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The noble dragons of Ambar have fire-hardened black scales and green eyes that glow with hellish light. They breathe a cone of flaming, oily acid called Baal Fire. Naturally, these dragons are immune to fire and acid. Even their spittle and blood are highly acidic and the few heroes who slay a dragon do not live to tell the tale, burned and trampled in the bloody death throes of the dragon. Dragons should not be confused with the vile, legless Wyrms that are hunted by the Baal and Kith.
Dragons are immortal, living forever unless slain, but their bloodline has diminished over time. The earliest dragons were created as perfect watchers and guardians, with great black wings and multiple heads. The Pendragon, "mother of dragons" is said to have five heads, and some of her princely consorts such as Sirrush had as many as three. Dragons born in these late years usually only have a single head.
Dragons were common guardians of Baal temples. The custom was to take a new egg to the place that it would eventually
guard. The dragon would build ties with the place during the years inside the egg before hatching, which wizards describe as a form of "arcane connection" with the place. While at one time most temples had dragon guardians, now only a few has such protection. There are many speculations as to the cause of this decline: some say that they are merely sleeping, or gone to an unknown birthing ground beyond unexplored mountains, but many fear that most were slain by Wyrms or even Wyrm hunters who mistook them for evil. Whatever the cause, many of the Baal temples are now vulnerable or in ruin, as is the majority of the once great Draconian Empire.
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