Dragonborn

Dragonborn are native descendants of the draconic primordial of ancient Edras, though they have since spread across the galaxy. Most live bonded to a non-dragonborn partner, using a traditional ritual that creates nigh-unbreakable personal ties that last a lifetime. Allies know them to be fiercely loyal, empathetic, and adaptable. Like their true dragon cousins, they have the strength and intelligence to face nearly any task, and dragonborn enjoy a variety of occupations throughout the Galactic Alliance.
While dragonborn are smaller than true dragons, they tower over many humanoids. Some dragonborn tinker with their own genetics to achieve a more compact size, while others take pride in their formidable statures. Terrestrial dragonborn tend to be larger, while spacefaring dragonborn often prefer to modify their bodies to be smaller and leaner.
Though dragonborn have four muscular limbs, they’re bipedal, with their strong tails providing stabilization. Dragonborn can learn to maintain their posture if they lose or have underdeveloped tails, and some choose to utilize prosthetics or wheelchairs as mobility aids or to embrace quadrupedal mobility with or without the assistance of such devices.
It’s considered stylish for dragonborn to paint their claws and horns with various colors and patterns. Holographic polish is quite common among fans of Ning’s battleflowers, who proclaim their allegiance to favorite fighters by choosing flashy colors to match the gladiators’ costume choices.
The hues of a dragonborn's scales naturally occur in a spectrum of colors. Scale color has nothing to do with a dragonborn's alignment or ancestry, though some unusual colors tend to appear in certain families without a known explanation. While most dragonborn are monochromatic, it isn’t uncommon for their scales to display two or three tones, most often in a gradient or speckled pattern. Spanning the spectrum of genders, dragonborn are best identified by asking them. Dragonborn don’t have sexual morphism, and their personal gender identity most impacts their physical presentation. In all things, the majority of dragonborn eagerly embrace magic and science to modify their bodies to suit individual preferences.
As part of their magical heritage, dragonborn always have had the ability to form a bond with a single creature, granting shared senses and telepathy. The bond itself isn’t truly magical in nature but is a sacred connection with both physical and metaphysical components. The first generation of dragonborn that traveled to the stars almost exclusively bonded with their dragon mentors, but quickly they realized their ability to share their gift with friends and lovers of other species. They found that kobolds, who were also native to ancient Edras and commonly enslaved and exploited by the ruling dragons, were very receptive to their bond. Together, dragonborn and kobolds forged connections and fought to free their peoples from the iron claws of tyrants in the opening millennia of space travel.

Origin/Ancestry

Heir of Edras

Lifespan

100+1d100 years

Average Height

7-8 ft.

Average Weight

400-600 lbs.