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==The Innocent Sinners==
 
==The Innocent Sinners==
  
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Descended from a branch of [[Age of Dragons: Forest Dragons|Forest Dragons]], the ''Jungle Dragons'' exist in the vast unnamed tropical rainforests that lie to the southwest of the Heart Forest.
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Descended from a branch of [[Age of Dragons: Forest Dragons|Forest Dragons]], the ''Jungle Dragons'' exist in the vast unnamed tropical rainforests that lie to the Southwest of the Heart Forest.
  
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While still recognisably sharing a common ancestry, ''Jungle Dragons'' have changed over the ages into a distinct sub-breed, with a mindset and culture that is entirely alien to the dragons of the Heart Forest.
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While still recognisably sharing a common ancestry, Jungle Dragons have changed over the ages into a distinct sub-breed, with a mindset and culture that is entirely alien to the Dragons of the Heart Forest.
 
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==Character Creation: Game Rules==
 
==Character Creation: Game Rules==
  
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The above rules and background details apply to the sub-breed of ''"Jungle Dragons"''.
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The above rules and background details apply to the sub-breed of "Jungle Dragons".
  
 
The progenitor breed of [[Age of Dragons: Forest Dragons|Forest Dragons]] are covered separately, as are the corrupted [[Age of Dragons: Jade Dragons|Jade Dragons]].
 
The progenitor breed of [[Age of Dragons: Forest Dragons|Forest Dragons]] are covered separately, as are the corrupted [[Age of Dragons: Jade Dragons|Jade Dragons]].
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===Sphere Ratings===
 
===Sphere Ratings===
  
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*'''Soma 6'''
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* '''Soma 4'''
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*'''Sophia 2'''
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* '''Sophis  3'''
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*'''Pneuma 6'''
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* '''Pneuma 5'''
  
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''Jungle Dragons'' are mentally deficient by draconic standards, but combine physical power and arcane might, making them true masters of their jungle homes.
 
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===Birthrights===
 
===Birthrights===
  
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'''Freedom of Fertility''' - ''Jungle Dragons'' do not suffer the birthing sickness as other dragons do.
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'''Freedom of Fertility''' - Jungle Dragons do not suffer the birthing sickness as other dragons do.
  
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'''Rapid Maturity''' - Neonate ''Jungle Dragons'' mature twice as fast as other dragon breeds.
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'''Fecundity of Beasts''' - Jungle Dragons roll +3 dice with dice pools relating to conception or fertility.
 
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===Breed Weakness===
 
===Breed Weakness===
  
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'''Brief, Bloody Lives''' - ''Jungle Dragons'' do not grow more powerful as they age, instead aging and dying like mortal animals. At 90+3D6 years of age they lose -1 from Pneuma, Soma and Sophis, and lose a further -1 each 2d6 years afterwards. When any score hits zero, they die of old age. In senescence, a Jungle Dragon ceases to be fertile.
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'''Brief, Bloody Lives''' - Jungle Dragons do not grow more powerful as they age, instead aging and dying like mortal animals. At 90+3D6 years of age they lose -1 from Pneuma, Soma and Sophis, and lose a further -1 each D6 years afterwards. When any score hits zero, they die of old age. In senescence, a Jungle Dragon ceases to be fertile.
 
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==Society and Culture==
 
==Society and Culture==
  
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''Jungle Dragons'' lack true society and culture, instead existing somewhat like intelligent animals. Alpha males of the breed dominate their small family groups and claim sole breeding rights with the females in their packs. There is an inherent assumption amongst Jungle Dragons that females are useful only as breeding stock, and it is not uncommon for female hatchlings to be deliberately declawed and detoothed at birth so that they can be more easily controlled when they are older. Lesser males are either kept in line until they're old enough to challenge for leadership (a battle to the death, naturally). Dragons from other packs are either there to be captured (and thereafter brought into the pack) or killed and eaten (as to a ''Jungle dragon'' meat is just meat, regardless of source).
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''Jade Dragons'' are found mostly in the cold pine forests of the North. Throughout much of this woodland, the trees are long dead and petrified, and those that do grow are withered looking. They have abandoned the ways of their parent breed, and tend towards a solitary existence. Part of this is from a desire to be as different as possible from the Forest Dragons, and part is from the sense of disconcertion that Jade Dragons experience in each others company.
  
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Despite possessing some intelligence (less than a human, but more than most animals) they tend to be happy in their atavistic state. Language is kept to a minimum, they have no appreciation of civilisation or technology, and have no over-arching cultural myths. Most have not even heard of the Mother Goddess, and instead are more concerned with day to day animal existence.  
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Their solitary lifestyle combined with their low fertility means that Jade Dragons are declining in population numbers as each century passes. Courting and reproduction are seen as a tactical necessity rather than as a pleasure.
  
