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In almost every race and culture there are myths and legends concerning dragons. As the peoples of the world move into the digital age, so too does their culture. In the online metaverse of Second Life, where imagination rules above all else, the fabled dragons of legend truly live and breathe.

Gathering of Dragons (Photo: Xiandria Gwynneville)

We are fortunate to be alive in these exciting times, where Astral dragons foretell the alignment of the stars and great Fire Drakes breathe searing flame across the land.

The Dragons

Fabled explorer Daryth Kennedy has travelled the mountains, swamps, plains and islands of Second Life cataloguing many new species, breeds and types of dragon, which, though rooted firmly in the historical imagery and lore of the ancient and modern world, represent a new evolution of these mystical creatures. Collated here for the first time in one location are her journal entries and wisdom on these new breeds:

Daryth's journals are faded and worn and peeling at the edges, with some pages missing entirely. Sometimes all that can be deciphered is a scant sentence or single word.

Anubis Dragon

First Sighting: August 2006
Native Color: Black body, black feathered wings and gold claws
Breath: A blast of sand and black scarabs
Aura: Same as breath

The Anubis dragon is both feline and yet jackal-like in appearance, with a sleek black body and striking dusty black-feathered wings. Its sharp claws and ornate choker are adorned with gold.

• The Anubis has a saddle that seats two and which has flight and ground modes
• The Anubis has two heads: One with a Pharaoh hood, one adorned with jewels

Aquatic Dragon

First Sighting: April 2005
Native Color: Aquatic scales and wings with White spines and Gold claws
Breath: A jet of water and bubbles
Aura: Rain

Making its home in lakes and seas, the Aquatic dragon is a streamlined swimmer. Instead of spines, a long fin runs from the top of its head to the tip of its tail. It has thin straight horns and eastern-looking beards and whiskers.

Astral Dragon

First Sighting: February 2006
Native Color: Amethyst scales, with Gold horns and Cloud wings and spines
Breath: Planets and Stars, in a stream of night-sky
Aura: A galaxy of stars (Dragon only)

The astral dragon is a mystical creature, tracing its origins to creatures beyond the stars. Its curiously curved horns and wings give it a truly majestic image, while its tattered spines and fins suggest an age far beyond mortals.

Bast Dragon

First Sighting: August 2006
Native Color: Black body, blue/white feathered wings and gold claws
Breath: Sand
Aura: Same as breath

The Bast dragon is feline in appearance, with a sleek black body and striking blue-and-white feathered wings. Its fluid movements and intelligent eyes mark it as both noble and deadly.

• The Bast comes with a saddle that seats two riders and which has flight and ground modes

Dracolich Dragon

First Sighting: October 2006
Native Color: Bone
Breath: A blast of pure death and decay
Aura: Same as breath

The Dracolich is an abomination among dragons: a reanimated skeleton of a long dead dragon. The flesh on its bones and wings has withered away, leaving a menacing skeletal form.

• The Dracolich lifts paws in flight
• Optional rotting guts
• Mouth can open or close
• The Dracolich dragon comes with a "clutch" saddle where the rider is held in the front paw

Fae Dragon

First Sighting: May 2006
Native Color: Purple
Breath: A colourful stream of flowers and leaves
Aura: Coloured stars, like flower petals

The Fae dragon is a mystical creature, with a slender dragon body and feminine features. The fae dragon is adorned with vines and leaves and has butterfly wings.

• The Fae comes with 2 sets of wings (Butterfly and Fairy)
• The Fae lifts paws in flight

Fire Dragon

First Sighting: Summer 2005
Native Color: Fire scales and spines with Red wings and Gold claws
Breath: A searing jet of Flames

The fire dragon is the creature of Legend, capable of ravaging countrysides and leaving them in smoldering ruins. Its wings are large and bat-like; its head and neck are adorned with a mane of spines. The fire dragon embodies the characteristics of a common western dragon.

• Comes with 2 heads (old style and new)

Hydra Dragon

First Sighting: Fall 2005
Native Color: Red scales and wings with Black spines and Bronze claws
Breath: A searing jet of Flames from each head
Aura: Searing fireball

The Hydra dragon is a fearsome creature to behold. Its three unique heads can each breathe flames, as well as hold their own conversations.

• The Hydra comes with 2 styles of bodies: one with two tails instead of just one.

Ice Dragon

First Sighting: Summer 2005
Native Color: Mercury scales and spines with Silver horns and claws
Breath: A blast of ice with snowflakes
Aura: A lovely icy mist with snowflakes

The Ice Dragon is a creature of cold climates, encrusted with crystals and icicles. Its wings shimmer with frosty skin and its front plates reflect like gems: truly a sight to behold.

