The Seregonian Academy

Draconian Loricals: How To and Pricing
Loricals are a new format allowing us to fill out the population and NPCs with characters we have some idea about, while also having some fun. If we get enough down the line, we’ll print them in a card deck. ❤️

Note: These will be NPCs, References, and extras, NOT full blown playable characters. If you want a full character that can enter normal play, you'll need to buy a sheeted design. They can ABSOLUTELY act as side characters in the stories of your mains, in which case they may be eligible for future stat boosts. I simply want there to be NO CONFUSION over the fact that you will not 'cheat the system' by trying to get a fully active playable character by purchasing a lorical. If you have a lorical that you wish to turn into a full character later, that is totally fine.

Base w/ face and wings remain;
Ears, Hair, Horns, Tails, Colorations and Armor Design / Color change, though the same ears/tails/horns may show up later across other characters. ❤️

A few ways to do them:
Common Draconians:
As you’ve noticed, The Common Population isn’t on the family tree! In order to swell this population, Loricals are being introduced. These are small super basic sheet/design ideas specifically and expressly for the purpose of giving indication about NPCs roaming around that absolutely exist in the lore, while giving you all a chance to help build the society!

Here are the options for Common Draconians:

A. Randomized Draw
Roll Dice for Male or Female
Decide on name
Character will be randomly created like a Mystery Wheel design
Age is rolled to be randomized between 0 and 1800 years old.
Generation will be assigned based on age, stats will be decided by dice roll with minimal effort from new owner based on Generation/Armor etc.
Lacuna is assigned via dice roll


B. Breeding Program
Bring 2 existing Lorical designs to the table. MUST each be over 500!
Roll for Male or Female
Decide on name
Character will be created with the direct blended traits of the parents chosen
Age is randomized from 0 to whatever is 500 years below their parents.
Generation will be assigned based on age, stats will be decided by dice roll with minimal effort from new owner based on Generation/Armor etc.
Lacunae is assigned randomly for those over 250


C. Custom
For those who want to make honorary characters with more specific traits / appearances.
Can decide Male or Female
Decide on name
Character will be designed to custom standards.
Age is randomized from 0 to 1800 years old.
Generation will be assigned based on age. Stat total is decided by age and circumstance just as others, but owner can decide their placement.
Lacunae can be specified.

Noble Draconians:
If you own a character, you can get loricals of its family members for reference. You must own a character or lorical directly related on the tree to the named but designless character.

Please note: You may NOT make new nobles, or fill XXXX slots with Loricals!

Gender is dictated by the Tree
Name is dictated by the Tree
Age will be randomized to sense based on where they fit in the Tree
Generation is dictated by the Tree
Stat totals will be decided by normal standards, but the person who gets the lorical can decide how they fit.
Armor choice is randomized based on what is available to that character. Some families tend to 1-2 colors, for instance, while some higher generations could be Saiga.
Lacunae is assigned by dice roll
Design will be created to be familial to related characters if parent / child etc. Spouse will either be randomized or to preference if ideas are held.

Existing Characters:
If you’re a nut and you just think they’re cute and want a card, you may get Loricals of existing characters. These will follow the Tree / Sheets directly.

Quenta Vensali: Saiga (Epsilon): 2105
(This one will help Rinnah, Mendacius, & Magnus.)
Quenta was at her physical peak in age when the Vampfurre Invasion started, and was part of the first group of converts to Draconian Vampyre, giving her a whopping 2105 years in the new state. Originally white gold and an extra skilled mage, she was the 5th to become a Saiga.

She is an incredibly manipulative woman that knows her skills make her hard to argue with, and she tries to run her entire household from on high. Every conversation with her is negotiation, manipulation, or orchestration. Even praise is weaponized. Her tone is rarely raised, but her words are sharpened into daggers wrapped in silk. To her descendants within her family, she is both nurturing and suffocating, a strategist who views them as assets in her endless political games. She values wealth as power, but wealth in land and connections, not just money. She believes ownership is the foundation of true influence.

