Priestess Of Pie's posts

Dragons are pretty tough. In addition to being very gifted at magic, they also train in self defense at a minimum, but most usually elect to take more. They're not immortal though and yes, some have been murdered. Though most people are favorable to their existence, there are some people that dislike their meddling, especially when they stand to lose something. It's still pretty uncommon for someone to kill them openly due to the backlash they would receive. There is not necessarily a worse punishment than regular murder, though it's a lot more likely to be noticed.

There have also been wars where dragons have gotten caught up in the conflict, but usually they don't interfere outside of working as a neutral intermediary. It would have to be something earth shattering for them to intervene directly. Sadly since they do tend to get wrapped up in conflicts due to the nature of their jobs it's uncommon for dragons die from old age.

Names... lol. Zetanks I took from an old SNES game called Ogre Battle. It was one of the randomly generated monster names. The rest I just... sorta made up? I used to be a lot more creative. =( It was literally just a "yeah that feels right". I have *counts* 8 dragons that actually have names and faces, 2 that I know what they look like and their personality a little but haven't nailed down a name, and a handful of others that are kind of nebulous voids atm.

I would say worldwide there are probably around 2,000 dragons. Their aging slows as they get older so when they're babies they grow up fairly quickly but can live a lot longer than a human. At 42 that would put Zetanks somewhere around the early 20's. She hasn't really left the city much since she came there however so she's still pretty unaware of the dangers out there in the world. They don't send kids out on missions or anything though. Before you start getting assignments you have to pass various tests to make sure you're ready, and even then they never send anyone out alone.

She started as a mary sue basically (as most 15 year olds tend to start with) but slowly kind of evolved into something else over time.

I actually have a whole world with it's own history and lore, but a lot of the details are still pretty fuzzy and need to be pinned down (or penned down as it were).

Dragons, in this world, are actually a race that was magically created in antiquity by the great unifier, Drāk. They are considered guardians and peacekeepers. They have low birthrates but long lives (assuming they aren't killed) and are especially gifted at magic. Often they are looked to when there is a dispute or to defend an injustice.

While not all dragons do, Zetanks lives in the floating city of Najiin where most of the dragons live, work, study, and organize.

She is kind, optimistic, a bit naiive, and she has a bad habit of sticking her nose where it doesn't belong. She'll have to make some hard choices though when things go sideways and she realizes she can't save everyone.