Caer Dunes  |  Dune Rules  |  Dragon Information  |  Mating Flights

No matter their gender, dragons all breathe fire. However, hatchlings cannot breath fire, because their flame sacks, in their necks and upper chests, have not started producing the substance to which dragons use to create fire. When dragons mature to Fledglings the hormones in a dragon's body begin to craft the substance in the sack, and when old enough, they are taught to use it. By belching this gas-like substance, dragons are able to create fire, because the 'tube' leading up the throat from the sack is lined with phosphorus substance. The gas then mixed with the phosphor when meeting the air bursts into flame. The dragons learn how to open their mouth just so, how hard to belch, and how to get the best length of fire available from a single belch. The best dragons have been able to belch flame nearly their own length, giving the best range in which they can come in contact with an enemy. There is no worry, however, of the inside of a dragon's mouth becoming burned, because the insides of their mouths are coated, prior to belching, with a pyrophosphate substance from tiny sacks in their cheeks which acts as a flame retardant. All dragons learn to quickly rub the substance all over their mouth with their tongue before breathing fire. After done completely, with breathing fire, it's their bond's job to wash the inside of their dragon's mouth to get the substance off.

Dragons come in the following colors;

Black (male or female)
White (male or female)
Gold (female)
Silver (female)
Bronze (male)
Red (male)
Cream (female)
Brown (male)
Purple (female)
Blue (male)
Green (female)

The colors are primarily gender-specific, whites and blacks being male or female. The colors are not rigid colors, there will always be differences between the colors, some dragons may have tints of other colors in them. The main color they are, however, is how they are classed in the basic colors above. No color is higher ranked over another, all ranking is determined on the dragon and rider's responsibility and their loyalty to the Caer, and the loyalty they have of the rest of the Caer. Dragons will bond only with their own gender, unless the sexual preference of the human is homosexual or bisexual instead of strictly heterosexual, in which case, they will bond opposite genders. (female humans on male dragons, or male humans on female dragons) 

Dragons also are complete reflections of their rider's personality, a quirk or two may be different, but they find the human most like them and bond. If there is no human to bond with, the dragon will not suicide, but go into a mild depression until their destined rider is found. The searches for the suitable candidate will be worldwide, because if the dragon ages too much, it will end up past the permissible bonding stage, this time within a couple days of it's hatching, and it will finally suicide. This rarely, if ever, happens, because during egg-touching experiences, each candidate touches each egg until they find one that draws them most to it, the beginnings of the dragonet inside using it's T-Power. Eggs that are not chosen by candidates are quickly found candidates for, until the egg is with a candidate. If there is no candidate found for the egg, it is considered a dud, and will most likely not hatch.

Dragon clutches are as large as the dragons who flew. If a particularly large female was caught by a large male, then the clutch will be large for two reasons. One being the strength of the two dragons involved, their strength being able to create large and strong progeny. And the second being as there is more room for larger clutches of eggs to develop inside a larger female then in a smaller female.

During mating flights, which happen whenever a dragon feels like it, normally several months apart, all male dragons take chase if they want to 'win' that female. While the riders of their bonded dragons will feel as delighted in their dragon's sexuality and the emotions of the flight, they won't be entirely affected. It's not uncommon for the female and her dragon to have a preference male, and his dragon will likely win, but if the preference of the male doesn't have a dragon, she can still take to their rooms whomever they want. Sex is fairly inevitable and not hidden as crude or something not for public eyes. The dragon rose for the purpose of it, and for the end purpose of creating more dragons, so the riders should be just as happy to join in the same act with their human choice, be it the rider of the male dragon who caught their dragon, or another. However, should the rider not want to, they can lock themselves in their rooms to be undisturbed during their dragon's flight. Male dragons who don't win may have still 'energized' their riders, to put it simply, and stand-ins in the Caer are normally always available.

After becoming impregnated, the female dragon carries the eggs inside her, allowing them to develop for nearly a month. During this time, she is grounded when her belly starts to bulge, and is kept to the Caer grounds. And as you would think the term grounded to mean, pregnant females are not allowed to fly. 

When clutching occurs, the female may take several days to lay her eggs, digging holes in the sand so the still soft shells can harden in the heat, much to the same degree her own body kept them at. Dragons could be capable of live-births if they had enough room inside them for all the eggs, but because they don't, the lay the half-formed eggs on the sand where they can fully grow and mature. Eggs are oval in shape, looking like very large chicken eggs in shape. In color, they will vary with the color of the female that laid them, but are all the same color. Primarily, each egg is peach in color, the color darkening as the egg shell gets harder.

The embryos grow, and their shells expand somewhat to accommodate. After another month of waiting, the hatchlings will use an 'egg tooth', found on the tip of their muzzle that will fall off shortly after their hatching, to chip away at the inside of the egg. The egg after splitting reveals the gangly baby hatchling, even though gangly, they're still perfectly proportioned to what they'll look like as adults, save longer and harder claws on their feet, taller neck ridges, and smaller eyes when their muzzle elongates and their head is better proportioned to their body.

The eyes of the dragons vary depending on climate and breeding. Some dragons have pupils, like humans, while others have opalescent eyes. For deeper study on opalescent eyes, read this theory written by Dee Dreslough.

After a year the hatchlings are old enough and large enough to carry their dragons at the base of their neck. The humans ride on the dragon's shoulders, legs hanging before the wing arm, much like if they were riding a horse. The 'saddle' is really just a slightly bowled out pad, which will retain it's shape, strapped securely to the dragon's neck. The saddle has a waist belt strap to keep the rider secure from falling forwards, the raised back of the saddle keeping the rider from falling backwards, as well as short belt clips on either side of the human's hip so the rider can't fall upwards; sideways when the dragon takes a steep dive. None of these straps, however, impend the rider of any movement of the legs or upper body, except for leaning backward. Riders can lean forward and sideways freely, and their legs can swing free, or rest in the stirrups. Because they ride on the dragon's shoulders, they cause no strain to their dragon.

This information was taken from the Alskyr Homepage, and has been altered to fit this site.

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