The Horde
The dragon is a great lover of art, especially
of gold and silver, and artwork. He/She loves to hoard treasure. However,
he is not renowned for his love of manual work, preferring intellectual
activity by far. That is why he does not devote himself to creating jewels,
but only to "acquiring them" from human beings through various methods.
Robbery, looting, trade, barter, fraud - by any means fair or foul which
enables him to come by the jewels and precious stones he covets.
The dragon feels he never has enough jewels and he finds it difficult to
part voluntarily with a single one of his treasures. Even though, for example,
he gives jewels to the favorites in his family, he does it purely because
he knows that the young maidens cannot remove the jewels to the outside
world. He is very jealous of his belongings and guards the treasure he
has built up over the years in large storerooms. He keeps detailed inventories
of all his possessions so that he can be alerted immediately if a single
object goes missing. Jewels serve a specific purpose for the dragon
in that he usually sleeps on a bed of gems and luxurious fabrics, such
as silks and velvets. For this bed, he never uses soft stones like pearls
and emeralds, as they are too fragile. Another theory says that dragons
also hoard "precious" items for reasons other than just simple obsession.
At a level humans are incapable of feeling, different metals and other
items "resonate" at certain levels, especially gold and silver. The dragons
could use this resonation to their advantage, controlling it, manipulating
it. In a nutshell, it enhanced their already remarkable "mystic" powers.
In addition to the enhancing powers, this "resonation" also had the same
addictive effect as a "rush" in humans. Hence, the more a dragon acquired,
the more he/she wanted. This also allowed their immediate detection of
any missing piece.
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