Today, I’m hoping to either finish
Tyr's backstory altogether, or get a start on
Ophthalma's lore. Who knows, maybe if I have some extra motivation, I’ll finally write a bit more for
Disunion as well.
As for the prompt, I don’t know if it really applies to my dragons the same way that it applies after all. After all, my clan— or, well, clans— consists of multiple groups of (mostly) mono-breed dragons. They don’t often take in dragon species that aren’t of the prevailing Ancient breed, and when they do, it is
never anything other than a breed that hails from their element.
The Gaolers are not really affected by the whole interspecies language barrier thing. They can understand Fae just fine even despite their monotone inflection; in fact, since the Gaolers don’t really rely on facial expression to determine the meaning in the words of others, rather tuning in to the energy radiating from the speaker, they can actually understand Fae better than most other breeds. Coatls are another issue, but my Gaolers hardly ever have to deal with them. They tend to stay away from the Fire region, and if they ever do come across a Coatl, there’s usually already a translator on site ready to help their feathered friend do business. In a worst-case scenario where they must deal with the Coatl alone, the Gaoler Caravan will always look to
Marko for guidance, not only because of his Fire element, but also because he is the most scholarly of the group.
The Banescales don’t have this problem at all. They already have two Coatls in their Flock, and can speak native Draconian just fine, so they don’t have any problems with dealing with Coatls or Faes. If a Banescale wasn’t already bilingual before joining the Flock, then you better bet they learned how to communicate with their best healer,
Aodh, pretty damn quick. If they ever need to deal with a Fae who, for some reason of another, needs to talk to Aodh or Ophthalma, one of the members of the Flock will happily step in to translate.
