The fire of my Dragonheart

An old dragon that hoards stories, entrancing you with fantastical tales heard and gathered over thousands of years.

A dragon that hoards pain. They gently pull the hurt, mental or physical from your body, and store it away, leaving you feeling energetic and much lighter than before.

Dragons that hoard light, their dens filled with shimmering orbs and beams that dance over everything, their vibrant presence filling you with warmth and comfort.

1. What is your favorite hoard?

2. What is your breath weapon?

3. Do you like to nest in caves or mountains?

4. Do you like fur or scales more?

5. Do you prefer attacking with your talons or your teeth?

6. How long is your tail?

7. What is your favorite biome?

8. What is the best offerings to give you?

9. The quickest way to your heart?

10. What is your mortal enemy?

11. Most annoying thing about your lair location?

12. Any favorite wildlife?

13. Something a mortal could do to get your attention?

14. If you had to be any other creature what would you pick?

15. What is your eye color?

16. Favorite gemstone?

17. Gold, silver, platinum, copper, or some other metal?

18. What’s the best meal you’ve had?

19. Something I could say to have you spare me?

20. Are you a nocturnal, diurnal, or crepuscular hunter?

21. How good are you at flying, for real?

22. How good are you at swimming?

23. Favorite weather type?

24. Favorite season?

25. Have you ever caused property damage?

26. Worst thing you’ve eaten?

27. Do you ever want to raise hatchlings?

28. Do you have any family?

29. Biggest insecurity about your form?

30. Do you have any weaknesses?

31. If you had to have a job like a human, what would you choose?

32. How many knights / battles have you fought?

33. Your least favorite element?

34. Would you eat a person? 👀

35. One thing you think humans might be doing right?

36. Your least favorite dragon stereotype?

37. Roars or chirps?

38. If you could add anything to your lair consequence free, what would you add?

39. Do you keep any pets?

40. Thoughts on dragon riders?

41. A random fact about yourself?

Sometimes it’s weird being a draconic with a mostly psychological identity. I know I’m a dragon, the fire-breathing blue-scaled type with two wings and four legs, but what exactly a dragon is, even within this category, varies a lot depending on who you ask. There are a wide variety of draconic archetypes: feral non-speaking animalistic dragons; evil gold-hoarding human-devouring dragons; wise magical solitary dragons; and dragons who are just like normal humans in scaly suits. Since I have minimal past life memories if any, the way I figure out what sort of dragon I am (am, as even if I was a dragon in a past life, my draconity is what I experience now) is by gut feeling. Some parts of these draconic archetypes feel right to me, like that’s what I am, and others feel wrong. Sometimes this involves looking at my own personality, instincts, and behaviors and comparing, although this can be troublesome as some of these are possibly symptoms of mental health issues I have, and we all know that mundane issues shouldn’t be attributed to one’s draconity.

As a dragon, every representation I see of myself is filtered through legend or media. I’m able to look to Earth animal behavior too, but just as dragons are physically described as a mix of different Earth animals, so may we be in our nature. A lot of times, I and other dragons I’ve met have ended up using fiction as a way to explore our own identities, to look at (and often read) about dragons, and ask what they get right or wrong, and use that to figure out who we are. And sometimes, this process of feeling out what is right or wrong can be weird. I can feel that multiple conflicting archetypes are the right ones, or can have what feels right change over time. This raises a lot of questions about myself that I’m still exploring. If multiple archetypes are right, does that mean that I’m a fusion of them? Perhaps just as I change, what sort of dragon I am changes with me?

In some way, this seems a little bit silly. I am who I am, regardless of archetypes. Still, I feel like that’s too reductive an answer. I think that I who I am has been influenced by these archetypes somewhat over time. The relationship I had with them a decade ago isn’t the same one I have with them now: I can look at old writings I had about how dragons are actually peaceful and just misunderstood, which contrasts with how I feel far more animality and even perhaps “evil” now. Is it just that I embraced the dark and violent parts of my draconity, of myself that were always there? Or have I changed over time? I think it’s probably some of both.

transmasc dragon seeing how deep he can roar and generating a subsonic rumble so loud it shatters the foundation

enby dragon so pleased with their claws and horns that they tear up floors and ceilings intentionally to feel how sharp they are

cause as much as i love dragons purring and roaring i wish there was just more variety in how they would act

clacking their teeth together to show contentedness/happiness (budgies)

using tails as a defensive weapon in a whip like fashion (iguana)

twitching to express that they're not a threat to members of their species (hognose snake)

feeling calm when eyes are hooded/covered (birds of prey)

head bobbing as a threat display (anoles/bearded dragons)

flattening neck or sides to appear bigger (snakes/lizards)

mantling over food to protect it from hatchmates (birds of prey)

wiggling neck as a courting maneuver (budgies)

audibly grinding teeth as a warning (macaques)

maintained eye contact as a challenge (gorillas)

pounding wings against sides as a threat (gorillas)

slapping other dragons with their claws when their personal bubble is invaded (seals)

hoards used as a site to impress mates (birds of paradise)

snorting when undergoing heightened stress (horses)

making repeated loud noises with surroundings to establish territory (woodpeckers)

loud constant arguments with other dragons when roosting (bats)

building lairs that cause a domino effect of change in the land around them (beavers)

slapping their tails against the ground/water as a warning (beavers)

wiggling tail tip to attract prey (various animals)

wiggling tail tip as a warning (snakes)

plucking or scraping off scales as a sign of stress (parrots)

raising spines/frills as a response to danger and carrying on with their usual business as they believe they're protected (lionfish)