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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nuclear Platypus" data-source="post: 3535074" data-attributes="member: 17507">Well, other than ferrum, the other 4 weren't discovered til the 18th century (most of the elements actually). Just use older names like krypton comes from "hidden" (Greek - "kryptos") but someone will undoubtedly make a Kal-El connection.Cobalt has its origins from kobolds (German "kobalt") since it tended to contaminate the desired ores like nickel and copper. 1735.Nickel probably comes from either "nickel" (Satan or Old Nick) or "kupfernickel" (Old Nick's copper), also German origin. 1751Chromium's got a Greek origin for "color" (chroma) since its various compounds can provide many colors. 1797Tungsten comes from Swedish "tung sten" (wolfram from volf rham from Lupi spuma) since the extraction gobbled up tin like a wolf does sheep. 1783All from Wikipedia entries.If further dragons are named after elements, what about the older origins of the alkali metals and the halogens, both of which are among the most reactive of all? Add in the alkaline group if need be. Say, a kalium dragon or barys dragon instead of a cupric dragon or auric dragon. But that's getting too complicated.</blockquote>