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| − | '''Dragons''' are large, powerful, and natural animals. |
+ | '''Dragons''' are large, powerful, and natural animals. The intelligence of the average dragon can be compared to that of a real world dolphin. |
| − | Old ruins and cave complexes make suitable nesting grounds for dragons. Removing such places can encourage dragons not to settle permanently, however, with so few dragons seen, |
+ | Old ruins and cave complexes make suitable nesting grounds for dragons. Removing such places can encourage dragons not to settle permanently, however, with so few dragons seen, it is rare for people to take such precautions. There is also evidence to suggest that female dragons encourage the presence of "helpers" -- humans have been found in dragon nests, assisting in the feeding and care of dragonlings in exchange for dragon blood. These "dragon cults" are often quite loyal to their matron, but how these cults are created is unknown. |
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| − | ===Dragonlings=== |
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| − | Young dragons are known as dragonlings. They are about the size of deer, and are born in large numbers. |
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| − | Adult male dragons are called drakes. They have little need for wings, as once they have bonded with a female they do not travel far from her lair, and emerge only to hunt and bring back food for the high dragon and her dragonlings. In any high dragon's lair, there are usually approximately a dozen drakes living inside, fighting among themselves for the right to mate. They can live for up to 100 years, but their lives are usually cut short by their defense of their lair. You can find at least 3 (6, if you explore through all of the cave area) Drakes in the Quest for the Urn. |
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| + | Dragons 2.jpg|A dragon in flight |
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| + | Archdemon.png|The Archdemon |
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| − | Their scales are valuable materials for creating the Drake Scale Armour. |
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| + | === [[Archdemon]] === |
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| + | :see: [[Codex: Creatures#Codex Entry 3: Archdemon|Codex Entry 3: Archdemon]] |
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| − | == Drake Scale Armour == |
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| − | If your character finds at least 4 pieces of Drake Scale, Wade in Denemir can be requested to make you Drake Scale Armour. In fact he's overjoyed at the prospect and will make them for you for free, though the dialogue forces you to choose an option giving him coin for the armour. Paying for it gives a bonus fire resistance to all armor pieces. Getting these pieces is well worth it as the armour is incredibly cheap due to the smiths enthusiasm to make it for you. |
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| + | :"In Darkness eternal they searched, |
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| − | ===Dragons=== |
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| − | Females who have yet to reach maturity are known simply as dragons. When they reach approximately 100 years of age they darken in colour and grow wings. Their aggression and curiosity also increases. |
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| + | :For those who had goaded them on, |
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| + | :Until at last they found their prize, |
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| − | Impregnated females are known as high dragons. Living more than 1000 years, these terrifying beasts are known to have at least a dozen drakes guarding their lair. |
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| + | :Their god, their betrayer: |
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| − | At the end of the [[Ages |Blessed Age]], many in [[Thedas]] believed that all the dragons had vanished until one went on a Rampage. A Rampage is when one or more high dragons, who are all female, emerge from their underground lair and destroy everything in their path. They gorge, then lay a clutch. The damage of a High Dragons rampage has been compared to a category 5 hurricane. |
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| + | :The sleeping dragon Dumat. Their taint |
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| − | It was this portent (the Rampage) that led to the current period being named the Dragon Age by the [[Divine]] of the [[Chantry]]. |
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| + | :Twisted even the false-god, and the whisperer |
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| − | ===Archdemons=== |
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| + | :Awoke at last, in pain and horror, and led |
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| − | [[Archdemons]] are believed by many to be draconic [[Old Gods]] of legend. |
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| + | :Them to wreak havoc upon all the nations of the world: |
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| + | :The first Blight." |
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| − | There are a few places in the world of Dragon Age: Origins where dragons can be found. |
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| + | ::--Threnodies 8:7 |
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| + | :The false dragon-gods of the Tevinter Imperium lie buried deep within the earth, where they have been imprisoned since the Maker cast them down. |
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| − | - During the quest [[Urn of Sacred Ashes]], if you get the horn from one of the cultist and blow on in when your on the mountain top. |
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| + | :No one knows what it is that drives the darkspawn in their relentless search for the sleeping Old Gods. Perhaps it is instinct, as moths will fly into torch flames. Perhaps there is some remnant of desire for vengeance upon the ones who goaded the magisters to assault heaven. Whatever the reason, when darkspawn find one of these ancient dragons, it is immediately afflicted by the taint. It awakens twisted and corrupted, and leads the darkspawn in a full-scale invasion of the land: a Blight. |
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| − | - When you battle the [[archdemon]] in the final mission. |
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| + | === [[Dragon]] === |
