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Drakes are humanoid dragon-like beings, and one of the races of Innworld. Though they are the distant descendants of the great Dragons of old, they only bear a distant resemblance to them, and, unlike them, they are mortal beings who can level.

Physiology

Appearance

Like their draconic ancestors, Drakes possess sharp claws; if appropriately sharpened, they are tough enough to pierce Antinium carpace.^[1] Like Dragons', their necks are adorned with spines, which can bleach over time for certain individuals, similar to balding in humans.^[2] They also possess tails, the positioning of which is a large part of Drake body language.

Drakes have scales in varied colors from Green, Red, Pink, Blue, Yellow and Dark, and some have even coloration patterns. Drakes with Green scales are the most common, while scales very bright (like Red) or very dark are the least likely to be seen, especially without patterns, as they are rare. Even rarer are scales that have a bright glow, a unique flame coloration and a midnight black color.^[3]

Drakes bear a certain resemblance to Lizardfolk, but it is a grievous faux pas to point this out to a Drake.

Lifespan

Drakes don’t live past seventy or eighty years on average. Nevertheless, with magic, one could live far longer. As long as a hundred and twenty years. Apparently some have even reached a hundred and forty, albeit by consuming numerous potions and using artifacts.^[4]

Physical Abilities

Senses

Smell:

Sight:

Magical Abilities

Special Abilities

Subraces

Drakes don't make a difference among each other based on scale colors like Humans are prone to. However, some Drakes are more magical, and can be regarded as subraces.

Oldblood Drakes are more or less venerated as they share attributes of Dragons, the ancestors of the Drakes: they are able to spit fire, acid or lightning or because they have wings and may even be able to fly.
Scorchlings are of the same cloth as Oldbloods, but are regarded as cursed failures, given that their inherited traits are harming them. This shows in flaked-off scales or bad self-inflicted injuries when they try to breath fire.

Behavior and Culture

The stereotypical Drakes are orderly people, readily obeying their own authorities, and sticking to their laws strictly. These laws are seemingly put into place to make a society possible at all, since Drakes also tend to be very possessive and unwilling to share what belongs to them. Other traits are that Drakes are immensely proud of their heritage (naming Dragons as their ancestors) and their culture. Naturally, not all Drakes follow such stereotypes, but a surprisingly large and vocal amount of them tries to enforce such traditions, making their overall culture somewhat unyielding and static.

If there was a ranking for "bad-tempered species", Drakes would probably be at the top of that list, competing for first place with Centaurs and Minotaurs.^[5] There are various sayings about Drakes, like "one Drake’s trouble, two is a fight, three will burn your house down, and four means war"^[6] or "if the world was destroyed and there was only dust left, Drakes would fight over who had the most dust"^[7], which respectively describes the aggressive and greedy stereotypes of Drakes.

Environmental preferences

Drakes like dry climate, enjoy the sun, and open spaces.^[8] When it comes to choosing their home, however, Drakes prefer to settle behind safe and large Walls.^[9]

Childhood

Very young Drakes like to bite everything they can fit their mouths around.^[10] Later, they enter into a hoarding phase, when they can't share anything with others and even take other people's stuff (like the toys of fellow children). Even as adults, Drakes may retain that strong hoarding instinct.

Customs

Drakes have many customs regarding their tails. They consider their tails to be private body parts, and it is considered erotic to touch a drake's tail.^[11] Another Drake tradition revolving around tails, is in regards to their marriage customs: proposal among drakes is done by placing a ring around the tail of the drake they wish to marry.^[12]

Prejudices and Superstitions

Language

Drakes speak "common" (Earth's modern English) but have a distinct script that is different from the Latin alphabet that Humans are using. Learning to read that script has been reported as rather easy.

