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Carbon Dragons are a non-metal elemental dragon species and among the most common of their kind, comprising approximately 0.5% of the total dragon population (about 1 in 200 dragons). They are highly versatile in forming bonds with other dragons and are known for building complex and cooperative societies.

Carbon Dragons has an average mental maturity equivalent to 12.011 years, (reference to carbon’s atomic mass). Their typical body mass is also around 12.011 tons. A defining trait of this species is their ability to form up to four stable dragon bonds, which contributes to their capacity for intricate social structures and dragon group dynamics.

As an element, carbon is fundamental to life; similarly, Carbon Dragons are often regarded as a symbolic foundation of biological existence, reflecting the fact that all known life on Earth is carbon-based.

Carbon Dragons display a wide range of physical forms depending on their structural variation or based on who they bond with. Common traits include:

- Scales resembling graphite or diamond

- Diamond-like speckling beneath the wings

- A trailing spine that may appear gaseous, coal-like, graphitic, or in rare cases, crystalline (diamond)

- Diamond horns or jaw mandibles

Animus magic feels overpowered to the point of being dull. It lacks a clear or consistent cost, its only real drawback is the vague idea that “power makes you evil” which isnt much of a limitation at all. When a character can essentially do anything without definite consequences, it stops being interesting and starts feeling like a shortcut for the author to control the story however they want.

If you ask people on the fandom on some world building questions:

Why are the continents shaped like dragons? Animus slop

Why IceWings bleed blue? Animus Slop

Whats with the world's size inconsistency? Animus slop Character's bad traits? FIX IT WITH ANIMUS SLOP

Plot holes? FIX IT WITH ANIMUS SLOP

"Why can character X just do Y with animus magic"

This plot relies on this enchantment/animus object. ANIMUS HERE ANIMUS THERE

Its crazy how saying something (or like a prompt) could give you a lazy solution, without any effort!

This often turns animus magic into a catch-all explanation. Complex questions or inconsistencies, whether it’s unusual biology, geography, or even plot holes get brushed aside with “animus magic did it.” Instead of adding depth, it can flatten the worldbuilding and remove the need for creative problem-solving

Magic systems tend to be more engaging when they come with clear limits, trade-offs, or rules that force characters to make difficult choices. Without those constraints, animus magic risks feeling less like a compelling part of the world and more like an easy way out.

When I’m sad, I’d eat an entire tub of ice cream but usually, I can’t afford that, so I'm just sad. IceWings, for some reason, have this delicacy that seems to soothe any pain. My theory is that an animus dragon enchanted all IceWing that makes an ice cream using their frost-breath to ease the mind of pain and suffering. Maybe this was the “Gift of Ice Cream” that they forgot about, and I just ended up benefiting from it.

Honestly, I wish Ice Cream IceWings existed. They’re already made of ice, what’s stopping one from being made of ice cream too? I know animus magic could make Ice Cream IceWing dragons possible, but Jerboa III removed it, and I’m not sure I’ll ever see another animus dragon in my lifetime. Worst of all, none of the animus dragons from past or present seem creative enough to think of making one. They’d probably see it as a waste of their soul, not realizing it could save a lot of dragons from endless sadness. I WANT TO HUG AN ICEWING MADE OF ICE CREAM

So I made a fictional Ice Cream IceWing dragon. They’re made of cookies-and-cream ice cream, with cookie sandwiches around their ice spikes. But instead of normal IceWing spikes, theirs are milk chocolate. Their scales are drizzled with chocolate syrup over Oreo-filled patterns. Sadly, this is just a dragonet’s imagination and isn’t possible(?).

So we just have ice cream... no ice cream dragons...

Just two carbon dragons dating, did you know that carbon is used to determine the age of organic, carbon-based materials that were once alive, such as wood, bone, shells, and plant fibers. but only up to 60k years ago.

Coal is also made up the same thing as diamonds but their arrangement and purity is different. Diamonds are mostly estimated to be 1-3 billion years old while coals are around 300 million years old