Post by Lady Kyrine on Jan 9, 2011 15:19:16 GMT -5
Since there are many differing views of Dragons and Dragonriders, these are the rules for this site:
1. There are several different species of Dragon, and they come in all sizes, shapes and colors.
2. Dragon eggs DO NOT sit around and wait for a specific person to show up before they hatch. Dragons mate and produce young like most other species.
3. Dragons mate for life. Having a Rider does not change this, since the Rider is a separate part of the Dragon’s life than its family. Some riders never even meet their Dragon’s mate or offspring, that’s up to the Dragon in question.
4. Dragons fledge (become capable of learning to fly) around 5 summers, and it generally takes 2 summers before they are fully fledged (capable of flight). It takes 2 – 3 summers after they are fledged before they are truly flighted (can fly long distances, no crashes or bad landings). Generally by 10 summers a Dragon is a competent, confident flyer.
5. A Dragon CANNOT carry a Rider until it has exited adolescence, usually around its 15th summer. Prior to that, the bone structure and wings are not capable of carrying any weight except its own. Trying to force a Dragon to carry a Rider before it is ready can and will result in permanently crippling the Dragon. The Dragon knows when it is capable of carrying a Rider, should it choose to do so.
6. A Dragon reaches its full growth around its 25th summer. (Dragons count the passing of time in Summers, not years.) Dragons are very long lived, but not immortal by any stretch of the imagination.
7. The Dragon Chooses its Rider, not the other way around. It’s not like buying a horse, folks, these are sentient beings, and generally more intelligent than the average Human. A Dragon may choose a Rider when it is very young, but it WILL NOT carry a Rider before it is ready.
8. While there is definitely a Bond that occurs between Dragon and Rider, it is by no means a death sentence for either. Dragons live several hundred years longer than Humans, and no intelligent being is going to give up its life and family for a member of a different species for any reason. If the Rider dies, the Dragon will mourn and then get on with its life. If the Dragon dies, same applies to the Human, although if you’re responsible for the death of one of the Misztal Dragons, you’re going to have to answer to Kyrine for it – she’s very protective of her charges.
9. Dragons gather to nest in many places here on TLC – With the Elves of Lake Evendium, in Misztal at the Sanctuary and on Dragon Isle. Dragons are social creatures, and they prefer to be among their own kind, and they live pretty much wherever they want to. You don’t get to keep one in your stable until you want to use it, they are free creatures. Try to keep one locked up and you’re likely to find your keep destroyed by fire, although members of some of the smaller species may choose to live with you, like Queen Will's Shiria does in Narada.
10. Dragons have their own language, the Draca, which is similar to Elven. I have written several hundred words of the language, and eventually I will get around to posting it here. Maybe. (I know, what a GEEK!!!) Because of their extreme intelligence they are capable of learning several languages, so if you want your Dragon to speak Narnian (or Telmarine, or Naradian, or whatever your home country’s language is), that’s fine. The Draca language is something all Dragons know, and it is universal to them, so all Dragons can speak to one another no matter what their origins.
Dragons are loving and often mischievous creatures. Young Dragonets love to play, and most Dragons like to have fun. Some are scholarly, some are artistic, some very competitive. Their personalities are as vastly different as in any intelligent species. Even Ystalondoloshirialorian (we call him Ystal), who is more than 800 years old, isn’t above the occasional practical joke!
1. There are several different species of Dragon, and they come in all sizes, shapes and colors.
2. Dragon eggs DO NOT sit around and wait for a specific person to show up before they hatch. Dragons mate and produce young like most other species.
3. Dragons mate for life. Having a Rider does not change this, since the Rider is a separate part of the Dragon’s life than its family. Some riders never even meet their Dragon’s mate or offspring, that’s up to the Dragon in question.
4. Dragons fledge (become capable of learning to fly) around 5 summers, and it generally takes 2 summers before they are fully fledged (capable of flight). It takes 2 – 3 summers after they are fledged before they are truly flighted (can fly long distances, no crashes or bad landings). Generally by 10 summers a Dragon is a competent, confident flyer.
5. A Dragon CANNOT carry a Rider until it has exited adolescence, usually around its 15th summer. Prior to that, the bone structure and wings are not capable of carrying any weight except its own. Trying to force a Dragon to carry a Rider before it is ready can and will result in permanently crippling the Dragon. The Dragon knows when it is capable of carrying a Rider, should it choose to do so.
6. A Dragon reaches its full growth around its 25th summer. (Dragons count the passing of time in Summers, not years.) Dragons are very long lived, but not immortal by any stretch of the imagination.
7. The Dragon Chooses its Rider, not the other way around. It’s not like buying a horse, folks, these are sentient beings, and generally more intelligent than the average Human. A Dragon may choose a Rider when it is very young, but it WILL NOT carry a Rider before it is ready.
8. While there is definitely a Bond that occurs between Dragon and Rider, it is by no means a death sentence for either. Dragons live several hundred years longer than Humans, and no intelligent being is going to give up its life and family for a member of a different species for any reason. If the Rider dies, the Dragon will mourn and then get on with its life. If the Dragon dies, same applies to the Human, although if you’re responsible for the death of one of the Misztal Dragons, you’re going to have to answer to Kyrine for it – she’s very protective of her charges.
9. Dragons gather to nest in many places here on TLC – With the Elves of Lake Evendium, in Misztal at the Sanctuary and on Dragon Isle. Dragons are social creatures, and they prefer to be among their own kind, and they live pretty much wherever they want to. You don’t get to keep one in your stable until you want to use it, they are free creatures. Try to keep one locked up and you’re likely to find your keep destroyed by fire, although members of some of the smaller species may choose to live with you, like Queen Will's Shiria does in Narada.
10. Dragons have their own language, the Draca, which is similar to Elven. I have written several hundred words of the language, and eventually I will get around to posting it here. Maybe. (I know, what a GEEK!!!) Because of their extreme intelligence they are capable of learning several languages, so if you want your Dragon to speak Narnian (or Telmarine, or Naradian, or whatever your home country’s language is), that’s fine. The Draca language is something all Dragons know, and it is universal to them, so all Dragons can speak to one another no matter what their origins.
Dragons are loving and often mischievous creatures. Young Dragonets love to play, and most Dragons like to have fun. Some are scholarly, some are artistic, some very competitive. Their personalities are as vastly different as in any intelligent species. Even Ystalondoloshirialorian (we call him Ystal), who is more than 800 years old, isn’t above the occasional practical joke!
