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Nydara, the Atter Wyrm (dragon spirit of the primordial soup) who tried to rule over the seas of Urobia. Xe was slain by Ao, a lesser current spirit, and their body became the first cnidarians.

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What were the inspirations behind them? Besides Behemoth and Leviathan, that is.

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The Phintoatl was inspired by Amphipteres and Coatls, originally this species was supposed to be ancestral to/the combined species of flying/wind snakes before it became a primordial dragon.

Salonix, likewise, were Salamanders and Phoenixes, before becoming their own thing.

Lumbrax were created much later, when I needed a LightDark counterpart to the others. It was inspired by Worms and Arthropods, because by this point of my lore I had decided that each of the Urobian Orms was the supernatural ancestor of one of the five groups of animals (Lumbrax: Invertebrates; Leviathan: Fish; Phintoatl: Reptiles and Amphibians; Behemoth: Mammals; Salonix: Birds).

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Is, though they became the planet it’s still possible to meet and interact with all of them.

As for personalities, all of them are cooperative and humble, by dragon standards at least. Their role required them to work together with those very different from themselves, and to listen to a dragon significantly younger than they are. They are also all kind and affectionate to mortals, even going so far as to create afterlives to the spiritually abandoned Menfolk.

Individually:

The Salonix is fierce, and swift to punish crimes against Urobia and Dragonkind, but it is not without mercy. Punishment need not be permanent.

The Leviathan is fickle, and fond of change and growth.

The Phintoatl values freedom above all else.

The Behemoth is patient and calm, and enjoys the act of creation.

The Lumbrax is protective.

The Urobian Orms (Lumbrax, Phintoatl, Leviathan, Salonix, and Behemoth). Five primordial dragons who became Urobia, the first world.

Ask me questions about them.

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The Urobian Orms (Lumbrax, Phintoatl, Leviathan, Salonix, and Behemoth). Five primordial dragons who became Urobia, the first world.

Ask me questions about them.

Artist

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Dragon views on Menfolk are varied, but on a whole the best term for it is "tense," with dragonkind as a whole debating what should be done regarding them, with the five general camps being:

1) We should wipe them out 2) We should rule them 3) We should shepherd them 4) We should coexist with them 5) They're just another species, we don't have to do anything special with them

Most dragons are in Camps 1, 2, 3, and 5; mutual coexisting is a minority POV.

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@its-theeaqueen17-stuff

In that case dragons can speak, but so can everything on Urobia. It is humans who lack the ability to communicate, not other beings. A dragon can speak with a human or elf as easily as it can speak to a deer or cloud.

As far as how they live, the majority of dragons on Urobia are Wild, choosing to live within the ecosystems they rule and obeying no laws but those of survival.

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No, gods aren't inherently omnipresent/omnipotent/omnipotent. The spirit of a brook is as much as god as the spirit of a whole ocean is, though they aren't anywhere near the same level of power.

Anything that controls or personifies something is a god, no matter how strong they are.

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I'm not sure what you mean by Spyro Rules or HTTYD Rules, can you clarify that?

But to answer your former question, neither. Dragons are neither people nor regular animals, though some individuals are anthropomorphic and most dragons do not live in heavily organized societies. Dragons, all dragons, are gods. They are not all equal levels of being a god, but they are all beings who control aspects of reality.

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@its-theeaqueen17-stuff

I'm not sure what you mean by Spyro Rules or HTTYD Rules, can you clarify that?

But to answer your former question, neither. Dragons are neither people nor regular animals, though some individuals are anthropomorphic and most dragons do not live in heavily organized societies. Dragons, all dragons, are gods. They are not all equal levels of being a god, but they are all beings who control aspects of reality.

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What's up with your dragon lore?

In my setting, Dragon is not a taxonomic clade. Rather, it describes any being which wholly and perfectly embodies a Draconic energy, and which has a spiritual link to Ouroborus, the first dragon. Most dragons are of Eitr, the energy of Ouroborus, but some are of other Draconic Energies as well.

There's a wide range of species of dragons, though they can all interbreed, so dragons don't really care about different species that much.

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Ask me about my dragonlore

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storyteller saturday!

I remember when this was a big thing on writeblr, but it seems to have died down a lot so

reblog this post if you'd like STS asks about your story and characters! send an ask back to the people who send an ask to you.... and look through the notes and pick some people to send asks to as well!

you can ask anything you like! how someone came up with their ideas, how their characters would fare in a haunted house, what kinds of symbolism is present in their work... get creative! get silly if you'd like!

I'll be reblogging this post every saturday and sending out asks to people who share it :]

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Accepting asks about my lore, worldbuilding, characters, story.

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Accepting asks about my lore and worldbuilding.

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Happy storyteller saturday! Are there a lot of different subspecies or classifications of dragons in your world? Do dragons mostly get along with each other or are they territorial?

Thank you for my first ask!

