Dragonborn

The Dragonborn are a type of people created by Bahamut at the beginning of the Dawn Age, and are in essence humanoid dragonkin. As children of Bahamut, they only exhibit the coloration and breath weapon abilities of the Metallic dragons. They are most often born without tails but not always, and on very rare occasion, a child may be born with wings.
The dragonborn are, naturally, mostly populated within the regions of Mont'Orr, where they are, as the descendants of the founding population of Mont'Orr, almost entirely of the upper classes.
They tend to have temperaments not dissimilar from the metallic dragons of their same coloration, on average.

Naming Traditions

Unisex names

personal names are largely unisex and compose of two syallables always. So a brother-sister pair may be Erdanesh and Erdandral.

Family names

Names of dragonborn are tri-syllabic, with the first syllable being the family name, followed by a two syllable personal name. Often siblings have the first of this syllables in common as well. The names are matrilineal, with a husband taking on the suffix "An-" before his wifes name, though keeping his own family name at the beginning of his name. For example Erdindral married Kahlovshir, who became "Kahlovshir-An'Erd." When they become a widower, they take the further syllable "tot" as a final suffix. So he would become Kahlovshir-An'Erd'tot.
When a marriage is not binary, typically the partners symply choose which family name to use and both use it as a first syllable, or they preserve their own names as they are, though they take the "tot" suffix upon their partners death.

Culture

Major language groups and dialects

Draconic is the major language of dragonborn, though it is considered the norm for children to learn Ki Rin, Rhinish, and Futhark as well as the common tongue.

Culture and cultural heritage

Loosely based off of Tudor era France, fashion-wise, and Rennaisance Rome, but like if it was on top of a mountain.

Average technological level

Rennaesance level technology; no steam power, but advanced metallurgy and occasional innovations by talented Wrights and Artificers.

Common Etiquette rules

Dragonborn society is Fancy and Noble.

Common Dress code

The more fabric, and the more expensive the fabric, the better.

Art & Architecture

Grandiose, with extensive use of precious metals and stained glass.

Funerary and Memorial customs

Dragonborn of Mont'Orr are often cremated in blinding white fires when they die. This is partly due to the belief that otherwise they may be reborn as Abbashai - the dark counterpart to dragonborn, which were created by Tiamat. The ashes are then spread into the winds, though the ashes of criminals are compressed into bricks, to lay the foundations for buildings; a tradition that began with the construction of the Wall surrounding Mont'Orr, when the city was running low on materials to construct its legendary defensive bulwark.

Common Taboos

To adorn one's scales in the colors of the chromatic dragons is strickly taboo, as is the use of breath weapons indoors.

Common Myths and Legends

There are tales of one dragonborn, Ur’ro’al Sunscale who eventually was turned into a true dragon somehow, and was subsequently slain by his own allies. The stories vary, but normally to become a true dragon is a blessing only bestowed by Bahamut herself, and even then only in myth. It is believed that when members of the Bhal family die they are reborn as true dragons.

Historical figures

Fianna - fionn mccumghail From Mont’orrs outer lands, bordering the Expanse. a poet-warrior aka a bard of Valor who saved a village from the yearly burnings of an angry archfey.

Fox the Ugly - a cunning rogue of old - was by all accounts very attractive, nobody knows why that name stuck - tiefling. Once stole the crown from the Queen of Mont’Orr during her coronation, stole the eye of an archfey, and the heart of the god of luck.

Ur’ro’al Sunscale. a golden dragonborn, who eventually was turned into a true dragon somehow, and was subsequently slain by his own allies. (or so the story goes). In truth he fled to the feywild, and tried to enforce his idea of goodness and order there. In the attempt he became a dracolich, falling prey to the wiles of the archfey, and in so doing he became more powerful, became Ro’al the Once-Gold and almost destroyed the faewild entirely. The courts united to destroy him.

The Swordless saint, Daughter of the Seas, exiled, whereabouts unknown

the Admiral, the Bloodless saint - dad of previous, had a wolverine-like reputation. Dead by his daughter’s doing.

Orestese the Dragon Slayer - a dragonborn, exiled from Mont’orr, whereabouts unknown. Killed a dragon.

Ideals

Beauty Ideals

The shinier one's scales, the better. Tales are considered quite beautiful because of how rare they are, and WINGS even more so! However, other than the teal tinge some dragonborn aquire with age, any chromatic coloration to one's scales is considered fiendish, corrupt, and grotesque. This has been weaponized in culture, with several nobles humiliated by having chromatic colored paint splattered onto their scales.

Gender Ideals

Females are prized more highly than other genders because they carry on the family name, and it is not uncommon for the oldest female to be named the heir even if she is the youngest child. This is because the nations first Sorcerer Queen, Bhasommir had only daughters, and her eldest, Queen Bhadragahn had only daughters, as have every queen in the unbroken line of succession ever since, and within those two generations the inheritence of women's names and wealth became codified into the culture.

Courtship Ideals

Courtship amongts the dragonborn tends to be grand, with many austentatious gifts, grand declarations and deeds done in the name of one's love. When a woman is courted, it is up to her courtier to earn her favor; when two women court each other, they must both prove themselves worthy of the other. Dragonborn are capable of producing offspring with any gender pairing of parents, and so the pairing of two women is considered an ideal marriage.

Relationship Ideals

Dragonborn are capable of producing offspring with any gender pairing of parents, and so the pairing of two women is considered an ideal marriage.

Major organizations

The Holy Church of Bahamut
The Dragon Knights - a holy order of paladins.
Mont'Orr iteslf.