Dragons (Kylorne)

Dragons Classification Information Meta Information Dragons, also referred to as Dracoirys dominis or simply as the dragon kind, are an entire species of legendary monsters that once dominated over the world of Kylorne. They are labelled as high level ranking monsters who have an innate great power and hostile nature, causing mayhem and destruction as one of the most feared forces of nature.

Dragons as a whole are really varied, having multiple subspecies and types of classification. They are protagonists of legends and tales around many cultures in the mortal realm, normally becoming objects of fear and terror, or power and adoration. Dragons were rather common during a period of time that in modern days is known as the "Great Dragon Era", where countless civilizations were affected or destroyed by them; however, after the end of that era with the defeat of the Primal Dragon of Chaos, the amount dragons was quickly narrowed to almost none, to the point that they were believed to be extinct in the following centuries.

Description
Dragons are mythical creatures bestowed of great power. Although that there's a great amount of unknown types of dragons, most of them normally share certain characteristics, thus many civilizations depict them as large, flying reptiles with a pair of strong wings, sharp claws, and iconic magical skills such as their breath. Typically dragons have an extremely hard skin made up by their scales, which can range in many different colors and size, most dragons also have very characteristic and unique horns of different shapes protruding from their heads.

Most dragons' diet is carnivorous for the major part, but can also include the ingesting of sources of magical energy to serve as a source of power and nutrition for the dragon if it is capable of digesting it. Typically, dragons are creatures that lay a limited number of eggs and are oviparous, meaning they reproduce by laying eggs. However, the number of eggs laid may differ depending on the specific subspecies of the dragon as some may lay just one egg while others lay more.

As mentioned before, Dragons can have a very varied physiology and very unique and mysterious traits, although they are depicted as flying creatures, there are races which are unable to fly, or even some which are completely wingless. From snake-like creatures that use magic to float to specimens covered in feathers, each subspecies has different characteristics and can behave differently, that is why they are divided in different types of classifications.

Common behavior
Dragons are typically very territorial and isolated creatures, they normally look to dominate a specific area to settle down in order to establish their "nest" which becomes their territory. Most dragon specimens and subspecies in general, even the primitive ones, also have a tendency to accumulate as much items and possessions they deem valuable to keep as a treasure which they become very protective of, in most cases it is only second in value to their eggs. Contrary to common belief, primitive dragons are normally neutral creatures and will not become hostile towards other lifeforms unless they pose a threat to them.

Dragons, especially females, are extremely protective of their eggs in general. They seem to be always willing to use all of their might in order to protect their eggs and apparently have an innate instinct that allows them to sense the presence of their offspring, even if an egg is taken away from a dragon mother, the dragon would still be able to locate it and cross entire continents to look after its egg.

There are certain subspecies of dragons who are not only sentient but extremely smart, far beyond more intelligent than humans. These specimens were capable of communicating with their peers or even other races through many different methods. They were said to even be capable of forming contracts with humans. These sentient dragons are the ones that can either be benevolent and kind, neutral or hostile and destructive. Most of them seem humans and other species of monsters as "lower lifeforms" and act with a superiority complex.

Subspecies
The different subspecies of dragons there is record of, explains the different physiological types of dragons and defines the subspecies that form the entire dragonkind.

Regular Dragon ── The most iconic look when it comes to dragons, a flying reptile-like creature with a four limbs, a pair of wings, covered in thick scales, with sharp claws and fangs. They normally average a size of 20 to 90 meters and can walk on two limbs or all four, they are the second most classification of dragons after the wyverns.

Wyvern ── A flying reptile-like creature with two main limbs used as legs, a pair of wings which they also use as arms to assist themselves when moving in the ground, sharp claws protruding from their wings, long neck and a mouth filled of smaller sharp fangs.

Wyrm ── A limbless and typically wingless serpent-like creature of great size that normally lives underground, they normally move by crawling.


 * Flying Wyrm ── A variant of the Wyrm type of the dragons species, they are Wyrms that constantly use magic allowing them fly. Some specimens have two limbs which are used as arms.

Leviathans ── A type of dragon that can reassemble the looks and characteristics of the other types but is easily differenced due to its massive size. Even as juveniles, this type of dragons is usually bigger than entire mountains and can have way bigger dimensions.

Dragon Lords ── Dragon Lords are an entire different stage of the subspecies, the highest point of evolution possible for all members of the conventional dragon species. These specimens are so rare that their rarity is only comparable to the one of a Primal Dragon. The Dragon Lord stage may be entered by any dragon of any subspecies and any type, as long as it meets the requirements of power to do so, this power requirement is extremely high, being that the reason of the rarity of Dragon Lords. This stage is reached after a specimen has devoured and gained a great amount of power in order to evolve past the boundaries of its subspecies, becoming one of the few lords among dragons, gaining a great amount of power and wisdom.

Aging
Dragons are long-lived creatures that can even be immortal. These are the age ranges for the different types of dragons to enter into a further stage of their life. Although the aging standards may vary in each subspecies and in some individual specimens, here is the average of each stage of aging:

Regular Dragons:


 * Wyrmling (Newborn) ─> 10-50 years old.
 * Juvenile ─> 100-300 years old.
 * Mature ─> 1000-5000 years old.
 * Elder ─> 30000+ years old.

Wyverns:


 * Wyrmling (Newborn) ─> 10 years old.
 * Juvenile ─> 20-50 years old.
 * Mature ─> 100-1000 years old.
 * Elder ─> 20000+ years old.

Leviathans:


 * Regular ─> 10000-50000 years old.
 * Elder ─> 100000+ years old.

Type of dragons

 * Elemental dragons.
 * Spiritual dragons.
 * Mystical dragons.
 * Miraged dragons.

Hierarchy
The dragon species are classified in many different ways, but the main system to classify them is by using the hierarchy that the entire species have and is something that is respected even among dragons themselves. The explained rankings here are based of the different stages of evolution and types of subspecies, this hierarchy is what differentiates dragons from one another in terms of the scale of their power.

High-ranking subspecies

 * 1) Primal Dragons.
 * 2) Dragon lords (All types).
 * 3) Elder dragon/leviathans (All types).

Middle-ranking subspecies

 * 1) Leviathans
 * 2) Mature dragon (All types).
 * 3) Elder wyverns (All types).
 * 4) Juvenile dragons (All types).
 * 5) Mature wyverns (All types).

Low-ranking subspecies.

 * 1) Miraged dragons.
 * 2) Juvenile wyverns (All types).
 * 3) Small sized dragons (All types).
 * 4) Wyrmlings (All types).