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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 various draconic factions, gods, and powers—a form that seems to originate from Quelmar's Prehistory, or even earlier.

Dragons were considered extinct several times in Quelmar, only for them to come back again. Dragons worshiped various gods and were categorized not just by their external colors and shapes, but also their own moral compasses. Generally speaking, Chromatic Dragons were nastier and followed Tiamat whereas Metallic Dragons were more benevolent and followed Bahamut.

Rarer than the Chromatics and Metallics, Planar and Gem Dragons came from other planes and worlds. They were rarely seen in Quelmar history until their presence exploded during the great Dragon watershed known as The War of Many Names, where Bahamut's return included 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 connection to Kiston's crystals, Dragons could not see or otherwise perceive any constructs that incorporated Kiston Crystals, such as the Warforged.

Some have said that Dragon's blood can be drank as a liquid to grant the ability to speak with animals.

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 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 which lurked on the central island of Kiston.

The War of Many Names

The many dragons of Kiston returned to Quelmar after its unlocking, kicking off a new war against the dragons all across the realm, which would start as simply "The Draconic War", but evolve over time into many different wars of different fronts, hence its name: The War of Many Names.

In some cities, such as Ahol, dragons were called Leviathans, and Tiamat herself would sometimes be called The Leviathan Queen.

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)

Less common variants of Chromatic Dragons include:

• Brown Dragon (Sand)
• Orange Dragon (???)

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.

Their creator is Bahamut, a Platinum Dragon believed to be the only of his kind.

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

Gem Dragons

The creator of the Gem Dragons is Sardior, a Ruby Dragon believed to be the only of his kind.

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

Less common variants of Gem Dragons include:

• Pearl Dragon (???)

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
• Azure Dragon
• Umbral Dragon

Epic Dragons

• Force Dragon
• Prismatic Dragon

Fairy Dragons

Fairy Dragons are the smallest type of Dragons, never growing more than twelve inches in length, although many of them only reach half that size. Despite being bird-sized, Fairy Dragons are still extremely intelligent and 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
• Dragonkin
• Draconian
• Kobold