Clothing Habits

Most Drakes wear ancient-Greek style togas or robes. Some of them wear sarongs, though likely only female ones.^[13]

Some of the male Drakes wear rather little clothing, sometimes leaving their chests completely bare save for a light cloak. Female ones usually had more on.^[14]

Sexuality

The traditionalist Drake society is somewhat sexist or at least paternalistic with regards to partner choices: Female Drakes, especially young ones, are regarded as not fit for marriage outside of their species and suggesting otherwise makes huge scandalous waves. Meanwhile male Drakes choosing a non-Drake partner are much more accepted.

As gender-intended symbols, Drakes use a straight tail for men and a curly tail for women.^[15]

A large taboo among Drakes is homosexuality, at least in Pallassian circles. The term "Turnscale" is a derogatory term for homosexuals among Drakes^[16]. [Guardspeople] violently crack down on the private affairs of "Turnscales" and displays of same-gender affection are widely regarded as offensive to Drakedom itself.^[17] Even if those who say so are a vocal minority, they have driven queers - including transgender - into the criminal underworld.^[18]

History

Relations

Lizardfolk

Many if not most Drakes do not like Lizardfolk at all, possibly due to their resemblance. Drakes are mammals and see themselves as superior when compared with egglaying Lizardfolk. Seeing how Drakes tend to be orderly, proud and often grumpy, they loathe the super-social, talkative nature of Lizardfolk. The other way around, Lizardfolk seem to be aware of the animosity towards them, but find it funny.

"Lizard" is one of the ultimate insults towards Drakes, especially when uttered by non-Drakes. Non-Drakes who honestly confuse the two races should expect to be subject to stern lectures by Drakes.

Gnolls

Most Drakes officially accepted Gnolls in their cities as a large and helpful minority, given that there are much more Drakes in all of Southern Izril than Gnolls. Only rare Drake communities have up to a third of their population being Gnolls; one fifth or less is more common; and at some places there are lower percentages even.

While Gnolls are often subtly (or less subtly) discriminated against, most Drakes seem to be okay with accepting Gnolls as their equals in general. Nevertheless, Drake cities are usually governed entirely or mostly by Drakes, and interspecies marriage is frowned upon or derided by more traditional Drakes.

Humans

Humans had landed on their shores millennia ago, and the Drakes never forgave the land they had ceded to them. Drakes always considered them a threat and a foe. It was more of a bad rivalry now, as neither side did more than send armies to the Blood Fields each year to kill each other. But give them half a chance and the Drakes would happily invade the north, while the Humans would do the same.^[19]

There were quite a few Drakes who’d decided to live in Human lands, for all they were actively discouraged from doing so by the Drake cities. But while they hadn’t invaded each other in decades, the Humans and Drakes were still nominally at war. If a Drake [General] led his soldiers past Liscor, or a Human [Lord] moved past the Blood Fields, it might start a war again.^[20]

Dullahans, Garudas and others

Both the Chandrarian race of the Garudas, the Balerosian race of the Dullahans and the Terandrian race of the Dwarves are just minorities in Southern Izril. Multicultural Pallass has a larger population of the first two, but this is probably due to them standing out even in the Walled Cities.

Antinium

Goblins

Relations with other races

Trivia

Like Dragons, they really love shiny objects.^[21]
Drakes usually don't consider Humans attractive, describing them as too fleshy.
Kebabs are the favorite food of Drakes.^[22]
The Triumph of Scales is a classic Drake military book.^[23]
Drakes don’t have that many mages. They don’t take to magic as some other species do. They say it’s dishonorable, too easy—not military.^[24]

