# Trope-a-Day: Our Dragons Are Different

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**_[Our Dragons Are Different](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OurDragonsAreDifferent?ref=eldraeverse.com):_** Inasmuch as the eldraeic mythological _aman_ (“dragon”) was – if you believe “certain not-entirely-accepted parahistorical theories” – imagined in the image of the local Precursors, as were a number of other similar-looking _mythologae_ of the known galaxy.&nbsp; What’s known about _them_ is that they were about the right size and shape (from the ruins), scaly (from the fossils), near-solipsists (like the _rijzh_) who ended up wiping each other out through inability to cope with each other’s’ existence, and possessed of technology which, while in general not all that exotic compared to the current galactic mainstream, included some ontotechnological wonders or natural gifts that made them dangerous force-of-nature-level [_Reality Warpers_](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RealityWarper?ref=eldraeverse.com) to everything around them.

And they’re also responsible for the existence of various of today’s species (starting with the eldrae), various acts of ecopoesis and ecological modification, and contributing significantly to the Galaxy’s piles of archives and ancient, dangerous artifacts.&nbsp; (And, of course, tend to get other examples attributed to them because, well, they’re there, belike.&nbsp; Despite not being the only older-than-elder species out there.)

All other dragon-like characteristics are from these extrapolated.

(There are also the _é __kal__ á__man_, translated as “wyvern”, which _look_ like small, non-fire-breathing Western dragons – reptilioid, following the bluelife hexapedal model with the mid-limbs turned into wings – but are not so much terrifying magical beasties as hard-to-kill dangerous flying predators and damned nuisances to people living in their home range, and specifically to their sheep, cattle, and – if flocking – children.&nbsp; If you’re going out, don’t forget your clockbow.)

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://eldraeverse.com/2015/05/26/trope-a-day-our-dragons-are-different](https://eldraeverse.com/2015/05/26/trope-a-day-our-dragons-are-different)

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**Comments migrated from WordPress:**

> [@Mark Atwood \<me@mark.atwood.name\> on 2015-05-26 13:24:26 wrote](#):
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> Which means that, just possibly, those “dragons” are _our_ “dragons” too.

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