Dragons are among the oldest sentient creatures on the planet of Dothor. These creatures are inherently bound to the magical energy of this world. Though there are many creation myths of how this world came about, many of these myths involve dragons in some form.
True dragons are far and few between. They are beings of immense power who seemingly do not have any age of which they die naturally, making them functionally immortal. These beings vary in size, which determines the class of dragon they are from Wyrmling, Young, Adult, and Dragon Lord or the praviteldrakonov. Wyrmlings can be as small as one’s pet dog to a Dragon Lord, which can be the size of a castle. The largest recorded dragon to date is the White Dragon Lord, Mokat, with sightings and studies suggesting she is about 300ft in length.
Most dragons are intelligent and powerful. Even as a wyrmling, dragons have the ability to learn different magics, master complex mathematics, know multiple languages, and so on. While each dragon and type of dragon is different and may not want to study these things, they seemingly all have the ability to do so.
All dragons possess some kind of innate magical power. While not every dragon has shown they can do this, most seem to be able to transform into a humanoid of some sort, use magical spells without study or practice, and have some kind of destructive breath they can use. It is unknown if the “breath weapon,” of a dragon is something biological in their bodies or generated from a magical source.
Mostly through oral traditions, dragons have been mentioned in stories and history as far as anyone can remember. All forms of dragons have been mentioned as tyrants, heroes, mystical or godlike beings, tricksters, hermits, and so forth.
According to some records and some beings who have met dragons, the world used to be largely populated by these creatures. Now, seeing a dragon is quite rare with most people going through lives without ever witnessing one or at most catching a rare glimpse of a dragon flying in the sky.
Through most records, there seems to have been some kind of clash or war between dragons and the Jotun (commonly called “Giants”). The Jotun are another kind of ancient race but relatively young compared to dragonkind. Whether this war was the reason for the decline in dragon and Jotun population is unknown, but both races now kindle a deep-seated hatred of each other.
Now, dragons are seemingly few and far between. They either stay away from mortalkind in general or are simply not around. Other than a few notable exceptions such as Zarathos and the Lightning Lord, many don’t know of any dragons or have seen them. There are rumors of a different type of dragon that lives in abundance on the Ilu, the Isle of Beasts, but there is no proof of that and is typically considered a tall tale.
Since 244 DU, the day referred to as “The Scaled Usurpation,” many dragons have gone into hiding. The only two openly known Dragon Lords are the Lightning Lord in Xarsas and Mokat in the Frozen Wilds.
For each type of dragon (blue, green, brass, gold, etc) there is only one with the designation “Dragon Lord.” Dragon Lord is not an actual title, but more of a class of dragon regarding age, size, and power. Something in the biology of dragons only allows one Dragon Lord per type of dragon at a time. For another dragon to become the next Dragon Lord, the current Dragon Lord must not exist any more. Over the course of the world, this has caused many assassination attempts on Dragon Lords as Adult class dragons vie for power.
The class Dragon Lord comes from the draconic saying “praviteldrakonov,” which loosely translates Ancient Dragon or Master of Dragons, but in the draconic language acknowledges power, wisdom, respect, and age. It has commonly been changed to Dragon Lord among those who do not speak Draconic.
The “Kogdadrakony,” or the Council of Scales is when all the current Dragon Lords convene to discuss matters of grave importance. This does not happen often, but when it does, it is taken as a sign of ill omen as this has historically only happened during crises on a global scale.
While the Council of Scales, and dragonkind in general, do not typically care what becomes of the mortal world, they do care about what happens to themselves. Thus, the Council of Scales will typically elect a liason to mortalkind called the “voinogo kol’sta,” which has been commonly called the “Protector of the Realm,” in Common. There seems to be little, if any, historical knowledge of why the Council of Scales elects a Protector of the Realm and what they are protecting the realm from. During great wars and destruction, dragons are rarely seen as they care not to interfere with mortal bickering.