Fire Dragons

These are dragons in the traditional sense. They are large, scaled reptiles that breathe fire and fly, yet aren't the vicious creatures of legend. They grow to somewhere around 50 feet long from nose to tail and about 15 to 20 at the shoulder. They tend toward the temper their realm god is said to have, but are otherwise mild creatures. Their heads are finely sculpted and regal, they may or may not have horns and are usually lithe and graceful. The wild ones live mostly in the mountains, yet can be found with their bonds anywhere they care to be.

Dragon females are capable of laying one clutch every seven months after they are a year old, but most choose not to. There is a type of plant that many use to cause sterility. It is almost instinct for common females to use this plant and few ever have a clutch. Royal females, however, are compelled to mate and bear a clutch by some deep instinct that common dragons don't possess. When the time comes, very little can stop them from taking flight to challenge male dragons into the chase. The clutch is normally somewhere between five and fifteen eggs, but can be more or less. Common dragons come in all combinations of colors. Royals will have metallic scales of any color. Also, royals are ONLY female. Names end in "LLE".