Gallery

References

[1] Chapter 3.23

[2] Chapter 6.28

[3] Chapter 5.13

[6.50_I-4] [https://wanderinginn.com/2019/10/19/6-50-i/ Chapter 6.50 I

[5] Chapter 1.03 D

[6] Chapter 4.44 M

[7] Chapter 5.16 S

[8] Chapter 1.07

[9] Chapter 3.03

[10] Chapter 2.42

[11] Side Story – Mating Rituals

[12] Chapter 2.16

[13] Chapter 1.21

[14] Chapter 1.14

[15] Chapter 1.30

[16] Chapter 5.18 S

[17] Interlude - Dancing and Brawling

[18] Chapter 7.17 S

[19] Chapter 4.26 M

[20] Chapter 4.47

[21] Chapter 2.23

[22] Chapter 3.35

[23] Chapter 4.46

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-Drakes are humanoid dragons and one of the races of the Innworld. They are descendants of [[Dragons]], though very distantly, as they have very little in common.
+'''Drakes''' are humanoid dragon-like beings, and one of the [[races]] of Innworld. Though they are the distant descendants of the great [[Dragons]] of old, they only bear a distant resemblance to them, and, unlike them, they are mortal beings who can level.
-== Biology and Abilities ==
+== Physiology ==
 === Appearance ===
+Like their draconic ancestors, Drakes possess sharp claws; if appropriately sharpened, they are tough enough to pierce [[Antinium]] carpace.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.wordpress.com/2017/10/14/3-23-l/ Chapter 3.23]</ref> Like Dragons', their necks are adorned with spines, which can bleach over time for certain individuals, similar to balding in humans.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/06/25/6-28/ Chapter 6.28]</ref> They also possess tails, the positioning of which is a large part of Drake body language.
-Drakes have scales in varied colors from Green, Red, Pink, Blue, Yellow and Dark.
+Drakes have scales in varied colors from Green, Red, Pink, Blue, Yellow and Dark, and some have even coloration patterns. Drakes with Green scales are the most common, while scales very bright (like Red) or very dark are the least likely to be seen, especially without patterns, as they are rare. Even rarer are scales that have a bright glow, a unique flame coloration and a midnight black color.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/08/21/5-13/ Chapter 5.13]</ref>
+Drakes bear a certain resemblance to [[Lizardfolk]], but it is a grievous ''faux pas'' to point this out to a Drake.
+=== Lifespan ===
+Drakes don’t live past seventy or eighty years on average. Nevertheless, with magic, one could live far longer. As long as a hundred and twenty years. Apparently some have even reached a hundred and forty, albeit by consuming numerous potions and using artifacts.<ref name="6.50 I">[https://wanderinginn.com/2019/10/19/6-50-i/ Chapter 6.50 I</ref>
+=== Physical Abilities ===
+=== Senses ===
+* '''Smell:'''
+* '''Sight:'''
+=== Magical Abilities ===
 === Special Abilities ===
-While not all of them, some Drakes can breathe fire, due to the dragon blood in their body. Given the fact that they aren't real dragons they can't use this ability freely, as every time they uses it they feels as though they are suffocating. A couple of times is the most they could do before they would likely die, due to lack of oxygen.
-== History ==
+== Subraces ==
+Drakes don't make a difference among each other based on scale colors like Humans are prone to. However, some Drakes are more magical, and can be regarded as subraces.
+* [[Oldblood Drakes]] are more or less venerated as they share attributes of [[Dragons]], the ancestors of the Drakes: they are able to spit fire, acid or lightning or because they have wings and may even be able to fly.
+* [[Scorchling|Scorchlings]] are of the same cloth as Oldbloods, but are regarded as cursed failures, given that their inherited traits are harming them. This shows in flaked-off scales or bad self-inflicted injuries when they try to breath fire.
-== Culture ==
+== Behavior and Culture ==
+The stereotypical Drakes are orderly people, readily obeying their own authorities, and sticking to their laws strictly. These laws are seemingly put into place to make a society possible at all, since Drakes also tend to be very possessive and unwilling to share what belongs to them. Other traits are that Drakes are immensely proud of their heritage (naming Dragons as their ancestors) and their culture. Naturally, not all Drakes follow such stereotypes, but a surprisingly large and vocal amount of them tries to enforce such traditions, making their overall culture somewhat unyielding and static.
