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We sat down with the author of  "Don't Bluff a Dragon, My Experiences with the Dragons of The Stellar Sea"  Kasper Decklan to get some clarity of Dragons!

What is up with all the colors?

Forget what you might have heard, Color doesn't mean evil and metal doesn't mean good. It ain't that simple, you got your jerk Golds and your Heroic Reds. Maybe. I mean, I assume there are Heroic Reds, even though most I have met are big dickheads. But, it is pretty good for telling for what its gonna be breathing. Usually. Unless it's not.

So what is the color?

Well it's a kind of manifestation of a dragon's life path, philosophy, response to its environment, and probably like 50 other nuanced things including politics. End result, you see a Red, The odds are good it'll be short-tempered, live in hot places, value strength, and breath fire. 

Ok ok but what is the difference between Metalic and Chromatic?

It's mostly distinction based on the philosophies of the colors. Metalics tend to be more Liberal, and Chromatics are more Conservative. You should take that with a grain of salt though. We are talking dragon definition of liberal and conservative... and the lines between the colors is not always clear, and red dragon may have a golden hue, while a silver dragon might be very white. 

Ok so how do dragons work together?

As you know, dragons all share a monarchal view of the world, and do not like to acknowledge a power greater than themself. They have families, and friendships and bonds, but when a group of Dragons are working together, it is out of a shared purpose, rather than submission another’s authority. 

A crude analogy might be a sports team. In a game, you got different positions that require different skills, and some positions direct other positions. Some get more play time or are crucial in certain moments, and one might even rise as a leader, but only through skill and success. Of course, there are rivalries for the choices of positions and a line of people trying to steal those spots on the team. 

Ok So What about all the other other Dragons? 

Well sure there are Shadow and Night and Oblivion Dragons, but most of them call themselves "Black" Dragons. Or maybe its better to say the Caucus with the Black Dragons, so they are a larger block in the greater Draconic games of domination. The Big Dragon Council has 10 seats, 1 for Red, Black, White, Green, Blue, Brass, Copper, Bronze, Silver, and Gold. So most Dragons affiliate with those, even if they are not quite in line. The Gem Dragons are a whole different thing, but like those weirdo’s probably deserve a whole book.

Sometimes you get a Dragon who tries to make a new color or something. It never goes well. You also got like sub factions and stuff, or Very powerful dragons that are sorta exceptions to the rule. But it almost always come back around to the big 10.

Do Dragons really lay eggs?

Oh Yeah, though its worth noting that dragons only have one Gender, but when they take human form they can pick a gender. However, any dragon can both lay and fertilize eggs, even their own (which i hear is frowned upon).  The gender roles in those relations is way more complex then i amd gonna go into here.

Ok, we're about done, what's one thing you wish everyone knew?

Easy! So The Classic Dragon form is best thought of as the ultimate stage of adaptation. An almost perfect form (just ask them) and long long ago the first dragons became dragons by their accumulation of power. Throughout history, most Dragons weren’t born as true Dragons. Parents can pass that power on to their children, allowing them to skip the "apotheosis" but historically it took some real doing. More often, because of need, lack of power, experimentation, etc. their children became the dragon born, the kobolds, the wyvern, and other draconic creatures. You also got your draconic bloodlines, half-dragons, etc etc. In the worlds of the dragons, almost everyone has a bit of dragon blood in them somewhere, and the promise of gaining enough power to become a Dragon has driven Draconic society for generations. But it seems like these days it is becoming more and more common that Dragons are having True Dragon Children, skipping the whole apotheosis process. Dunno what that is gonna mean for them, but it sure is interesting!

• Who is the Cardinal? Whats his connection to Sthrad?

• Why is the Cardinal dealing in Artifacts from Ravenloft? That seems bad!

• Where is he keeping them? Anyone know how to use a compass in three dimensions?

• Crimson is a Templar of Vecna and a Vampire. Doesn't Vecna hate vampires?  

• Captain of Braal's Chief advisor is a high priest of Vecna who moved the seat of his office to hightown. But what happened to the old temple?

• Whats the deal with those towers all throughout Braal that remind Mal of home? Who Gknows?

• A Certain Bearded Elf says 

  • The Song is a spell that is exceptionally difficult to perform, but you can teach people to hum a few bar to help out.

  • The song is a weapon of "last resort", though he admitted he used out without permission

  • It sends people to the Prison (Ravenloft) where they are processed and placed in a humane confinement to live out their days, 

  • the memories of them are removed as well 

  • The song creates Mnemonic residue on things effected by the song. 

  • The Elves do not seem generally away of the changes in Ravenloft

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• Getting sent to Ravenloft for saving a Town? Bullshit.

• The Missing Fucking Time In Maerin. How Fucking long was that and why the fuck is it gone?

• The Murderer in that weird hotel room. Full Stop.

• Waking Up in a Fucking Strhand's Fucking Brother's Coffin?

• Fucking Aeseth being Fucking Closed? WTF does that even mean?

• The creeping realization that the Song makes people forget they ever existed...

• Soggy Bottoms

• Gnomes Can leave Ravenloft! No Prison can hold them!

• Gnomes still hear the Void Noise when something has been Songed

• Gnomes invented the active verb "Songed". It's like Hanged.

• When the Elves and Dragons showed up at Sigil Way Back in the Day, the Gnomes were already there!

• That Weird Gnome Guy in the gem has a Name!

• New Dunkaroos do NOT taste Like the old ones.

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2. Why she ended up at the beginning of Ravenloft.

3. What she was up to for the entire length of Ravenloft

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5. Why the Mysterium looks so familliar.

6. How much of the song she used to know.

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8. How she got the Song in the first place.

9. Where she left the rest of herself.

10. What her favorite color is.

• These erstwhile twins have been spotted at the hottest Arena in the Stellar Seas. Their Performance is not to be Mist. 

• This grieving elven family's Patriarch has been seen in the guild offices. Could they have finally sought professionals? 

• A certain Prophecy seems to be in motion. Let's hope it doesn't Dragon.

• Invites to you-know-who's party are in the wind. Word is it will be the party of a Lifetime.

• One dragon has apotheosize unexpectedly. Their secret is not what you Expect (Or is it?)!

• One Bearded Elf indicated that he was an old family friend. What sorta friend never callsm never writes?

• One long Lost Uncle seems to have tried to invade a certain orc's Homewold. Word is it did not go well!

• A Certain pair of siblings might have been way bissuer then expected 100 years ago. Who knew they could keep a secret!?

• Having no "How I got to Ravenloft" Story.

• A Dead Brother who is also Not Dead, who is also in Ravenloft.

• The nature of Gods and Clerics

• Memories of your Homeworld.

• Being Dead.

• Am I more than the sum of your parts 

• Can't spell Band without a B.

• Fool, School and Wool.

• Lost in the Wake of the Lady.

• Is it what you are, or what you did.

• Best and Worst Relics to empower a God

• Five Secrets of the Lady of Pain, and One of them could get you Banned from Sigil for LIFE!

• Meet the Third Baba! She'll change your life with her secrets on Eating! 

• Red is the New Black!

• Is a Dragon Worth its Weight in Elves? Let's Run the NUMBERS!

• My Time with a Dwarven Union