Dracosaur™

     Native to Drakoria, Dracosaurs are quadrupeds
     with wings.  They are not sentient (but they
     are about as intelligent as the smartest
     real-life dogs and not as smart as real-life
     chimps).

     There are three species of draxorian: the
     large rideable flying Dracosaur, the flightless
     Nightdrake (see Nightdrake entry), and the 
     smaller Minidrake.

     Although they are both winged and scaled, the
     draxorians are not that similar to the Wyrmmes
     (sentient bipedal dragons).

     All three draxorians can be bonded psionically
     using a magical music ceremony between
     compatible subjects.  From this time until the
     time it is large enough to be ridden is three
     years.  This is typically reckoned as one year
     as a hatchling, and two as an ansel.
     (For RP purposes, IC time is 2/3 RL time.  So,
     9 RL months as a hatchling, and 18 as an ansel.)

     Those who do not bond this way simply go wild.
     In the wild they are fierce and wary, untamed
     and untameable.  They will attack a furre to
     drive them away from a nest, and there have been
     cases of Dracosaurs who developed a taste for
     the flesh of young furres.



     The Dracosaur's shoulder is at the level of a
     tall furre's eartips, with its wings rising
     higher than that.  It can carry two typical
     furres on its back.



     Female Dracosaurs are called casses.  Males are
     called syres.  A dragon that is too young to
     ride, but larger than a hatchling, is called
     an ansel.

     Dracosaurs come in gem-like colors and their
     color is already known by the color of their
     eggshell.  They can be carnelian, ruby,
     burnished (like burnt gold), ivory, blue agate,
     white jade, emerald, jade, and earth brown.
     Blue agates sometimes contain rare brilliant
     blue sapphire dragons.  A male born from a
     burnished egg will be obsidian.  Various
     markings can be brilliant colors.

     The Minidrake, the smallest member of this 
     family, is less than a meter tall at adulthood,
     and can ride on a shoulder comfortably.  It
     looks just like a miniature Dracosaur.



     Minidrakes have a very active social life if
     they are around other Minidrakes.  They form
     alliances, hold grudges, forgive, fall in love,
     break up, get back together, and so forth.



   
   
   

     Dracosaurs of all kinds tend to lay their
     eggs far from their homes, leaving their young
     to fend for themselves.  This protects them
     from another instinct: to eat any eggs they
     find.  Dracosaurs of all sizes find eggs
     delicious.




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