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<blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 7980940" data-attributes="member: 37579">Perhaps the crystals are continually growing and when they get to big, bits of them crack and fall off?Do the dragons have control over the people who live in their territory? Dragon overlords or emperors? Do people measure time and eras based on the dominant dragons. Which ahem dragon age they are in?This is where some history comes in. Deciding where monsters come from, where dungeons come from, etc.If dragons used to rule over mortal kingdoms, they could easily have built up a civilization or two, which collapsed when that dragon became a &quot;mate/meal&quot; for the Dragon Queen. Destroyed by its neighbours. And then a new civilization emerged, was destroyed, and then replaced again. Each region could be built upon the ruins of two or three previous civilizations, because every 30-100 years the ruler might leave and things fall apart. A dozen dragon rulers. Assuming every dragon ruler's domain had its turn and an average turn around of 70 years, the oldest civilization might be 820 years old. Which seems ancient to someone in US but in England only takes us to King John, brother of Richard the First. (Yes, that King John.) And that's not assuming a couple quick turn-arounds where a dragon is eaten every 35-40 years.So you might have a really old kingdom that has managed to hang around for a thousand years, and is well established, but constantly afraid their time is coming. The young kingdoms that have been around for 50 years and everything is still just being rebuilt.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jester David, post: 7980940, member: 37579"] Perhaps the crystals are continually growing and when they get to big, bits of them crack and fall off? Do the dragons have control over the people who live in their territory? Dragon overlords or emperors? Do people measure time and eras based on the dominant dragons. Which [I]ahem[/I] dragon age they are in? This is where some history comes in. Deciding where monsters come from, where dungeons come from, etc. If dragons used to rule over mortal kingdoms, they could easily have built up a civilization or two, which collapsed when that dragon became a "mate/meal" for the Dragon Queen. Destroyed by its neighbours. And then a new civilization emerged, was destroyed, and then replaced again. Each region could be built upon the ruins of two or three previous civilizations, because every 30-100 years the ruler might leave and things fall apart. A dozen dragon rulers. Assuming every dragon ruler's domain had its turn and an average turn around of 70 years, the oldest civilization might be 820 years old. Which seems ancient to someone in US but in England only takes us to King John, brother of Richard the First. (Yes, [I]that[/I] King John.) And that's not assuming a couple quick turn-arounds where a dragon is eaten every 35-40 years. So you might have a really old kingdom that has managed to hang around for a thousand years, and is well established, but constantly afraid their time is coming. The young kingdoms that have been around for 50 years and everything is still just being rebuilt. [/QUOTE]

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