Dragonkin



The dragonkin are a race of powerful and intelligent dragon-like creatures who were known to humans as powerful and malevolent creatures that spread destruction wherever they went. In battle, they have been seen to use exceptionally powerful dragonbreath.

The dragonkin are the original creators of armour and weaponry based on Orikalkum, a material which is known by adventurers as dragon equipment.

History
At some point, they were enslaved by Jas and given the task of guarding the Stone of Jas. When one uses the Stone, the dragonkin feel pain and, eventually, become enraged, causing them to seek out destruction; they refer to this pain as the "Curse".

However, not all dragonkin fully succumb to the Curse; some, such as Zorgoth, resist the curse and choose to focus on lifting it through many experiments in laboratories hidden throughout the world, such as Crandor, Ungael, and Lithkren. As they are unable to reproduce, they attempted to create beings of the same lineage as themselves, yet not born of them directly, resulting in the creation of dragons. During the Fourth Age, dragonkin who succumbed to the Curse attacked human settlements, which prompted heroes such as Robert the Strong, Tristan, Aivas, and Camorra to drive them back. One such battle took place on Lithkren, where the four slayed a dragonkin who attempted to open the doors leading to the Lithkren laboratory, ready to release their "ultimate weapon". Fearing what may lie behind those doors, the heroes decided to split the dragon key the dragonkin left behind and hid the pieces around the world. During the Fifth Age, an adventurer and Dallas Jones, an expert on dragons, unwillingly opened the Lithkren laboratory, whose key was split by the Fourth Age heroes long ago, and freed Zorgoth, a dragonkin who was sealed behind the doors. Because humans were not willing to distinguish the aggressive dragonkin from the peaceful ones, he has grown to spite humanity, and perfected the ultimate weapon, Galvek, during his imprisonment. Seeing the threat Zorgoth posed to the world, the kingdoms of Gielinor, namely Asgarnia, Misthalin, Kandarin, as well as the Fremennik Province, Burthorpe, and Camelot, stood united against the dragonkin threat, planning an assault on Ungael, where the dragons of the world are gathering.

The assault was a success, resulting in the defeat of Galvek and Zorgoth, but not without many casualties from the united kingdoms, and Bob the Cat.

Abilities
Not much of dragonkin combat has been seen, but what has been witnessed is evidence of tremendous power. During the battle on Lithkren in the Fourth Age, Aivas, Tristan, Odysseus, Robert the Strong, and Camorra slayed a dragonkin, but not without sustaining heavy injuries and the death of Aivas.

In addition, during a battle against Robert after the battle on Lithkren, another dragonkin used powerful magic, almost killing him, after having defeated his loyal sidekick Odysseus. However, Robert managed to retaliate and slay the dragonkin.

Language
The dragonkin have a language, of which little is known, as they speak in the common tongue most of the time. The language and sentence structure is direct and simple, which follows something like below:

Subject - Adjective if required - Action modifier - Action - Object.

The only example of dragonkin language being in Old School RuneScape is a shrine found in the northern portion of the Wyvern Cave, whereupon examining it will state "Forcae castil draekeun. Ortha lokur. Lith kletter ortha lokur. Draekeun fia Lithkren." This can be roughly translated as ''Forcae combine dragon. First steel. Superior green first steel. Dragon safe from Lithkren''. Forcae is the name of the dragonkin who created adamant and rune dragons, while Lithkren is the name of a fortress built by a dragonkin, who the author of the ancient diary knew.

Most of these words were taken from the live game's Dragonkin Primer or other texts from the live game, which Old School Jagex Moderators have used in related content.

Translated

 * Arakken = Dungeon
 * Castil = Combine
 * Chen = Razed/Destroyed
 * Crasortius = Surrender
 * Draekeun = Dragon
 * Drakkerkin = Dragonkin
 * Fia = Safe/Protected from
 * Galvek = Fate
 * Gres = East
 * Hesente = Intruder
 * Kath = Failure/Weakling/Runt
 * Kalist = Catalyst, sometimes Stone of Jas
 * Kletter = Green
 * Kreath = Dark/Shadow/Black
 * Lith = Superior
 * Lokur = Steel
 * Ortha = First
 * Tho = South
 * Verak = King/Emperor?
 * Vosk = False User

Untranslated

 * Askanth
 * Carratas
 * Dosk
 * Falkar
 * Hok
 * Kalgat
 * Kel
 * Kren
 * Kuln
 * Pthen
 * Reageth
 * Roake
 * Sokun
 * Traken
 * Ven
 * Volat
 * Tescan
 * Tesska

The Ancient Cavern
The dragonkin are thought to have created the Ancient Cavern underneath Baxtorian Falls, as the several ancient pages from my notes suggests the cave appeared artificial in origin and suggested dragonkin involvement. The Ancient Cavern also contains a forge used to smith the dragon platebody and dragon kiteshield; this further supports the idea that the dragonkin created dragon equipment.



The Dragonkin's Symbol
The Dragonkin are associated with a symbol with visual similarities to the Stone of Jas. It consists of a circle with a compass rose in the right half, and on the left half, a pattern identical to the one found on the Stone of Jas. There is also another Dragonkin symbol, which is only the compass rose without the Stone. This is because the Dragonkin symbol is actually a full compass rose, the half-stone-half-rose symbolises the Dragonkin's bonding to the curse of Jas. The symbol is seen on the floor in the hallway before entering the Lithkren laboratory. The compass symbols are shown around the main symbol. The compass symbol is also seen on the floor of their castle from A Tail of Two Cats.

Known Dragonkin
Currently, only three are known, with only one named. Several others are mentioned in the ancient diary and old notes, but their status remains unknown.


 * Dragonkin (A Tail of Two Cats)
 * Dragonkin (Dragon Slayer II)
 * Zorgoth

Trivia

 * Dragonkin share a similar appearance to the Skeksis from the 1982 fantasy film The Dark Crystal. It was confirmed by Mod Mark during the London RuneFest get-together (28 January 2011) that the Dragonkin were actually based on Skeksis, due to his love of the movie The Dark Crystal.