• The Ice has 2 sets of wings and 2 bodies (flight and non-flight).

Royal Dragon

First Sighting: Spring 2005
Native Color: Royal scales with Gold wings and spines
Breath: An electrifying bolt of lightning
Aura: A rain of gold

The Royal dragon is extravagantly adorned with long curved spines and spiralled horns. Its beards and whiskers give it a regal look of wisdom and insight, while its stylized wings and spines add a flare of nobility.

Shadow Dragon

First Sighting: December 2005
Native Color: Black scales with Red wings and spines and Ancient horns and claws
Breath: A thick blast of blood and darkness
Aura: Same as breath

This dragon lurks in the shadows, stalking prey until it sees the perfect opportunity to strike. Its three sets of menacing horns give it a truly fearsome look, while its long snout and jaws are perfect for tearing flesh from bones.

Spirit Dragon

First Sighting: April 2006
Native Color: White scales, full bright and partially transparent
Breath: A stream of light and stars
Aura: A white puffy cloud

The spirit dragon is a eastern-dragon design, with a serpent-like wingless body, and canine features in the face, and long whiskers.

• The Spirit dragon has 2 heads (flight & non-flight)
• The Spirit has no wings
• The Spirit lifts paws in flight

Steam Dragon

First Sighting:
Native Color:
Breath: A boiling jet of steam/A jet of fire
Aura: A cloud of smoke and steam

The Steam dragon whirrs and hisses majestically, its powerful mechanical wings beating the air around it. Great pistons drive its legs and the head swivels on toothy cogs. Is this a new kind of evolution, or a mad scientists dream made real?

• The Steam comes with 2 heads, old normal and cyborg.
• The Steam has two breaths - steam and fire
• The Steam hatchling comes with a little hammer that is held in the right hand
• The Steam dragon HUD does not contain the cyborg eye textures, but the wyrmling/hatchling hud can be used to apply these

Storm Dragon

First Sighting: February 2006
Native Color: Silver scales and wings with Gold horns and claws
Breath: Breathes bolts of lightning from its mouth
Aura: Thunderstorm

The Storm Dragon can breathe deadly bolts of lightning and summon storm clouds. It has a slender, shiny body with large powerful wings.

Tiamat

First Sighting: July 2006
Native Color: Five Multi-colored heads with multi-colored scales on the body
Breath: Five different breaths, one from each head: fire, water, ice, lighting, and astral

Tiamat is a mysterious dragon, some say a living god among dragon kings, but so little is seen of this splendid dragon that it is hard to say. Only members of the Council of Wyrms can even reach his secluded chambers.

The Wyverns

When Daryth returned to the Isles at last she brought with her tales of strange new creatures that were reptilian in nature and winged like the dragons but yet different too: these new creatures walked on two legs instead of four and possessed an almost feline intelligence and sense of grace. Found in myth and legend they are called Wyverns and are reckoned by many to be some distant cousin of the noble dragon.

Daryth thumbed through her newest journal shaking sands and dried mud from the leaves as drawings and passages of text flashed by under her fingers and thumbs. She paused for a moment and then spun the little book around:

Arctic Wyvern

First Sighting: March 2007
Native Color: Ice blue scales with silvery crystaline protective ridges and azure claws
Breath: None
Aura: poison shoots from the tail

Some jumbled notes surround a quick sketch which is scored through and annotated with a page number, indicating there are better notes elsewhere in her journal.

• The Arctic Wyvern has two sets of wings (flexi-prim and non-flexi)
• The Arctic Wyvern has two HUDs, a normal one for everyday use and a "edit mode" hud for changing colours and textures
• The Arctic Wyvern comes with a two person saddle with ground/flight modes (but can't be used on other species)
• The Arctic Wyvern has pawprints

Arctic Wyvern

Desert Wyvern

First Sighting: March 2007
Native Color: Brown scales with sandy protective ridges and Bone-white claws
Breath: None
Aura: giant fireball

Shades of sandy brown camouflage the young and adults alike and their speed and feline cunning make the Desert Wyverns formidable hunters.

• The Desert Wyvern has two HUDs, a normal one for every day use and a "edit mode" hud for changing colours
• The Desert Wyvern comes with a two person saddle with ground/flight modes (but can't be used on other species)
• The Desert Wyvern has pawprints

Desert Wyvern

Bibliography

http://www.daryth.com/council/forumdisplay.php?f=14
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyvern