My dragons are all born as humans, and awaken their dragon blood at some later point in life.
After doing so, they can easily shift from man to dragon and back again, although they can lose their ability either temporarily or effectively permanently due to grief, rage, or simply burning...
Well, generally their scales are insulating enough to prevent issues. They’re also creatures of fire, so they don’t mind the heat. Magic is a factor too.
In human form, their internal temperature is far lower, and magic keeps them “merely” feverish instead of constantly burning.
Exactly, they need something to “wake the dragon”. Many potential dragons amongst their bastard children never woke because they never even considered themselves to have the potential.
They do live in large castles, yes. Most dragons waken in childhood, so they’re small enough to avoid causing...
Well, they are the pinnacles of the species in size- that’s a hundred-year old person.
Such size also comes with reduced speed in flight, and less agility.
A dead god is still a god.
Not a person, but a force. It still has energy in its name, invoking it still means something. The world doesn’t easily forget a living embodiment of natural forces or laws.
Just because it’s not listening anymore does not mean you cannot invoke it.
Just like a...
In my setting, dragon shifters occupy the ruling class of a nation called Urnova.
So, the main thing to realize is that dragon shifters are the only ‘dragons’ in the world. There’s no ‘true dragons’ out there.
They aren’t born able to shift, it comes in at some later point in their lives (or...
Thanks! At least the first book will be set largely in the Blackstone Triumvirate, and a lot of the setting and plot invokes ‘lavapunk’. Quite a bit of Machiavellian plotting and intrigue, with a bit of romance.
In a way, they are different. A Thassalian definitely won’t look like a Blackstone, for instance. A big part of the source of their power is artificial, created in ancient times. So there’s lesser nations, but they’ve all been subdued by one or another nation.
When it comes to raw magic, a magi...
In their alternate forms: The earth royals resemble stony, hardened lion sculptures, water royals look like ethereal, translucent serpents, air royals are enormous, pale eagles and the dragonlords resemble the dragons from ASOIAF, with two legs and two vast wings. When wounded, their blood bears...
Decided to put a spin on the idea of four elements and nations. So, common features:
There are four nations, each with a differing ideal and magic.
The fuel of all magic is Self, Blood and Nature. Self is your inborn talent and practice, the ‘math of the music’, if you will. This is relatively...