Dragon Cave

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Welcome to Dragon Cave! Dragon Cave is an online adoptables game. Collect eggs, raise them to adulthood, and then breed them to cre­ate interesting lineages. New dragons are added regularly!

Viewing Dragon: Osteoumbris

  • Laid on:Oct 25, 2018
  • Hatched on:Oct 28, 2018
  • Grew up on:Oct 31, 2018
  • Overall views: 5,250
  • Unique views: 1,295
  • Clicks:4
  • Gender:Male

Black Marrows are named for their dark colored hides which are encased in a distinct exoskeleton. Their skull and the top edges of their spine push out from under the skin as they age. As such, their young need excessive amounts of calcium for this armor to develop. The older a Black Marrow dragon is, the more skeletal their appearance. They often use their skeletal looks to lure in foolish scavengers or terrify predators. These vicious dragons love nothing more than to crack open bones with their stony beaks and eat the marrow inside. Voracious scavengers, Black Marrows will swarm and devour corpses both old and fresh, sometimes even dragging larger finds to the water to allow them to “ripen.” Despite their dreadful demeanour and often horrid stench, Black Marrows are devoted mates and parents.

Dragons are highly-intelligent reptilian creatures that—from a human perspective, at least—appear to live forever. Many different varieties of dragon exist, each with their own unique qualities, habitats, and behavior. Adolescence in dragons is usually marked by the growth of a hatchling’s wings, although not all breeds of dragons grow wings and some breeds have other traits that indicate the beginning of maturation. In Galsreim, dragons and humans coexist peacefully.

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An outcast among marrows, Osteoumbris takes more after his black ancestors behaviourally. When challenged to his right to a carcass, he will fight while other marrows would be more likely to take their prize and fly away. Because he lacks a flock and can easily be pushed off a kill by groups of marrows, he will take advantage of whatever opportunity arises—even if that means finishing off a creature that is not dead enough for his peers. Some of these individuals might have survived if it wasn't for his help! A horrendous thought. He is still marrow enough not to go after uninjured prey, of course.

Osteoumbris is miffed about his name—literally meaning "bone-dark". He thinks that if he had a more intriguing handle, perhaps the other marrows wouldn't ignore him so much. He makes a nice fermented corpse, if he says so himself, even if he has to let them decompose extra-long to make up for their initial freshness. He loves his recipe, and maintains a certain degree of corpse pride.