-Drakes like dry climate, enjoy the sun, and open spaces.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.wordpress.com/2016/08/20/1-07/ Chapter 1.07]</ref>
+If there was a ranking for "bad-tempered species", Drakes would probably be at the top of that list, competing for first place with [[Centaurs]] and [[Minotaurs]].<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/03/03/1-03-d/ Chapter 1.03 D]</ref> There are various sayings about Drakes, like "''one Drake’s trouble, two is a fight, three will burn your house down, and four means war''"<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/06/09/4-44-m/ Chapter 4.44 M]</ref> or "''if the world was destroyed and there was only dust left, Drakes would fight over who had the most dust''"<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/09/01/5-16-s/ Chapter 5.16 S]</ref>, which respectively describes the aggressive and greedy stereotypes of Drakes.
-Many drakes share a very strong hatred to [[Lizardfolk]].
+=== Environmental preferences ===
+Drakes like dry climate, enjoy the sun, and open spaces.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.wordpress.com/2016/08/20/1-07/ Chapter 1.07]</ref> When it comes to choosing their home, however, Drakes prefer to settle behind safe and large Walls.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/08/12/3-03/ Chapter 3.03]</ref>
+=== Childhood ===
+Very young Drakes like to bite everything they can fit their mouths around.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2017/07/08/2-35/ Chapter 2.42]</ref> Later, they enter into a hoarding phase, when they can't share anything with others and even take other people's stuff (like the toys of fellow children). Even as adults, Drakes may retain that strong hoarding instinct.
+=== Customs ===
 Drakes have many customs regarding their tails. They consider their tails to be private body parts, and it is considered erotic to touch a drake's tail.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.wordpress.com/2017/04/17/side-story-mating-rituals/ Side Story – Mating Rituals]</ref> Another Drake tradition revolving around tails, is in regards to their marriage customs: proposal among drakes is done by placing a ring around the tail of the drake they wish to marry.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.wordpress.com/2017/04/22/2-16/ Chapter 2.16]</ref>
+=== Prejudices and Superstitions ===
+=== Language ===
+Drakes speak "common" (Earth's modern English) but have a distinct script that is different from the Latin alphabet that Humans are using. Learning to read that script has been reported as rather easy.
+=== Clothing Habits ===
+Most Drakes wear ancient-Greek style togas or robes. Some of them wear sarongs, though likely only female ones.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2016/10/16/1-21/ Chapter 1.21]</ref>
+Some of the male Drakes wear rather little clothing, sometimes leaving their chests completely bare save for a light cloak. Female ones usually had more on.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2016/09/14/1-14/ Chapter 1.14]</ref>
+=== Sexuality ===
+The traditionalist Drake society is somewhat sexist or at least paternalistic with regards to partner choices: Female Drakes, especially young ones, are regarded as not fit for marriage outside of their species and suggesting otherwise makes huge scandalous waves. Meanwhile male Drakes choosing a non-Drake partner are much more accepted.
+As gender-intended symbols, Drakes use a straight tail for men and a curly tail for women.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.wordpress.com/2016/12/07/1-30/ Chapter 1.30]</ref>
+A large taboo among Drakes is homosexuality, at least in [[Pallass]]ian circles. The term ''"Turnscale"'' is a derogatory term for homosexuals among Drakes<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/09/04/5-18-s/ Chapter 5.18 S]</ref>. [Guardspeople] violently crack down on the private affairs of "Turnscales" and displays of same-gender affection are widely regarded as offensive to Drakedom itself.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/03/03/interlude-dancing-and-brawling/ Interlude - Dancing and Brawling]</ref> Even if those who say so are a vocal minority, they have driven queers - including transgender - into the criminal underworld.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2020/04/12/7-17-s/ Chapter 7.17 S]</ref>
+== History ==
+== Relations ==
+=== [[Lizardfolk]] ===
