How to write a Monster? Dragon

Internal dynamics

  • Is there a Hierarchy?
  • Is there an Interdependency?
  • How aware are they of each other?
  • Do they group in Consortiums?
  • Do they organize Assemblies?
  • Where do they live?
  • Are they hidden?
  • Are they behind certain species?
  • Are they accessible but only through trials?
  • Are they consulted?

Relationships with other species

  • At least of human intelligence
  • Do they have Different levels of Consciousness?
    • Along themselves?
    • Compared to other species?
  • How Aware of the World’s dynamics are they?
  • What interests them?
  • What bores them?
  • Do they have emotions as they are construed by animals?
  • Extermination
  • Are there any Dragons remaining?
  • Were they destroyed?
  • Were they destroyed out of Fear?
  • Were they destroyed out of Anger?
  • Did they get extinct?
  • Because of a Catastrophe?
  • Because of a war?
    • They weren’t the target, but they got caught in
  • What’s their behavior towards the other species?
  • Does their behavior differ regarding the species?
  • Do they have pets?
  • Do they have allies?
  • Do they have ennemies?
  • Do they form bonds at all?

Tyranical – The Overlord

  • Overlord.
  • Do they Command Armies directly?
  • Do they plan more sustainable Wars?
  • Do they wish for more thoughtful wars?
  • Imperial Symbol.
  • Are they Behind the creation of a Kingdom?
  • Do they stand by an Empire?
  • Do they Purvey Armors & Weapons to other Species?
  • Do they Purvey other resources to other Species?
  • Do they advise a specific organization?
  • Conquest?
  • Why did they enter in wars?
    • Survival?
    • Vengeance?
    • Other reason?
  • Do they need more territory?
    • Is it something they were told?
    • By who?
  • Why does domination interest them?
  • Does it interest them?
  • Were they conduced to this path?
  • Were they forced?
  • Do they have emotions as they are construed by animals?

Greedy – The Child

  • Childishness
  • Are they Unreliable?
  • Do they display Cruelty?
  • Are they subject to Short termism?
  • Is it because they are in an immature form?
  • Is it their definitive form?
  • Is it a subdivision of the Species?
  • Are they this way because there are No Hierarchical system?
  • Are they dependent on none other?
  • Are they reliant on none?
  • Were they hunted & abused?
  • Were they exterminated?
  • Are these idiotic individuals the remains of a broken species?
  • Appetite for Gold & Fear
  • How do they manifest their frustration?
  • Where do they go?
  • What do they go for?
  • What entices them?

Isolationist – The Sorcerer

  • Absolution & Relativism
  • Here is the deepest essence of the Dragon.
  • A being no longer comparable to other life forms.
  • Maybe not even a life form at all.
  • Pondering on the World
  • What are they seeking?
  • What do they hope to find?
  • What is a Dragon?
  • What is Life compared to Inertia?
  • How does the World Flow?
  • Is there 1 path to Peace?
  • Do the questions have a meaning?
  • Isolation
  • What is the origin of their Isolation?
    • Deception?
    • Grief?
    • Other…
  • Do they act only on their behalf?
  • Are they entirely disconnected from the World?

Experimentation

  • Draconic Spells
  • What kind of spells to they create?
  • A longer life span gives them the opportunity to develop more unique spells.
  • Do they Craft uncounterable spells?
  • Inter-dimensional spells?
  • Do they create Catastrophes?
  • Beyond other species comprehension?
  • Are there Academies dedicated to Draconic Arcanes?
    • To promote them
    • To suppress them
  • How Old are the Spells studied?
  • Are they Used?
  • Are they Forbidden?
  • Superior to other Species?
  • Do they Test the limits of living beings?
  • Do they Convey Trials?
  • Were experimentations conduced on other species?
  • Were other species turned into reptilian beasts?
  • Were they willing to be be turned?
    • What benefits did this procure them?
  • Were they forced?
    • How?


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