Dragonborn

Dragonborn are a mysterious race who claim descent from mighty dragons. These steadfast people live in nomadic clans, selling their services as mercenaries or adventurers in a desperate attempt to reclaim their ancient glory.

Dragonborn are robust humanoids who stand half a head taller than most humans and weigh at least 300 pounds. They resemble their draconic ancestors, with horned snouts, frills above their ears, and small claws on their hands and feet, though they have no tails. A few “pure-blooded” dragonborn have scales that clearly match the color of one particular dragon breed or another, though generations of interbreeding have left most dragonborn with dull rust-brown, gray, or ocher scales with only subtle spots or other patterns indicating their draconic heritage. Male dragonborn have slightly more pronounced horns and frills, but otherwise the sexes are indistinguishable.

The clan is vital to dragonborn life, and most dragonborn can trace their ancestry back centuries. Most members of a clan have the same draconic heritage, though children hatched with a different affinity than their parents are not uncommon or cause for concern except in the most pure-blooded clans. Self-sufficiency, honor, and self-improvement are valued above all else by dragonborn clans, traits that are often perceived as arrogance by other races. Most dragonborn are highly lawful and worship an aspect of Apsu, though some evil clans who embrace the heritage of chromatic dragons worship aspects of Dahak or Tiamat.

Dragonborn are not native to Golarion, and no clans have been encountered there, only solitary individuals or small groups who traveled there from other worlds; they are often mistaken for lizardfolk or wyvarans. They are slightly more common on Triaxus, where a handful of dragonborn clans inhabit the Drakelands, many of them in service to draconic warlords, though even Triaxian dragonborn claim to have come there from another world or plane. Their place of origin is unknown.