To answer your question, yes there are a lot of different kinds of dragons in my setting. Dragons aren't a specific clade of life, rather they're a spiritual classification. So there are dragons which are lizards, others which are archosaurs, others which are fish, and others which aren't animals at all, but all of them have the same magic/spiritual energy, which makes all of them dragons.

To explain a bit more, there was a First Dragon, Ouroborus, who when Xe died Xir body was split into the magical energy of Eitr. Most life has Eitr within their souls, and this Eitr connects back to the dead/sleeping consciousness of Ouroborus through something called The Touch. If the Eitr is activated, the individual is now known as an Awakened, and this term is more or less synonymous with Dragon.

Some dragons can get along with each other, but for the most part dragons are solitary. They tend to be more tolerant of Mates and direct relatives, and they're capable of having friendships, but the main way of life for dragons is one dragon (or a mated pair) per territory.

Dragon society is actually broken down into two categories: Structured and Wild. Structured dragons live in settlements with infrastructure and politics, Wild dragons live in societies seemingly devoid of such things (though their politics can often be just as complex).

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dragons!!!!! fmdskfd anyway! Happy STS!!!!!

Are there any religions in the Structured world of dragons in your setting? If no, are there any other kinds of organized belief systems?

To start, I want to make it clear that Structured dragons aren't more civilized or more intelligent than wild dragons, their societies are just more organized and "conventional" to human perspectives. To give examples: the dragons in The Legend of Spyro or Wings of Fire would be Structured, the dragons in DnD or Dragonology would be Wild.

That being said, religion for dragons is complicated, whether Wild or Structured. In my setting every dragon is a god, though gods aren't necessarily always as powerful as The Most Powerful Gods in fiction and mythology. A god is a being or entity with an inherent connection and control over some aspect of reality, which every dragon is. The most powerful dragons control the weather of the entire world, but even the weakest dragons can still generate and shape energies beyond those of mortals.

Dragons do have religion, but their relationship with their own gods is more akin to kings or revered elders than a mortal and its creator. Most dragon believes, not entirely incorrectly, that if they live long enough and great enough, that they will become a peer of the individuals they currently know as a god.

With every dragon being a god in their own right, Dragon God is itself a specific category, defining dragons whom other dragons view as beings of reverence and worship. Dragon Gods must meet one of the three qualifiers:

Be the creator of a species or clade of dragons.

Be a member of a pantheon containing the creator, usually being the direct kin of the creator.

Being a personification of a key aspect of Draconity.

These categories can and often do overlap.

When it comes to religion itself, dragons tend to honor the following categories the most:

Ancestors.

Ouroborus, the First Dragon; or Dragonhood/Draconity itself as a concept.

Species and Clades with set and clear creators will honor these creators.

The Embodiments. These are probably the closest to being True Gods for dragon religions, as The Embodiments are distant and rarely interact with others, but they are the ultimate movers and shakers of reality. You don't really pray to them though, they'll almost certainly not answer.

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How big is the diversity among dragons in terms of appearance in your setting? Is there noticable sexual dimorphism? Are some physical traits associated with specific characteristics in the societies?

Dragons are incredibly diverse, though most dragons don’t possess sexual dimorphism.

The main species, Eitr Vyrms, can be divided into four broad morphologies: Drake, Serpent, Ryudon, and Marine.

Within the Drake Category there are four subcategories: Drake (wingless dragons with four or more legs), Thrakon (winged dragons with four or more legs), Wyvern (winged dragons with two legs), and Lindrak (wingless dragons with only hindlegs).

Within the Serpent Category there are five subcategories: Wyrm (limbless dragons), Amphiptere (winged dragons without legs), Lindorm (wingless dragons with only forelegs), Vipern (winged dragons with only forelegs), and Beithir (serpents with six or more legs, can be winged or wingless).

Ryudon are Eastern dragons. The Marine category includes any fully or mostly aquatic dragon that can’t be fit into one of the previous categories. Most have fins or flippers rather than legs or wings.

As far as integuments go, they can have scales, fur, feathers, scutes, osteoderms, chitin, etc.

Other species of dragons may have more uniform appearances, but dragons tend to not divide themselves by species, and interbreed frequently, so dragons tend to see all dragons as one population that is very diverse.

As far as differences between societies, Structured Dragons tend to be smaller, with weaker elements and a greater inclination towards spellcraft. Wild Dragons, on the other hand, tend to be larger, with stronger elemental powers.

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Hqppy STS!

Are there any power sapient species besides dragons in your setting? If yes, what is their relationship with dragons? If no, how do dragons treat non-sapient creatures?

In my setting every species is sapient. Everything in the world is sapient, including natural landmarks and phenomenon like rivers or rain. Dragons are able to communicate with all of this, so they don't typically treat "civilized" species like humans, elves, etc any differently than they treat other animals, except that those species, known as 'Folk species, tend to be more destructive of the natural balance, which brings them into conflict with dragons, which are the gods of nature.