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| − | - Once Morrigan has given you the quest to kill Flemeth, Flemeth will shapeshift into a dragon. She isn't an actual dragon but she's the next best thing to a real one. |
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| + | :''See: [[Codex: Creatures#Codex Entry 11: Dragon|Codex Entry 11: Dragon]]'' |
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| + | :''Information needed.'' |
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| + | === [[Dragonling]] === |
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| − | - In the werewolves layer. |
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| + | :''See: [[Codex: Creatures#Codex Entry 11: Dragon|Codex Entry 11: Dragon]]'' |
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| + | :Newly-hatched dragons are roughly the size of a deer and voraciously hungry. They live for a short time in their mother's lair before venturing out on their own. The slender, wingless creatures are born in vast numbers, as only a few ever make it to adulthood. |
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| + | === [[Drake]] === |
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| − | - In Orzamar's Royal Palace. Kill it to gain the Ageless greatsword. |
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| + | :''See: [[Codex: Creatures#Codex Entry 11: Dragon|Codex Entry 11: Dragon]]'' |
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| + | :Male dragons never develop into the winged monsters of myth. At most, their forelegs grow vestigial spurs where wing membrane might have been. |
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| + | :Once they have fully matured, males immediately seek out the lairs of adult females. When they find one, they move into her lair and spend the rest of their lives there, hunting for her and defending her young. They will aggressively defend her nest, and many would-be dragon hunters have been lost to their fiery breath and crushing blows from their tails. |
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| − | :[http://www.gamesradar.com/pc/dragon-age-origins/preview/the-dragons-of-dragon-age-origins/a-20091012121427963041/g-2007021318127502086 Games Radar] |
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| + | :''See: [[Codex: Creatures#Codex Entry 11: Dragon|Codex Entry 11: Dragon]]'' |
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| + | :A fully mature adult female dragon is the High Dragon: the great monster of legend, the rarest of all dragonkind. These dragons hollow out massive lairs for themselves, for they need the space to house their harem of drakes as well as their eggs and the dragonlings. |
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| + | :High Dragons are seldom seen. They spend most of their time sleeping and mating, living off the prey their drakes bring back. But once every hundred tears or so, the high dragon prepares for clutching by emerging from her lair and taking wing. She will fly far and wide, eating hundreds of animals, most often livestock, over a course of a few weeks and leaving smoldering devastation in her wake. She then returns to her lair to lay her eggs and will not appear in the skies again for another century. |
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Revision as of 13:50, 24 November 2009
Concept Art of a Dragon
Dragons are large, powerful, and natural animals. The intelligence of the average dragon can be compared to that of a real world dolphin.
Old ruins and cave complexes make suitable nesting grounds for dragons. Removing such places can encourage dragons not to settle permanently, however, with so few dragons seen, it is rare for people to take such precautions. There is also evidence to suggest that female dragons encourage the presence of "helpers" -- humans have been found in dragon nests, assisting in the feeding and care of dragonlings in exchange for dragon blood. These "dragon cults" are often quite loyal to their matron, but how these cults are created is unknown.
Gallery of Dragons
A dragon in flight
The Archdemon
Types of Dragons
Archdemon
- "In Darkness eternal they searched,
- For those who had goaded them on,
- Until at last they found their prize,
- Their god, their betrayer:
- The sleeping dragon Dumat. Their taint
- Twisted even the false-god, and the whisperer
- Awoke at last, in pain and horror, and led
- Them to wreak havoc upon all the nations of the world:
- The first Blight."
- --Threnodies 8:7
- The false dragon-gods of the Tevinter Imperium lie buried deep within the earth, where they have been imprisoned since the Maker cast them down.
- No one knows what it is that drives the darkspawn in their relentless search for the sleeping Old Gods. Perhaps it is instinct, as moths will fly into torch flames. Perhaps there is some remnant of desire for vengeance upon the ones who goaded the magisters to assault heaven. Whatever the reason, when darkspawn find one of these ancient dragons, it is immediately afflicted by the taint. It awakens twisted and corrupted, and leads the darkspawn in a full-scale invasion of the land: a Blight.
Dragon
- Information needed.
Dragonling
- Newly-hatched dragons are roughly the size of a deer and voraciously hungry. They live for a short time in their mother's lair before venturing out on their own. The slender, wingless creatures are born in vast numbers, as only a few ever make it to adulthood.
Drake
- Male dragons never develop into the winged monsters of myth. At most, their forelegs grow vestigial spurs where wing membrane might have been.
- Once they have fully matured, males immediately seek out the lairs of adult females. When they find one, they move into her lair and spend the rest of their lives there, hunting for her and defending her young. They will aggressively defend her nest, and many would-be dragon hunters have been lost to their fiery breath and crushing blows from their tails.
High Dragon
- A fully mature adult female dragon is the High Dragon: the great monster of legend, the rarest of all dragonkind. These dragons hollow out massive lairs for themselves, for they need the space to house their harem of drakes as well as their eggs and the dragonlings.
- High Dragons are seldom seen. They spend most of their time sleeping and mating, living off the prey their drakes bring back. But once every hundred tears or so, the high dragon prepares for clutching by emerging from her lair and taking wing. She will fly far and wide, eating hundreds of animals, most often livestock, over a course of a few weeks and leaving smoldering devastation in her wake. She then returns to her lair to lay her eggs and will not appear in the skies again for another century.