Quenta is extremely ambitious. Likely the only one in the castle that thinks it is a reasonable consideration to arrange Vensali marriages into Seraphim bloodlines, whereas anyone else wouldn’t dream of looking at the seraphs as options. Attempts to align advantageous marriages for her house are seen as her right, if not duty.

In the Commercial District, she’s known as “The Golden Widow”, feared for how thoroughly she controls property. If you rent, you probably rent from either Quenta or another Vensali first and the crown second. “The Mistress of the Ten Thousand Ledgers” is another assigned nickname, because of her obsession with property contracts, debt books, and legal loopholes. Among Draconians, she is simultaneously admired for her longevity and ridiculed for her arrogance, but even rivals think twice before openly opposing her.

Quenta Vensali has The Blindness Lacuna.

Draveth Kaelith (720 years: The Unseen Hand) Bronze Armor Commoner

A loud, charming bookmaker with a booming laugh and quicksilver wit. Draveth turns tavern rumors into official wagers, flirts shamelessly with patrons, and thrives on chaos. Loyal to Xavier—but only just. He’s notorious for slipping the odd rumor to Axilya of the VestiariumArak when the mood suits him.

Seregonian Fashion
The first most important thing to remember is that MOST Seregonians don’t leave their homeland in their lifetime. They might travel between Seregonian territories, but their only access to the ‘outside world’ beyond that might be imports. Their technology level is ancient in comparison to us, so there are some things they simply won’t have. Most Draconians, for instance, would probably consider a zipper to be sorcery. 😂 To put it in perspective, Lace is a newer concept to these people. 🤣

Te’Sorthenian Styles
Tend to include lots of layers in dark royal colors. These are usually accompanied by leather or metal additions and a fair bit of jewelry. Te’Sorthenians care about fine things and showing their wealth, but also stay somewhat practical. The higher up the hierarchy you go, the more extravagant attire can appear. Generally, clothing doesn’t tend sweep the floor unless one is incredibly high up the hierarchy. Nonetheless, Te’Sorthene tends to receive more imports than any other territory since it is the economic hub of Maegliin Seregon. Due to this, their fashion does go through strange trend periods and regularly introduce new designs and materials to Maegliin Seregon, which then trickles down into the other territories.


Draconian Styles
In the ancient times, the original Draconians came from the Te’Sorthenian population itself. Due to this, some styles from the ancient Te’Sorthenian period do cross over, however, Draconians became a Greco-roman era culture when the Arcondelian Seraphs came. Upon their conversion into what is now commonly referred to as a Draconian Vampyre, they quickly adopted the culture of Arcondelial and their gods. Though a Te’Sorthenian boutique and tailor has residence and brings imports from afar into Draconen Prime, most Draconians take one of these approaches to clothing, but generally tries to incorporate blacks or reds:

#1: Armor, or something that can pair with pieces of said armor. Draconian armor is a massive point of pride to all Draconians. They are fiercely proud of their breed and their ability to show their inclusion in the Queen’s group.

#2: Those who choose not to where armor will generally be featured in Greco-roman style garbs. These tend to allow them to move with ease and quickly, featuring wrapped fabrics and things of the like. Loose harem and monk style pants, as well as tighter fitted ones have been brought in from Tamuril and Son’Rashiid over the years, so these are fairly common on men and women alike in downtime.

#3: Social Climbing. There is some argument as to what method works best for this, but some Draconians do stalk the import shelves for strange things from far off lands. This can lead to mixed reactions when worn. Some have simply come to be known for this behavior. (The few who travel tend to go this route for the sake of showing off their exploits.) Certain new fabrics that cost a lot to obtain are sought out to show off status, which also matters a lot to Draconians.

#4: Stubborn Clinging: There are also converts who choose to stay with whatever garb was original to them, either for comfort or rebellion. Reactions to this can be mixed based on what they choose to wear and why.

Cloaks are a very common attachment for Draconians who are leaving the castle for any reason on foot.

