Black Dragons Species in Irindor | World Anvil

Black Dragons

Black Dragons adapted to toxic environments, bleak and lightless caves, and swamps making them cunning predators in a particularly harsh environment.

Basic Information

Biological Traits

Black Dragons evolved to be much smaller to fit into smaller caves and hide in the muck of swamps, making them one of the less physically imposing of Dragons, though they adapted the ability for their breath to be acidic melting through even steel in mere moments.They also havea number of bone plates and spikes that aid in their abiltiy to defend themselves, as they can pierce even dargon hide. these bone plates have givin the Black Dragons a nickname of Bone Dragons. Black Dragons are cunning scavangers and manipulators, ambushing and trapping their prey or even manipulating lesser species to do their bidding.

Additional Information

Social Structure

Black Dragons are the most likely to interact with lesser species, often manipulating them to do their bidding and safeguard their clutches. while a Black Dragon is most at home in a swamp or cave, Blacks often use magic to desguise themselves as Mortals to live in cities.

Facial characteristics

Black Dragons have horns that grow alongside their face to protect their eyes and blindspots.

Geographic Origin and Distribution

Black Dragons live in swamps, bogs, deep caves, and other dark areas where their black scales offer a camouflage.

Average Intelligence

Black Dragons are the most cunning and manipulative of their kin, using their magics to appear as lesser species more often to confuse and walk amongst the mortal races. Black Dragons have small clutches that they safeguard in burrows under their chosen home, where enthralled monsters or even mortal races safeguard their clutch.

Civilization and Culture

Historical Figures

The Nameless Black is the oldest living Black Dragon, The Dragonlord of the Black.
Average Physique
Black Dragons are physically weaker than their kin but have a number of sharp bones that protrude from their face neck and joints to pierce even dragon scales.
Body Tint, Colouring and Marking
Blacks have black scales and bone protrusions that enable them to blend into a murky swamp or the lightless dim of a cave.
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