+Many if not most Drakes do not like [[Lizardfolk]] at all, possibly due to their resemblance. Drakes are mammals and see themselves as superior when compared with egglaying Lizardfolk. Seeing how Drakes tend to be orderly, proud and often grumpy, they loathe the super-social, talkative nature of Lizardfolk. The other way around, Lizardfolk seem to be aware of the animosity towards them, but find it funny.
+"Lizard" is one of the ultimate insults towards Drakes, especially when uttered by non-Drakes. Non-Drakes who honestly confuse the two races should expect to be subject to stern lectures by Drakes.
+=== [[Gnolls]] ===
+Most Drakes officially accepted Gnolls in their cities as a large and helpful minority, given that there are much more Drakes in all of Southern Izril than Gnolls. Only rare Drake communities have up to a third of their population being Gnolls; one fifth or less is more common; and at some places there are lower percentages even.
+While Gnolls are often subtly (or less subtly) discriminated against, most Drakes seem to be okay with accepting Gnolls as their equals in general. Nevertheless, Drake cities are usually governed entirely or mostly by Drakes, and interspecies marriage is frowned upon or derided by more traditional Drakes.
+=== [[Humans]] ===
+Humans had landed on their shores millennia ago, and the Drakes never forgave the land they had ceded to them. Drakes always considered them a threat and a foe. It was more of a bad rivalry now, as neither side did more than send armies to the [[Blood Fields]] each year to kill each other. But give them half a chance and the Drakes would happily invade the north, while the Humans would do the same.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/04/07/4-26-m/ Chapter 4.26 M]</ref>
+There were quite a few Drakes who’d decided to live in Human lands, for all they were actively discouraged from doing so by the Drake cities. But while they hadn’t invaded each other in decades, the Humans and Drakes were still nominally at war. If a Drake [General] led his soldiers past [[Liscor]], or a Human [Lord] moved past the [[Blood Fields]], it might start a war again.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/06/19/4-47/ Chapter 4.47]</ref>
+=== [[Dullahans]], [[Garudas]] and others ===
+Both the [[Chandrar]]ian race of the Garudas, the [[Baleros]]ian race of the Dullahans and the [[Terandria]]n race of the [[Dwarves]] are just minorities in Southern Izril. Multicultural Pallass has a larger population of the first two, but this is probably due to them standing out even in the [[Walled Cities]].
+=== [[Antinium]] ===
+=== [[Goblins]] ===
+=== Relations with other races ===
 == Trivia ==
 * Like Dragons, they ''really'' love shiny objects.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.wordpress.com/2017/05/24/2-23/ Chapter 2.23]</ref>
 * Drakes usually don't consider Humans attractive, describing them as too ''fleshy''.
-* For gender-intended symbols, Drakes use a straight tail for men and a curly tail for women.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.wordpress.com/2016/12/07/1-30/ Chapter 1.30]</ref>
 * Kebabs are the favorite food of Drakes.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.wordpress.com/2017/12/05/3-35/ Chapter 3.35]</ref>
+* ''The Triumph of Scales'' is a classic Drake military book.<ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/06/16/4-46/ Chapter 4.46]</ref>
+* Drakes don’t have that many mages. They don’t take to magic as some other species do. They say it’s dishonorable, too easy—not military.<ref name=":Pt.4">[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/06/26/s02-the-antinium-wars-pt-4/ S02 – The Antinium Wars (Pt.4)]</ref>
+==Gallery==
+<gallery widths="200" position="center" orientation="none" hideaddbutton="true" captionalign="center">
+Ilvriss Gemscale by flauschesoeckchen.PNG|Male Drake by [https://www.deviantart.com/flauschesoeckchen/art/Innfolk-Anthropomorphs-798674928?ga_submit_new=10%3A1558548824&ga_type=edit&ga_changes=1 FlauscheSoeckchen]
+Selys by flauschesoeckchen.PNG|Female Drake by [https://www.deviantart.com/flauschesoeckchen/art/Innfolk-Anthropomorphs-798674928?ga_submit_new=10%3A1558548824&ga_type=edit&ga_changes=1 FlauscheSoeckchen]
+Drake kid by flauschesoeckchen.PNG|Child Drake by [https://www.deviantart.com/flauschesoeckchen/art/Innfolk-Anthropomorphs-798674928?ga_submit_new=10%3A1558548824&ga_type=edit&ga_changes=1 FlauscheSoeckchen]
+Drake.png|Drake by Aristide Twain.
+</gallery>
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