Glorantha - Second Age: Where are the Dragons?
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There's a dragon sitting on top of Yelm's Footstool in Raibanth, claiming to be the Emperor of Dara Happa...
But otherwise, I think they're mostly asleep. The Dragonkill War is what's going to happen when all the dragons wake up simultaneously and realise they're hungry. :twisted:
But otherwise, I think they're mostly asleep. The Dragonkill War is what's going to happen when all the dragons wake up simultaneously and realise they're hungry. :twisted:
The King
Cosmic Mongoose
If you have the boardgame Dragon Pass, you'll see how powerful is a dragon.
It has nothing to do with a D&D Dragon (even an very old red wyrm). They are mostly the size of a city and the dragonnewts act as some kind of guardians communicating in the dreams of the dragons through weird patterns (dance, trance, etc.).
If any were awake, I believe we would have known because when they are, it's a kind of Ragnarok and usually means the end of an age and the beginnig of a new one.
However, you may encounter dragons in heroquest (blue dragon Aroka for example is well known in Orlanthi myth
It has nothing to do with a D&D Dragon (even an very old red wyrm). They are mostly the size of a city and the dragonnewts act as some kind of guardians communicating in the dreams of the dragons through weird patterns (dance, trance, etc.).
If any were awake, I believe we would have known because when they are, it's a kind of Ragnarok and usually means the end of an age and the beginnig of a new one.
However, you may encounter dragons in heroquest (blue dragon Aroka for example is well known in Orlanthi myth
Deleriad
Mongoose
Previous versions of RQ included "Dream Dragons"; literally dragons which are the dreams of dragons. Dream Dragons are every bit as real as anything else on Glorantha and vary depending on which dragon happens to be dreaming it. You can think of a Dream Dragon as only being as dangerous as a D&D style dragon; i.e. if it wants it can lay waste to a town. You could easily use the standard dragon in RQ Monsters as the dream of rather unimaginative dragon. In theory, I guess, a dragon's dream could be almost anything. Be rather interesting if a dragon happened to be dreaming about being a tree when some PCs accidentally get involved with the "Dragon Tree".
True dragons are as powerful as has been mentioned by previous posters, so powerful in fact that their dreams can manifest as physical creatures in the mundane plane.
These are called Dream Dragons, and have stats like the Dragon listed in the Monsters Book. They also undulge a dragons subconcious desires that are below the higher ideals of draconic conciousness (i.e. hoarding treasure and terrorizing the locals for sport).
These are called Dream Dragons, and have stats like the Dragon listed in the Monsters Book. They also undulge a dragons subconcious desires that are below the higher ideals of draconic conciousness (i.e. hoarding treasure and terrorizing the locals for sport).
To provide an example..
Towards the end of the 3rd age, the lunars were dedicating a rather large, important temple.
Big event, lots of worshippers, many very powerful, plus significant parts of the army to defend against anyone who might want to interupt.
Unfortunately, the hill they were building it on just happened to be earth formed up over the head of a dragon, and it woke up, somewhat peeved at all the magic ( etc ) that was going on, and ate the lunars and their temple, then went back to sleep.
All those troops, priests and assorted worshippers couldn't do anything to stop it.
Hopefully this will give you an idea of the size and power of a true dragon.
Towards the end of the 3rd age, the lunars were dedicating a rather large, important temple.
Big event, lots of worshippers, many very powerful, plus significant parts of the army to defend against anyone who might want to interupt.
Unfortunately, the hill they were building it on just happened to be earth formed up over the head of a dragon, and it woke up, somewhat peeved at all the magic ( etc ) that was going on, and ate the lunars and their temple, then went back to sleep.
All those troops, priests and assorted worshippers couldn't do anything to stop it.
Hopefully this will give you an idea of the size and power of a true dragon.
To give you an even more impressive example: at the very end of the Third Age, two dragons acting together eat the Moon...telsor said:
"The storm dragon then clutched the great bulk of the crimson orb with all four of its taloned feet, and wrapped itself around the moon with its tail, wings and long neck. With tooth and claw it ploughed valleys into the surface of the moon..."
A dragon active in the Second Age was Drang, the Diamond Storm Dragon. He was asleep until the EWF woke him up to help them fight Alakoring Dragonbreaker. Alakoring won the fight... (which, if you've read the rest of the thread, will let you know just how truly scary he must have been...)
According to one God Learner traveller, a huge dragon lies on the bottom of the Creek-Stream River at the border crossing where it flows out of Dragon Pass into the Shadowlands, ready to eat the ships of any invaders.
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