Tamurilian Styles
Known for things that are easy to move in and use as little fabric as possible. Leather and plant-based straps and fixtures are common. They are tribal and tend to dwell in trees, so mobility is key for these creatures. Most clothes are also specifically designed to be attached to the body but out of the way of wings. Usually in natural fabric colors. Dyes are not common.

Son’Rashiidian Styles
Feature a lot of fabric and monk influences. Very basic, rarely using jewelry and extra fixings. Even the more intricate attire from Son’Rashiidian is typically only due to being something worn for many days by that creature.

Anything not listed above would be classified as ‘foreign’. You may absolutely obtain it via import shop or travel if applicable, but note that other Draconians will react as if it is foreign concept that they’ve seen seldomly or never.

⚔️ Welcome to the Adventurer's Guild

As you may have realized, as it is now, Queen's Guard members stats are always significantly higher than everyone else's. This isn't because all other dracs have low stats, but because Queen's Guard have wars and missions built in to their starting stats already, where others do not. Not entirely fair, as the others have obviously also been doing things to better themselves.

The Adventurer's Guild is one such way to go about doing that.

Nobles, as well as Commoners who are not part of the military, do not generally fight in wars unless all hell has broken loose. While all Draconians are auto-taught and raised battle ready, that doesn't mean they have to use it on a battlefield. (Also understand that even a Draconian with 1's in every stat column is a better fighter than most creatures. For instance, if you remove their magic, A majority of Primordials and Pravda would lose to a basic Draconian in a fight, because they don't always take it upon themselves to learn physical means of attack and defense, where all Draconians are raised with it regardless of status or family. As you go up the tiers of Draconian stats, that difference in ability only becomes greater and more obvious.)

Because of this, you end up with nobles and commoners who are itching to use their abilities. The Adventurer's Guild provides an outlet for that, allowing non-Queen's Guard to grow as well and have things to do.

The Sunfire Syndicate History

The Sunfire Syndicate, the Draconian Adventurer's Guild, is located at 273 East Arena Street. It is a 2 story stone construction with pillars that extend from its top floor to the district ceiling in a 'Temple of Zeus' fashion. 'Sunfire Syndicate' is emblazoned in paint in large letters on either side.

This Guild was formed in 598 CE by 5 Draconian nobles who were fed up with the political climate of the time. Back then, with Sol gone and Keela Knight recently deceased, Draconen Prime was in a struggle for rule of its throne. Most noble houses were caught up in vying for the crown, and the Queen's Guard was all but useless as there was no coherent structure and no one knew who to follow. This meant that many of its typical functions were going undone, and little attention was being paid to the commoners. Meanwhile, any noble in the main families was being swamped in the politics constantly.

Corinno Rajni, Verena Karalis, Siegmund Knight, Kairaxa Razi, and Percival Sarki, had enough. Eventually, the group banding together in an effort to give themselves a method of getting the hell out of the squabble and bullshittery, while having fun and using their abilities for themselves. With Corinno Rajni and Siegmund Knight both being from incredibly wealthy families, they were able to buy the current Guildhouse, brandishing it with its name.

For a while, things were great. They eventually started taking in new members, as welll as allowing the community to post odd jobs in addition to their quests. While their motives were initially selfish, the community saw them as altruistic, and their reputation began to swell. As it did, the band began to believe that swollen reputation, slowly becoming that which the rumors made them out to be.

Unfortunately, along the way, Percival Sarki would show himself to be a traitor. Bad information purposefully given to a few low ranking members led them into a trap which they were ill-equipped to handle. The then leader of the Guild, Corinno Rajni, was able to save the members, but at the expense of his own life. Percival Sarki was then killed in vengeance. No one knows which founding member killed Percival; perhaps it was all of them. These days, his name is not uttered in the Guildhall.

After Corinno's passing, there was a quarrel over who would take over, as none of the 3 remaining founders wanted the responsibility. In the end, it was saddled on the eldest, Verena Karalis, who has been the Guildmaster ever since.
Businesses and Commerce
There are a good number of businesses around the guild that the guild has managed to buy out over time, thanks to early funding from Corinno and Siegmund, and later additional funding by State Sponsorship upon Sol's return, as award for great work even with the Queen's Guard was floundering.

