Dont worry dragonmaster. We are fine. I was just coming up with ONE idea, and the plane idea is not my own, I have it on a source from a reliable friend, and I will not ellaborate more. The belief in magic is up to you, I cant prove its there or that its not there. In a lot of legends, dragons and magic just go together. Dragons in chinese legend can shrink to something the size of a worm, then grow to the size of a mountain, for what ever purposes, so says some legends.
The planes of existance theory, well, I wouldnt say that it came from a religious background, because im not talking about heaven and hell. Im not actually sure where they came from, but there is the belief of planes of existance in Wicca and Shamanism. They are also called Astral Planes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astral_planehttp://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&sourc ... anes+of+ex Start researching from there, lol!
And anyway, if you want scientific, well, i can come up with a load scientific stuff for dragons. But before I start with a few, remember this: Some things cant be explained, and when dragons are concerned, magic can be the answer.
Ok, if dragons existed, where are all their bones? I hate this one, but its true enough to consider. We have dinosaur fossils etc etc blady blady blah, you get the jist. When i was asked this question, I said that perhaps, when dragons were about to die, maybe they would throw them selves into volcanoes, or got other dragons to throw their bodies in, so there is no evidence of their existance. i think I was 15 when I came up with that answer, lol! Someone here, possibly Silv, or maybe even you Falconer, said that they may eat each other, as a clean up method, I didnt particularly like this theory, but its possible!
Then the argument comes up again with this statement at the front: Dragons are in cultures all over the world, separated communities, 1000s of years apart, all have legends of dragons so they must have been real. I dont want to get into this one, cus I know people have lots of theories for and against, but lets just say that it is a point, but one that can be explained to some extent. I personally think its a good statement, but to believe that it deffinately proves that dragons were here, well, I dont know, it just goes back to the fossil thing again doesnt it?
Circles, everything is in circles. We go one way, we come back again, and its all because there are no solid facts....... And also that each of us have our own oppinions and sources.
One more thing, if dragons were here and they WERE NOT wiped out, then you must believe that they went into hiding. Now, with humans all over the place, there are only a limited amount of places they can hide in that would be totally isolated. Places like the poles, etc etc. But still, they would have to be pretty good hiding places, the dragons still need to eat/ hutn and mate, and would they be able to do all this without being spotted once? By chance? By someone?
Just thought of something, maybe they all got frozen in glaciers? But then again, we dont know for sure the likely times they existed. Was it during the dinosaurs times? As well as being around when knights were? Knights wiped them out, thats another theory. And I dont want to got into that either.
Thats me done on scientific stuff.
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Let me quote some stuff from Ciruelo's "Book of the Dragon"
The dragons heritage. Dragons guard special shining stones. Known as Lapis draconiensis aurulucentis, these stones have a natural phosphorescence... These stones are sacred to dragons... they are a symbol of their identities... Tradition has it that the stones come from a remote and wondeful place known as the Shining World, where the Ancestor Dragons still live. In the distant past, some members of the dragon species were expelled from this world by the great dragon as a punishment for trying to change nature to suit themselves without respecting ecological balance or life forces. They were allowed, however, to keep just a few shiny stones as a reminder of their homeland and their glorius past. This explains the dragons deep respect for nature and the care taken not to disturb ecological balance when practising magic. Dragons believe that if they striclty observe dragon ethics throughout their lives, they will at last be able to return to the wondrous Shining World to join the Great Dragon, and be reunited with those who were not condemned to roam the Earth.
Now, that goes back to the planes existance, and I read this in the book long after I was allready told about planes of existance. So it was a nice surprise to get another source.
Theres other stuff in this book, about legends of dragons being slayed in different places, with the names of the dragons, and those who slayed them, and they are well known legends in the places they are from.
Anway, my fingers are about to fall off, lol...
