Red Dragons

These dragons are characterized by a large, tri-lobed crest on their heads that extends backwards from their foreheads and curves slightly inwards. There are three short horns running up the center of the crest. Their skin is a thick hide. Their forelegs have four thin fingerlike claws while the hind legs have three massive claws. These dragons are concentrated in the northernmost parts of Alastea.

In practice, they can form monogamous relationships, but it’s not common. Males do most of the raising of the young once they’ve hatched. The image displayed on the page is of a female.

Size: 108 to 122 feet (33-37 meters)

Territory: Alastea

Humanoid Form: red dragons prefer to not take a humanoid form, as they keep their crest in the shape change. Hair sprouts from behind it. They have a long tail and winglets. Their skin tone is a deep red-brown color and hair is always auburn. Eyes are black. They don’t retain clothing from change to change.

Special Ability: These dragons can swim quite well and can understand the languages of sea creatures.

Breath Weapon: fire

Egg Size: 6.5 feet (1.9 meters)

Egg Color: rusty red

Hatching Grounds: they prefer heated sands to lay their eggs in.

Lifespan: Females live longer than the males at 220 years while the males don’t live much past 100.

Reproductive Cycle: They engage in physical combat over the females. The winner generally gets to pick his choice of mate. This fighting is quite damaging and is the source of many casualties among the red males.