These businesses allow them to fund themselves further with the proceeds, offer their members discounts and hook ups, and also in a lot of cases, allow them to pay their members substantially more than they would otherwise receive.

The Ranking System

Members of the Sunfire Syndicate are ranked like any Adventurer's Guild. For ease, I've included the most stereotypical common rank along side the one's the Sunfire Syndicate uses:

Diamond: S
Onyx: A
Ruby: B
Sapphire: C
Emerald: D
Citrine: E

All members begin as Citrine Ranks regardless of status, age, or anything else. This lasts around a week while the Guild gets a member acquainted with the Guild and has them tested.

After testing, many remain in the Citrine Rank. Others with higher skill sets or aptitudes may be placed in other ranks. Beyond that, ranks are reevaluated regularly via tournaments with the Diamond and Onyx Ranked Guild members.

Just like the Queen's Guard, different ranks also auto-alot stat points. Diamond gets 5, Onyx 4, Ruby 3, Sapphire 2, Emerald 1. Citrine do not received stat points from the guild, they must earn them with missions and rank improvements. (You gotta RP.)
Sunfire Syndicate Membership

Membership has some playables, some lorical NPCs. This is to make sure they have bodies to do as they need to. You are more than welcome to take over a lorical or create a full blown drac off of one if you wish, just let me know. You are also absolutely welcome to have your Common or Noble Drac join the guild, but you have to be willing to do the RP either way. The list below shows the current body roster by rank.

Note, at this time, Ruby is the absolute highest a Common Draconian can reach without going above and beyond. ❤️
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In reference to names with duplicates, The first name listed is their preferred name. In some cases, this is a nickname, so their real name follows. In other cases, they prefer their name, but others have attempted to GIVE them a nickname, which is then listed. Some of the earlier members wanted to give themselves 'cool' names. Not everyone got in on this. Some find them to be absolute goobs. Alas, they do as they like. 😂
We're still working on the rest, so if you've got some good ideas for us, toss 'em our way xD

The Early Years – Post Vampfurre Invasion
When Sol and Artemian showed up in Draconen Prime and purged the invasive vampfurre population, all those that remained from the Draconian lineage had been turned. There were a lot of external creatures brought in by the vampfurre for feeding as well. Sol’s first matter of business was converting the heads of the remaining Draconian families. These became the first converts. With their help, the influx of extraneous creatures was either killed, moved to food banks for the rest of their kind that was still stuck as vampfurre, or removed from the castle.

Over the next 15 years, the first round of converts was turned to Draconian Vampyre. The Academy had been altered in function to house the young vampfurre victims and do their best to teach them as Draconen Prime was restructured. Over the next 100 years, Sol turned ‘Gen 0’, often times the young heads of the lost families. As turning these frozen in younger stages tended to require Draconian aging after they were restarted, Sol tended to have to wait for them to reach full size before converting any remaining siblings, as to allow the older to help ‘raise’ the younger. The Aradus brothers are a great example of this, with Xavier being frozen at 11 during the Vampfurre Invasion. He had to spend about 87 years in the Academy in this state before there was an opportunity for Sol to turn him. They then had to wait an additional 160ish years for him to grow to the size of a full blown Draconian Vampyre before converting his younger brother Kazimier, who had been locked in at around 6 years of age in size and mentality.

Because of this slow early conversion process, there are members of those early generations, such as Stygia, Visage, Keilala, Xavier, and Kazimier, who did not receive ‘normal’ Academy runs or educations. These were adapted as necessary to allow them to also be trained as Draconian Vampyric Warriors by the Seraphs themselves.

Draconian domination of other lands happened in part to allow feeding of those left in common Vampfurre stage for long periods of time before conversion could be completed, so they started very quickly.

