
• Bronze Dragon (Lightning)
• Copper Dragon (Acid)
• Gold Dragon (Fire)
• Platinum Dragon (???)
• Silver Dragon (Cold)

Gem Dragons

• Amethyst Dragon (Force)
• Crystal Dragon (Radiant)
• Emerald Dragon (Psychic)
• Obsidian Dragon (Bludgeoning)
• Ruby Dragon (???)
• Sapphire Dragon (Thunder)
• Topaz Dragon (Necrotic)

Planar Dragons

Arborea is suspiciously absent from this list.

• Abyssal Dragon (The Abyss)
• Battle Dragon (Acheron)
• Bright Dragon (Elysium)
• Chaos Dragon (Limbo)
• Clockwork Dragon (Mechanus)
• Gnomish Dragon (Bytopia)
• Hellfire Dragon (Baator)
• Howling Dragon (Pandemonium)
• Liondragon (Beastlands)
• Oceanus Dragon (Arcadia)
• Nawing Dragon (Ysgard)
• Pyroclastic Dragon (Gehenna)
• Radiant Dragon (Mt. Celestia)
• Styx Dragon (Hades)
• Tarterian Dragon (Carceri)

Troverth Dragons

• Yellow Dragon
• Lung Dragon
• Pearl Dragon
• Umbral Dragon

Epic Dragons

• Force Dragon
• Prismatic Dragon

Fairy Dragons

Fairy Dragons are the smallest subrace of dragons, never growing more than 12 inches in length, though many members of the Fairy Dragon race only reach half that size. Though they are bird-sized, Fairy Dragons are still extremely intelligent, and are capable of deceiving other creatures.

Tiamat was known to employ swarms of Fairy Dragons to infiltrate caverns, tunnels, vaults, and other hard to reach places.

List of Notable Dragons

The above link leads to an incomplete list of many of Quelmar's dragons.

See Also

Related Creatures

• Dragonborn
• Draconian
• Kobold