Editing Dragons (section)

== Physiology ==

=== Appearance ===
Dragons often have mismatched eye colors.

Water dragons have fins instead of manes, gills in addition to lungs, and baleen instead of teeth.<ref name=":5">[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/07/12/9-06/ Chapter 9.06]</ref>

Lung Dragons, commonly called Long Dragons, had long winding bodies. They should not be mistaken for [[Wyrms]].

=== Types ===
All Dragons have an elemental type, with known types/subtypes including Flame, Water, Earth (Gems,<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/04/26/8-82-pt-3/ Chapter 8.82 pt. 3]</ref> Marsh, Forest, Gravity), Lightning (Stormheight), Void, Blood, Frost,<ref>[[Interlude – Satar|Chapter 8.56]]</ref> Venom,<ref name=":0" /> Feathers,<ref name=":2">[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/04/26/8-82-pt-2/ Chapter 8.82 pt. 2]</ref> Waves, Wind, Dawn, Stars, Skies, War, and Sanctum. They can also be identified by scale color, such as Brass or Silver. Color is not an identifier of elemental type.

Properly categorizing the types and subtypes may be impossible due to the limited information given. 

=== Physical Qualities ===

=== Physiology ===
Dragons are an egg-laying species. Their eggs can wait for thousands of years before hatching. Dragons are not considered mature until they are at least two hundred years old. They are also prone to taking naps, which can last decades. 

All Dragons have heterochromia. They also have a highly attuned sense of smell.

Dragons can survive fistfights with Giants.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/03/15/8-72/ Chapter 8.72]</ref>

==== Diet ====
Air and land Dragons are omnivorous but prefer meat. Water Dragons did not hunt by nature or inclination.<ref name=":5" /> Earth Dragons were often vegetarians.<ref>{{VERef|Goblin Days (Pt. 7) – No Answers and Answers}}</ref>

==== Lifespan ====
Dragons are quasi-immortal and are not subject to old age or disease. The current oldest living Dragon, [[Teriarch]], has lived 58,000 years.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2023/01/22/9-33/ Chapter 9.33]</ref> However, he is a rare outlier, as he was considered even by other Dragons to be ancient. 

=== Magical Qualities ===
Similar to Djinni, Dragons are beings of magic. While they are able to cast different kinds of magic, their natural abilities and breath attack are determined by their elemental type. Their magic increases as they age. They are also capable of shapeshifting, though this ability may not be accessible in their adolescence, at least without an artifact. Some alchemy does not affect Dragons, preventing them from using some [[potions]].<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/12/18/9-29/ Chapter 9.29]</ref> 

Even after death, the body parts of Dragons remain highly magical and do not wane with time. The Az'muzarre Tribe use armor and weapons made from Dragon parts, making them one of the more powerful Gnoll tribes in Izril. Additionally, [[Pisces Jealnet|Pisces]] theorized that the enchantments on the walls of the Walled Cities are because of Dragon bones contained within them. 

=== Special Abilities ===

=== Weaknesses ===
The System acknowledges them as immortals, thus they are unable to obtain Classes/Levels and Skills.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2016/08/20/1-07/ Chapter 1.07]</ref> Under the same rule fall other immortals including for example Djinni, Wyrms, Agelum, Elves and the Lucifen.