K, this actually isn't about Trogdor the Burninator, this is about the dragon race of Fate of Io. Scrounging up some stuff in the Concerning Anything but Hobbits topic, I decided to post any info I wanted concerning the matter here.

1) Population: Minimal. Dragons have always been coolest (in my opinion) when they're rarest, and I don't see why we should have too many more in the world (or at least on our two islands) that who's involved in our story. Maybe a really cool side-quest option would be to meet the other dragons. That's an option I want people to consider. Let's hear some brainstorming with this idea.

2) Look: This should be for illustration people to take into account while we draw Aequus and co. I want to hear some ideas of the height, weight, color(s), and other physical characteristics of these awesome beasts (since I'm too busy and lazy to right this moment).

3) Personalities: We all know dragons to be generally bad tempered, angry, vicious, more on the not-so-bright side, and not very social. Anything you guys want to add/take off/support?

4) History: Should we spend time making a history of the race? I don't find this totally necesary for in-game use unless we use it in some way for some dragon side-quest. Any ideas?

Ok, let's go from there. I can't really add any ideas right now, but I'll comment on what you guys come up with (remember, if I criticise, it's purely constructive). In the end, Dev and Temp will still be the final judges. Lemme hear what you got to say!

Clarification: When we talk about dragons, we are NOT talking about Antareans. Dragons are not Antareans. Antareans are not dragons. They may look similar, but it'd be like saying a house cat and a lion are the same thing.

Anyway, I would say 1.5 times the size of an elephant would be our minimum dragon size. I think maybe we should have Really Big dragons because, for one, people would certainly see that they are, in no way, Antareans. The size thing also makes me think dinosaur, which would suggest that dragons are indeed a race that's simply dying out.

Color for the Tarikun dragon is set: he's "ivory," so a metallic white would work. For Aequus, we have room to brainstorm. Metallic colors might look cool, but I always thought normal colors just looked more natural, like the thing was an actual animal.

As for personality, I think the story pretty plainly shows that, while dragons are quite intelligent, they can be rash and quick-tempered. We see this when Aequus attempts to eat Syne in Chapter One, and how the Ivory Dragon responds to Brooke's presense, and to Ko's disobedience (by killing Kory). But I like your point, Aetrus, they probably would be slow to change. Aequus and the Ivory Dragon have probably always been Protectors, so that's where their loyalties lie, and that won't change.

Hmm. In fact, if you guys want to work on their history, maybe we could assume that the Protectors really began as a fellowship of dragons, that knew they could be destroyed if the Protean-Antarean war ever reached resolution. Maybe we'd see Rush with lots of dragon symbols on his armor and sword, then. We'd have to think about how the dragons figured out the whole Antarean/Protean eumonite/language balance thing.

I agree with the size (I still think 1.5 the size of a huge elephant is too small), and with Aetrus' reasons for them being metallic. I also like the idea with the dragons being the start of the protectors (plus I'd love to see Rush decked out with dragon stuff).

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Dragons...

I still think we should go with a metallic colour scheme. It doesn't have to be a flashy metallic. It could be a deeper shade of say...green with a metallic sheen to it. White would look good that way too. I would think that they'd be pretty old like hundreds of years old at least. Especially if they are set in their ways. The guardian dragon for example would remember how the Protean/Antarean war started and endevour to keep the people of Tarikun weak and subjugated. I don't think this dragon is evil, just heavy handed because of what happened there, and the role that the Tarikunians played in the war. (to be fleshed out or not)That would also lend itself to Aequus being agressive since he'd been charged with defending Dell (right?) and guarding the area. He'd be more likely to "shoot first ask questions later".

By metallic sheen.. Do you mean shiny or actually LOOKING like it's metal? I can't catch that. Anyway...

Growth size. How big would the infants be? Is it all going to be in comparison with African Elephants, and if so, are African Elephant infants really small? I don't know much about Elephant sizes. Sorry, I'm not very good at coming up with useful questions, but I feel the need to ask.