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Their way of life and their lack of education means that their brutal existence is perpetuated, generation after generation. Because their jungle domains are so far from the rest of the Realm (at least good month's flight from the area of Heart Forest where their parent breed lie) they remain uninfluenced by the ways of the other draconic peoples.
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Around two thirds of Jade Dragons have found their way to the Ascendancy (where they are valued for their sorcerous acumen), with the remainder leading isolated existences far from any faction. To date, there are no Jade Dragons in the Alliance, though this is likely due to geographic distance more than anything else.
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A small number of ''Jungle Dragons'' have in the past been relocated from their environment by well-meaning ''Forest Dragons''. Inevitably this has met with failure - the ''Jungle Dragons'' seem unwilling or unable to adapt to more civilised behaviour.
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==Lifepaths and the Jade Dragons==
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==Lifepaths and the Jungle Dragons==
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The Jade tend towards arcane study, and so the majority are [[Age of Dragons: Scholar-Sage|Scholar-Sages]]. A small number of Ascendancy Jades have taken up the role of [[Age of Dragons: Demonbinder|Demonbinder]].
  
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Without even trying, almost all  ''Jungle Dragons'' will follow the path of the [[Age of Dragons: Beast Unbound|Beast Unbound]]. In their homelands, they simply have no other options available.<br><br>
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Few other Lifepaths appeal to Jade Dragon psychology, though the only Lifepath they will absolutely refuse to pursue is that of the ''Animist Adept''.
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==Outlook==
 
==Outlook==
  
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''Meat Chewer'', Alpha of his Pack talks about the various visitors he's had to the jungles. he doesn't often bother with words and language, so listen up!
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''Thirst-of-Balefire'', Jade Sorceror of the Ascendancy speaks of the twelve:
  
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* '''Pure Dragons''' - ''"White dragon came see me once. Good soft flesh. Went down to stomach easy."''
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* '''Pure Dragons''' - ''"To their eyes we are an abomination. To hell with them - I spit on their religion, and I will burn their temples"''
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* '''Argent Dragons''' - ''"Break off his metal shell first. Then ate."''
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* '''Argent Dragons''' - ''"They're organised and tough, these meatheaded ironmongers. Avoid."''
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* '''Solar Dragons''' - ''"Looked like white one, except yellow, and make more noise dying."''
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* '''Solar Dragons''' - ''"Blessed with pneuma, but relatively inept at sorcery. They can be disregarded."''
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* '''Hunter Dragons''' - ''"Not met one. Or ate one. Heh. They sound too bony anyway."''
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* '''Hunter Dragons''' - ''"Rabid filthy beasts. If you see one, kill it. If you see a whole pack, go get some Ascendancy back up, then kill them as well."''
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* '''Forest Dragons''' - ''"Look bit like us. Scared of us though. Watch out for magic ones."''
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* '''Forest Dragons''' - ''"Idiot cousins who celebrate their greatest curse as if it were a badge of honour. If they will not join us, they must die."''
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* '''Storm Dragons''' - ''"One of them lives in big sea that way. We talk sometimes. Flies underwater. Weird guy."''
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* '''Storm Dragons''' - ''"Like us, they have metamorphosed into something different. Ultimately though, their reverence for animism and the Mother Goddess sickens me."''
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* '''Ashen Dragons''' - ''"Not seen one. Do they taste good?"''
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* '''Ashen Dragons''' - ''"They have potential."''
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* '''Velvet Dragons''' - ''"Pretty dragon you say? Bring her here, add to my pack."''
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* '''Velvet Dragons''' - ''"The nice thing about reduced fertility is you can sate your libido on a willing Velvet without much risk... Or an unwilling Velvet if needs be..."''
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* '''Chimerical Dragons''' - ''"Scales like rainbow? Grandad told me about them. Sound odd."''
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* '''Chimerical Dragons''' - ''"They know more than they're letting on. They are a threat."''
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* '''Ghost Dragons''' - ''"No, never seen one. What is ghost?"''
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* '''Ghost Dragons''' - ''"They fear and run from the Void Beyond. We seek to master the Void Beyond. Could we be any more different?"''
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* '''Blood Dragons''' - ''"Grandad told me once one came here trying to be Alpha of whole jungle, with big pack of dead man-things. He said it taste bad."''
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* '''Blood Dragons''' - ''"Mindless nasty dangerous idiot thugs. Good thing they're on our side."''
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* '''Sable Dragons''' - ''"They come in black too now? Hmm, hope they taste as good as white ones."''
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* '''Sable Dragons''' - ''"Our Lords and Masters. For now."''
 
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