Almonihah's Clan

The Draezoln clan began when Lattinus, a far-wandering Guardian, found his Charge in the form of a small cave in the Highland Scrub. Not knowing just why he was to guard this place, he settled down and began to enlarge it into a proper lair.

It was not long before he was joined by a young Mirror dragon, Okhura. An oddity in her breed, she had the speed and savagery of the Mirrors, but combined it with a curiosity and a talent for tinkering that suited her perfectly for the Lightning Flight. Together they settled down and began a clan.

Soon a wandering pair of Imperials, Zephra of the Wind Flight and Grezeran, a fellow Lightning dragon, stumbled across their lair. After a lengthy discussion with Lattinus, they agreed to join the clan. Since that time, the clan's numbers have grown from both the hatchlings of the two pairs and exchanges with other clans.

Lattinus is still very much the head of the clan. While he is a Lightning dragon, he does not approach progress in quite the same way as many of his kin. He typically thinks long and hard about his devices before attempting their construction, and even then he does little of the actual work himself, instead directing the smaller and more agile dragons of the clan. In philosophy, he believes in capitalizing on the strengths of all breeds and flights of dragon, and so seeks to bring in a wide variety of dragons, as well as gently advocating the value of cooperation and diplomacy.

Okhura is much more of a claws-on dragon, and will typically head out into the desert to scavenge materials, only to return and immediately start tinkering with what she has found. She often helps Lattinus with his projects, as well, her smaller, more dextrous claws better suited to the fine work his designs demand. While she's not much of a scientist, she seems to have an innate knack for mechanics, and often makes small adjustments or improvements to Lattinus's designs without being able to explain how she knew they would be better.

While their most successful projects thus far have been in digging machines, Lattinus's favorite projects involve the computing machine the clan recently got their claws on. While he himself is a bit too large to use the console they have for it, Okhura is willing to type as he dictates. Currently they're investigating ways to use it in improving automation, but... haven't had much luck yet.

(I'm a software developer, strategy gamer, and occasional author. You can see my very rough writing here: http://draezoln.wordpress.com/

It does involve dragons, half-dragons, and griffons. :D)