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Dragons fall into several different categories by age. 0 - 4 years: Hatchling. 4 - 30 years: Dragonet. 30 - 200 years: Drake. 200 - ?1000? years: Dragon. Older than that: Wyrm. Dragons start out basically as big lizards, but get more powerful and more intelligent the older they get. This trend never reverses - dragons only get more powerful with age. Note that these 'brackets' are by rough power / intelligence levels. Normal dragokind will vary from the above brackets by 25%. Dragonkind are really rare. Extrapolating the map to the size of the whole world, there are maybe 10 - 15 Wyrms on the planet. Which is probably a good thing, because it pretty much takes divine intervention to kill one (or another Wyrm). There are probably about 5 times that number of Dragon (i.e. 50 - 75 globally). Wyrms spend most of their time 'asleep', and are pretty much legendary. Drakes and smaller don't get much press. Dragons are sexed. However, they are solitary and territorial by nature, and a mating is a very delicate thing. As such, dragon pairings are rare. Dragons reach sexual maturity during the Drake phase of life, but most Drakes do not mate successfully, due to lack of "social skills" (this will be explained below). When a dragon pair mates, the female carries the eggs for a gestation period of somewhat over a year (about 14 months). During the later phase of this period, she is too heavy to fly - usually the male protects and provides for her during this time. At the end of this period, the female lays a clutch of 4 to 12 eggs..
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