Blue Dragons

Blues are vain and territorial. They are distinguished by their dramatic frilled ears and single, massive brow horn. They are also one of the best-adapted dragon breeds for digging into sand. Their

hides tend to hum and crackle faintly with built-up static electricity, and to emit small arcs of electricity. These effects intensify when the dragon is angry or about to attack. They smell of ozone + sand.

Their breath weapon is a line of lightning or a large electrical discharge.

Description

Blue dragons are physically distinguished by the single large horn protruding from their heads and also by their ears, which are rather large and frilled. The tail is thick and bumpy, like that of a crocodile. The wings are more pronounced than most other species'. They smell like electricity or sand.

Personality

Blue dragons, also known as storm dragons, are orderly creatures and are unusual for chromatics in that they keep fairly well-ordered, hierarchical societies. They are more likely to be mocking and manipulative than outrightly cruel or murderous to 'lesser' creatures, aided greatly by their natural talents for hallucination. They are infamous for tricking desert travellers.

Combat

The blue dragon excell at aerial combat, perhaps more so than any other species of dragon. Their lightning discharges are very easy to aim at other aerial foes, or at creatures below them on the ground. They are also extremely adept at burrowing in sand, and often lie in wait just below the surface of the desert for prey. When they are so burrowed, their large horns could easily be mistaken for pointed desert rocks.

Blue dragons used a shocking burst of lightning.

Society

Lair

Blue dragons are native to arid wastelands and deserts. They make their lairs in underground caves; easily accessible to the dragons, as they can burrow through the ground. These dragons fly

above their territory, using the bleak landscape and its sparse terrain features as their best chance of spotting opponents. The typical blue dragon lair is dug into one of the towering rock formations that dominate desert landscapes. As with all dragon lairs, the blue dragon's lair has two entrances: one at ground level and hidden by the sand, and one opening onto a high ledge on which it can perch and survey its territory. Each lair also has a large subterranean cavern with a large pool of water and a sandy beach, which its inhabitant can use for drinking and relaxation.

Habitat

Blues tend to live in larger deserts to rule over a mountainous village. These days, many underground societies feature a blue dragon that helped them create their living quarters as in order to avoid the heat they moved underground.

Reproduction

Blue dragons are excellent parents to their young, and would rarely leave their eggs unattended. Blue dragon eggs must be buried in warm sand to incubate. Blue wyrmlings are actually quite cute, but they were quick to taunt any other creature, and even quicker to hunt small desert creatures for food.

Relationships

Blues love creating landscapes and can be very nit-picky about it. Because of this precision, they are often hired to uphold or create entire cities for humanoids and themselves to live in.

Notable Blue Dragons

Alasklerbanbastos

Alasklerbanbastos, also known as the Great Bone Wyrm, and the self-proclaimed Dragon King of Old Unther, is an ancient blue dracolich who ruled Threskel from his lair within Dragonback Mountain. He holds the distinction of being the only dracolich to have his physical form destroyed twice in the same year. His physical form takes the appearance of an enormous skeleton with lightning and thunder inbetween his bones.

Alasklerbanbastos fought over the control of western Unther during the 10th century DR. When Tchazzar became divine in 1018 DR, Alasklerbanbastos enlisted the aid of the Cult of the Dragon to become a dracolich. After the dragon cult cell in Unther collapsed in 1024 DR, he went to sleep for several centuries.

Iymrith

Iymrith is a very powerful blue dragon sorcerer and known for boycotting the humanoid-dragon society. Iymrith tirelessly explored all ancient Netherese ruins in the Ascore area in search of magic. In her lair, she is always protected by her gargoyle servants. She experiments often with new spells, sometimes with catastrophic results. Everyone knows that you do not mess with The Doom of the Desert.

Lennithon

A blue dragon residing in the south of the Sword Coast.

Olothontor

Always desperately in search for the love of his life, Olothontor is a well-known blue dragon in areas close to civilizations. He once dreamed of the day he would meet his soulmate, a beautiful partner that had the voice of an angel. He travels the world in hope to find his match. 

Olothontor had some contacts with a large number of musicians and Harpers who gave some music to him in exchange for protection. He once mated with the adult blue dragon Ingeireirautha of Anauroch but their relationship ended badly and they occasionally skirmished.