Technically, the last original Draconian to have been converted happened in the year 468. One of the Adista family, Sage, had escaped Maegliin Seregon after being turned during the Vampfurre Invasion. When she returned out of curiosity almost a thousand years later, she was reunited with her siblings and fully Turned to Draconian Vampyre, proceeding to reintegrate into society and start a family.
The Timeline
For ease, I've attempted to put anything that could matter to a Draconian player into this list to give a better idea of history and the way things have unfolded in Maegliin Seregon. This can and will expand. ❤️

Sol
Sol's rooms are sizeable due to her station, and stay within a red-black-white-gold color scheme. Everything is very ornate and grecian, with pillars around the outside of the room carved into the walls, as well as fireplaces and some torches to keep things cozy at night. She has a skylight directly in the center of her room that is pretty big since it doesn't hurt her to be in sunlight, but this has natural drains built into the floor to makeup for the rain that comes down through the skylight so that it doesn't flood her room. On one wall, water trickles down from the ceiling creating a natural water fixture.


Triumph
Triumph's room is very small because she was on bad terms with royalty when she was moved into the palace. While there are plans to move her into more adequate quarters, for the time being, she basically has a closet in comparison to everyone else. Nonetheless, she has enough room to pile in rugs and fluffy pillows to sleep and sit on. In comparison to others, her room is full of deep jewel tones of every color, along with Te'Sorthenian items to remind her of her original home. She has more of an... Ariel's grotto type of feel going, with items lining her walls.


Visage
Vis's room is very.. utilitarian. They're clearly a noble's but very very sparsely decorated. Because of her Lacunae, even though it's lessened around her people, she knows her destructive tendencies and gets irritated when she has to replace furniture constantly. The color scheme is fairly bright, sticking to shades of green, rose gold, black, and tanned stone, as if you took her and made her a suite. Hers are positioned toward the outside of the mountain, where she has a small patio/balcony area to sit outside, and a few window cut-outs to allow breezes to pass through with heavy curtains to block out sunlight as needed. The walls still have the texture of the chisels that were used to carve them down, with a strip of relief images cut in banding the room. Her bed is cut out of the mountain stone with a thin mattress topped with furs and blankets. She, like Sol, has a skylight in the center of the room with a recessed spot in the floor below it with a drain to catch rain, but it's smaller than the Queen's would be. (Essentially a waterfall shower when it storms.) Lighting is minimal but generally just candles/torches on the walls or hanging from the ceiling. Bookshelves are carved into one wall and stocked full.

Xavier
Xavier's room is a goddamn mess. Even with his lacunae in check, he prefers to have everything around him in some state of disrepair. From time to time, servants try to clean up the broken and torn up items in his room, but this usually leads to the male going on destructive benders not only in his own room, but in the rest of the palace. Due to this, like many other with this lacunae, his room is fairly scarce in items, and the items that do exist are usually shattered against walls. He has a suite of rooms, usually with a trail of destruction from one to another. These rooms are on the front side of the palace, giving him a landing and view of the outdoors. Curtains that hang over these are shreds, like the chairs and bedding, with pillows from his bed having exploded feathers all over the place. Mirrors are broken, picture frames have been knocked off of walls, etc.

Aidelyth
Aidelyth, by virtue of her lineage and unique abilities, had a small suite of rooms amongst the other nobility. She'd long ago requested a pair of rooms, one for entertaining with heavy velvet and lace curtains that, when opened, led out to a small balcony at the exterior of the mountain home. The room attached was laden with candelabras full of heavy wax candles of various colors and levels of remaining burn time. Placed in their spaces and burned so much that they'd begun to leave smoke trails up the walls they seemed to meld into. As for furniture in the main room, she kept heaping couches of thick pillows and plush blankets. Prime for bodily falling into and curling up on a whim, or firm enough that her parents and other prim guests can sit upright but in luxury.

To the left-hand side of the room stands a heavy oak doorway with another set of heavy curtains to protect from any stray daylight rays. Beyond these curtains, a small furnished bedroom. Just enough space for a four-poster bed hung with silk and lace. Velvety fur comforter in mingled silvery hues and plush pillows. In the corner, a large carved cabinet with a heavy padlock on the exterior stands.

The precise contents of this cabinet are unknown to anyone but Aidelyth. Her carefully guarded dragons' hoard if such a creature existed in her line.