character information

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( CHARACTER ★ INFORMATION )

DOES THIS CHARACTER MEET SKELETAL BASICS? Yes. He is one of the main characters of a movie.
NAME & AGE: Draco & old grumpy dragon age.
CANON & CANON POINT: Dragonheart (post-death, end of movie)
CANON INFORMATION: link

PERSONALITY:

"So, instead of calling me dragon in your own language, you decide to call me dragon in another language!"

The last dragon, simply dubbed "Draco" after remarking how impossible it was for a human to ever pronounce his real name, can be sarcastic and somewhat grouchy, but, in truth, is an incredibly gentle giant. While there is no real way to lose the initial wariness about him, thanks to having spent so long dealing with humans out to slay him and moving from place to place, he has greatly improved from when first met by the ex-knight, Bowen. He was bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative. He had always knew his kind was dwindling, as he knew when the second to the last dragon -- the last which would be himself -- had passed, snarling that bitter truth to Bowen when the two first faced off in battle and asking him, "When there are no more dragons to slay, how will you make a living, knight?" With that lingering in his background, he can hardly be blamed for being prone to some ill tempers here and there. That is, however, all on the surface, typically kept up only to throw people off from the much kinder creature below all the growling and grumbling.

He's the farthest thing possible from the vicious, destructive monsters that dragons are typically written off as that a dragon could be. He is fairly good-natured once he gets past the initial wariness, with a warm sense of humor and a very outgoing demeanor when given the chance (and when not threatened by, you know, getting stuck with a sword). He enjoys having company more than he’ll ever say, but it shows in how he acts. It doesn’t take very long at all for Draco to become acclimated to having Bowen around to talk to, despite their differences and having fought with one another at first meeting. Rather than chasing Bowen away, he cut a deal with him to be business partners and they became fast friends after that, enough to easily worry about or casually poke fun at one another. When he carries Kara off, the next time we see them, he’s demonstrating how musical a dragon can be, not trying to get rid of her as Bowen suggested. Kara tells him he's nothing like a dragon at all, prompting Draco to reply with, "You should never listen to minstrels' fancies. A dragon would never hurt a soul, unless they tried to hurt him first." After spending so much time on his own, it makes sense. He likely feels very lonely when left on his own, since he turns into such a social creature when around other people, and basks in any positive attention he gets. It’s a preferable alternative to the solitary life usually endured.

There’s his general disdain for resorting to violence, as well, that marks him as a creature of good. He gives several warnings before even engaging in a fight with Bowen, to trying to intimidate him and mock him into giving up and leaving instead of sticking around for a fight, going as far as to throw the remains of yet another knight who decided to ignore the warnings out as a threat. Of course he’s killed people, as demonstrated by the aforementioned remains, but he really would rather just not. Even when he’s off scamming villagers later on, he shoos them out of his path and picks non-housing structures to blast with fire. Ultimately, Draco would much rather talk his way out of a battle. There’s just no joy in hurting people and he has no real use for killing humans in particular, since he doesn’t have the stomach for eating them afterwards.

In a similar vein to how he isn’t needlessly violent as a rule, he is typically very honorable. He keeps his word and places a high value on promises and oaths, especially from those who would call themselves knights or kings or queens. He is also a proponent of the strong protecting the weak, good triumphing over evil, something initially revealed when he told Bowen in reply to the former knight making light of them fleecing Einon's lackeys, "When you squeeze the nobility, it's the peasants who feel the pinch." It was his hope that the aid rendered to save Prince Einon’s life (after he had been stabbed in the chest as a boy) would help bring a peaceful king about and shift the balance of good back to where it should be, that it would bring man and dragon closer together again, even though his first instinct was that the prince was too twisted to ever do such a thing. He thought his heart might change the boy. It would become Draco’s greatest failure and the most painful oath to have betrayed, going so far to say that it broke his heart (quite literally, in this case). So, yes, it’s very high on the list of priorities to “do the right thing”, but he is by no means infallible when making those calls. Mistakes can be made, but he does, in the end, throw off his own fears and, bolstered by the friendships he has made with humans again, make amends. This is shown when he agrees to finally step in and help Kara fight against Einon (who had since become king) directly, knowing all too well that it meant his own end.

Other aspects of Draco’s personality are a minor streak to mischief, in the few parts where even one with high honorable expectations as his own does fail on occasion. He’s clever enough to cut a deal to keep himself alive and unbothered by other dragonslayers, agreeing to scam villages by pretending to let Bowen kill him. There is also his spirituality, his belief in the Dragon's Heaven and the soul, his fears over what will happen when he dies, although that time has already passed post-canon. At the end of the movie, it is to the stars that he tells those he leaves behind to look, for up there, in the very same constellation Bowen named him for, he and all the other dragons will be, always watching over them.

To sum him up, he’s a good guy-- well, a good dragon. A little cranky now and then, sure, but kind and noble of (half a) heart 'til the very end.

COURT ALLIANCE & REASONING: Seelie Court.

Dragonheart revolves heavily around redeeming one's honor, beliefs, soul, and saving the land from tyranny. Draco pulls himself out of being an angry hermit, resigned to hide in dank caverns for the rest of his days, and goes from helping Bowen swindle villages to legitimately trying to remind Bowen of the oath he took as a knight (reciting an excerpt from the very same oath the Golden Cadre in-game uses), as well as going to aid Kara and the ragtag army that goes to fight against King Einon, even knowing it'll finally bring about what he feared for so long, his own death. He does this because, by that time, he has decided it is better to die helping right a great wrong then it is to live on knowing he stood by and did nothing.

ABILITIES: his voice gives him super strength

• He's big, really big, not the biggest dragon ever, but probably bigger than an elephant.


• Strength equivalent to his size.


• Senses equipped for an aerial predator (good eyesight, sense of smell, hearing, etc).


• Extendable fangs, dislocatable jaw (like a snake), claws, thick hide, dragony stuff.


• Has wings, can fly.


• Firebreathing.


• Cool tail spade that can open up to reveal blades, works kind of like an axe.


• Camouflage (example being when he is confused as a big rock and sat on).


• Able to share his heart with another being. This can save whoever receives it from any injury or illness and ties their life to the dragon's life (dragon dies, the person dies, person is hurt, dragon feels the pain, etc.). Draco already gave half his heart away in his canon, so won't be able to do this unless something, somehow, restores his heart.

INVENTORY: N/A. Dragon don’t got nothing.