Alterra Update: Im Back

Alterra Update: I’m back

Listen here you little shits, I’m back. Ya’ll want some more world building, don’t tya? No worries, I got you;

First up, a little announcement. Starting sometime in October, I will be releasing a demo for the first 8k words or so for beta-readers. That’s right, you guys will finally get to see what I’ve been doing all year.

Now, on to the update!

DRAGONS: In my world, Dragons are entirely sentient, with the most powerful species being practically immortal. Most dragons are not much larger than a human, but the more powerful ones can get quite large. Dragons possess the capability of using a unique variety of natural magic called “Drengic.” The color of a dragon’s scales are directly proportional to that dragon’s strength and power, as well as the kind of Drengic magic they posses.

There is a sort of hierarchy of power with the species of dragons, which is divided in to 4 classes: Monarch, Royal, Ambassador, and Predator.

The only Monarch dragons to exist are the Red dragons. Red dragons are by far the largest and most powerful, being capable of producing a highly flammable acid that can burn at nearly 7 thousand degrees kelvin. They also have ever-lasting youth after puberty and can shrug off the likes of tanks shells and dragon hunter ballista bolt without batting an eye. Red dragon also posses the complete unique ability of transferring their own power to any other being, so long as they are a descendant of a red dragon bloodline. This includes non-draconic lifeforms whose ancestors mated with a red dragon. There are only two bloodlines of red dragons thought to still exist, being the Cascada’s and the Korcasé’s, with the king of the dragons being Rathnir Cascada.

Royal dragons are the purple, white (snow), and black (light) dragons. All three of these types of dragons are plenty powerful in their own right, with purple capable of breathing powerful beams of plasma, white capable of removing 80% of all heat in their path of destruction, and black dragons capable of firing blinding beams of light. Purple dragons are especially rare, as they are a crossbreed between a red dragon and a blue, which is highly frowned upon in dragon culture. These dragons are not quite immortal, but can live upwards of 200 000 years.

Ambassador dragons are much further down the ladder, and consist of green, yellow, orange, and pink scales. The average life expectancy of an Ambassador class is only 10-13 thousand years. The difference between their Drengic is practically negligible, with only basic dragon magic able to be cast.

At the bottom of the hierarchy are the Predators, who are barely larger than a person, and not very smart. These are the brown, grey, gold, silver, and teal. They rely on camouflage and scare tactics to hunt prey, and are the only kind of dragons incapable of speech. They are not recognized to be sentient, but should still not be underestimated.

Nearly all dragons are fully capable of human magic types, mainly thought and spoken kinds, although written magic isn’t uncommon.

The other three classes of dragons are people in their own right, with intimate relationships, friendships, families, economies, and complex social skills, which includes language. Dragons have their own language, but 62% also learn common to negotiate with the “little folk.” Dragons tend to live isolated from the rest of the world, with the entire top third of Kio being entirely dedicated to dragon territory, but Kio is far from the only place to find dragons. The entire white dragon population live atop Dragon’s Peak in Novélia, most purple dragons live among the dwarves in Corkus, and there are several Ambassador class colonies in the Rings of Troms.

This has been a brief exploration of the dragons of Alterra, enjoy.

Alterra Update: Im Back

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