# [[Dragons, their lifecycle and biology]]
>[!check] Objective(s)
>Come up with dragon's biology
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## Last Session
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## This Session
the concept of the dragons are like insects where there metamorphose into the next stage, drake wyvern and dragon. their metamorphosis is more magical than turning into a pupa, think of it as Pokemon evolution.
All dragons of the each stage has fast regeneration and has some rudimentary ability to use magic but due to drakes being mostly feral can only use simple things.
Dragon Heart is not actual heart but a crystal in their hearts that's bout the side of a human fist and seem to store and release magic and dragons are able to use these at will. the crystal is human fist sized at dragon and smaller in wyvern and drake.
### Drake
These are the first form and ranges from 1.2 m to 2.4 m long with its standing height between .5m to 1m tall, their heart is about the same size as human's heart and bones are similar in size except they are tough as iron.
#### Behavior
They are mostly animal like intelligence and behave in large packs ranging from 12 - 40 and more mature groups start to have hierarchy.
### Wyvern
When the drakes morph into wyvern they get bigger in size ranging from 5m to 10m in length with standing height between 2-4m tall. It has two hearts and is a size of a human head.
### Dragon
This is their final form and size ranging from 10-20m long with standing size of 5-8m tall and they have two hearts about a meter long.
### Growth
unknown but lives really long time and they seem to get bigger as they age in dragon stage like crocodiles do but never really live too long due to competition between other dragons and lack of food to eat?
### Reproduction
The males build lair and hoard treasures, in human eyes, to entice the female to lay the eggs. Does the female take care of the eggs? No, it's the male's job to let hatch the eggs and females are off, why? probably to consume to lay more eggs? males die after the drakes hatch? the drakes will eat the male upon hatching.
Young female dragons would have to consume to grow and easiest is to consume other drakes and wyverns - heart is the most nutritious
There must be other creatures they predate upon.
drakes of the same family won't attack each other and know by smell and gets feint as they morph. Starting in Wyvern they start to become smarter and at dragon they are smart and skilled enough to use magic and telepathically communicate with another if the other is able to understand.
### Magic
can they use magic? innately yes but not don't good control until wyvern and fine control at dragon. Drakes can use magic innately to augment their claws and fangs, Wyvern uses to augment their wings to have more controlled flight as they get used to flight. At dragon they learn to breath "fire" from their mouth as well as some older dragons can use magic for more complex such as changing their polymorph.
Might have to alter the magic's rules as I did not include the polymorph like magic. or perhaps this is dragon specific? might be more soft magic on this end?
## Summary
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>[!todo] Next Up
>- [ ] Other creatures threaten the humanity dragons consume at various stages
>- [ ] Crystal magic and use of it in daily and fantasy.
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