Races

Dragonoid - by T.A. Saunders ©2010 v1.0

Racial Articles The Life of a Dragonoid

It is somewhat rare that a Xinntu Dragon father will acknowledge a Dragonoid son or daughter, while in some cases the hybrid child is embraced, most often the father leaves the pregnant mother to fend for herself rather than take responsibility for creating an abomination. In Xinntu society, it is frowned upon to fall sway to one's passions and to couple with a humanoid, especially when there are so few dragons left anywhere. However, the father is expected to take care of the offspring, despite the fact few do.

Most Xinntu Dragonoids are the result of a moment of passion between a Xinntu in humanoid form and their chosen humanoid mate. Sometimes this humanoid female is a chosen mate, sometimes not. In the cases where the Dragon has mated himself to the humanoid female, he will accept the child, albeit begrudgingly. In cases where the child was born due to a tryst between a Dragon and a humanoid female, the dragon will often disavow having any sort of dealing with the female at all or encourage her to place the child up for adoption.

In the most rare of circumstances where a Dragonoid is born to a Dragonrider team, they are retired as a team and given a stipend so they may take care of and raise the hybrid child properly. There have been no cases where Dragonoids have become Dragonriders themselves; It is impossible to find a Dragon that will take a Dragonoid as a rider.

Xannti Dragons consider their Dragonoids born slaves and raise them with that belief. They are used to act as intermediaries between themselves and other races or as slave-handlers of other races they have conquered. Much with the case of the Van`Su, the Xannti Dragonoids are not treated badly; they are simply expected to submit to the order of things and if they don't, they're eaten. It would not be the first Xannti father who has eaten his own Dragonoid child out of some willful outburst on the child's part. This is perfectly acceptable behavior for the war-like Xannti, who prize strength and discipline over all things.

Xannti Dragonoids can come about as a result of a tryst between a Xannti Dragon and a humanoid female slave he finds particularly pleasing, but more commonly, these Dragonoids are bred into conquered populations. When they are born (usually to the horror of the mother, having never realized she slept with a Dragon in a changed form) the father returns, then reveals his true form. The mother that raises the Dragonoid child is given preferential treatment above other people of that conquered town or city, in the way of wealth and comfort. The mother becomes a sort of pet to the dragon and many times, after the oppression, starvation and suffering of war, this option is more often than not are taken with zeal.

Those mothers that reject the Xannti Dragon's kindness are usually eaten on the spot and the child goes into the care of the Dragon's personal slaves, who are either usually Humans or Van`Su. They tend to the child and ensure that he or she is properly educated in the ways of magic, politics and war so when the day comes for them to take their place in Xannti society, they are properly prepared. Despite being slaves to their Dragon fathers, Xannti Dragonoids are fiercely loyal usually and take great relish in their position in life.