User:Daranios/Sandbox

Legendary Past
In ancient times lived a maiden in Zakhara so beautiful that gods and genie rulers contested about her, and their quarrels upset land and sea. The maiden sought refuge with Fate, who took her up and showed here many things. With that wisdom gained the maiden became the Loregiver.

The first sha’ir

Ancient Past
The interior of Zakhara was once more moist and fertile and bore a civilization that erected many monuments and cities and spoke the language of Chun.

One sultan?.... made a pact with the

Weredragons were group of lycanthropes that were able to transform at night from humans into a humanoid form with characteristics of a species of dragon. They were not to be confused with the song dragons, a race of dragons who often voluntarily assumed female human shape, confusingly also called weredragons.

Description
The hybrid form of a weredragon was humanoid in shape, but their skin transformed into reptilian scales, they grew fangs and claws, a tail and wings, all reminiscent of a specific species of dragon.

Abilities
Upon transformation, weredragons gained the ability of dangerous bite and claw attacks. Frighteningly they also attained a limited dragon breath of the type they resembled.

History
Weredragons were only reported after the Time of Troubles. It is unknown if the existed before and were not discovered, or if the upheavels of the Godswar created them.

Classification and Special Cases
Lycanthropes usually were named after a type of animal and could transform into either a hybrid from between a human and that animal, or take on the shape of such an animal. Weredragons differed from both expectations, resembling intelligent magical creatures and only having a hybrid from. As an exception to the exception, there were individuals also classified as weredragons who were able to truly assume the shape of a dragon, sometimes as a result of powerful magic.

Subspecies
Weredragons could be as varied as dragons themselves. Confirmed sightings in the Realms existed of copper, gold, silver, and shadow weredragons, the latter transformed drow from Chaulssin rather than humans.

Known Weredragons

 * Jahandra Caseldown
 * Nurvureem
 * Syluné Silverhand

Rumors and Trivia

 * Aerglandra of Athalantar wrote of a variant of the powerful magic item called wonderful throne that had the power to transform its user into a weredragon.
 * Lady Rhessajan Ambermantle of Scornubel had great interest in information about weredragons.
 * Lady Meralde Hightower from Ravens Bluff was rumored to be a weredragon.