Long

This is the page for information about the Long, or Lanese dragons. The following races are also related to dragons: draken, dragon, dray'kin, Gre'par'thian human, griffon.

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Long Race: Table

Long LIFESPAN:  ?? yrs CONCERNED DEITY (DEITIES): Ryuugami ORIGINAL CREATOR(S) / EXPERT(S): Nekogami PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: dragon form -- long, slender bodies with somewhat squat legs (5+ feet on all fours, 11+ feet bipedal); scales of various colors on some much of the body with a short coat of fur on the paws, forelimbs, face, tail and a mane; short snouts, mammalian in nature; vestigial wing-structures: human form -- tall and sometimes long features; furred forearms and paw-like hands; unscaled reptilian feet; thin, sometimes slanted eyes; hair color like element SPECIAL SKILLS: elemental affinity; morphing MISC: concept art by Nekogami Argovian dragons, though so unlike their cousins, still manifest elemental affinities like their cousins and much of the same ability as Igalan dragons but in different forms. Unlike Igalan dragons, Argovian dragons give live birth. Their gestation period is 296 days. The young are called kits. Argovian dragons have a more stratified social culture. Found mostly on Terumahilana and some of the smaller surrounding islands, the Argovian dragons have had centuries to create a society of 12 specialized clans. Collectively these clans are called the Clans of Long, Long being the traditional first Argovian dragon. The 12 Clans can be further divided into 4 separate subsets -- Fighters, Light, Darkness, and Neutral. Most Long prefer the smaller and more mobile human form to their serpentine bodies.

Lanese Society

girl of the Shen Clan in traditional dress, by Nekogami

Among the most ancient of dragonkind, predated perhaps only by the wyrms themselves, the Long are one of the most intelligent and socially advanced of the dragon races. Unlike their northern cousins, the Argovian dragons have a more stratified social culture. Found mostly on Terumahilana and some of the smaller surrounding islands, the Long have had centuries to create a society of 12 specialized clans. Collectively these clans are called the Clans of Long, Long being the traditional first Argovian dragon. The 12 Clans can be further divided into 4 seperate subsets: fighters, light, darkness, and neutral.

Fighters

• Li: The Li Clan are fierce warriors. They are very success-oriented and failure is hardly an option. They are a small clan but are respected and renowned for their skill in battle.
• Lao: The Lao warriors are reclusive and somewhat secretive. They allow few into their territory and those that travel outwards are probably outcasts and do not show their faces to outsiders. Exiled Lao often live a life of hermitage or commit suicide.
• Hsu: The Hsu are not as militant as the Lao or Li but are still bound by a strict code of conduct. They are very knightly in their virtues and beliefs. They can be hired for their services but if they ever deem a task unworthy or unjust they're likely to leave or turn on you. This is the only clan that permits women warriors.

Light

• Shen: Diviners, healers, and monks, the Shen clan are dedicated completely to mastering the art of magic and the supernatural. They believe in the balance of good and evil but nonetheless, attempt to control the amount of evil allowed to exist. Their greatest enemies are the Tsung.
• Min: The Min clan are a powerful clan of summoners, polymorphists, and clerics of the healing and purifying arts. They are pacifists.
• Fa: The Fa are monks and scholars. Many of the Wei, Wong, and Yu clans send their children to Fa run schools to be taught the fundamentals of learning.

Darkness

• Chen: The shadow warriors of the Long. They are almost exclusively shadow dragons and are mostly assassins and thieves. They are probably the most hated clan and given the least respect.
• Tsung: Summoners of darker things, time mages, and a portal masters, the Tsung are quite powerful and challenged only by the Shen clan in strength.
• Liu: The Liu Clan consists mainly of assassins, mercenaries, and 'ninja'. They are more respected than the Chen since they are percieved as more 'productive' than the self-serving Chen.

Neutral

• Wei: The Wei clan is the closest to peasantry as the Long clans go. They are the largest clan but do little more than agricultural work.
• Wong: The Wong are also scholars and teachers.They are somewhat travelers and philosphers but tend to be very abstract and hard to understand. They speak an entirely different dialect then most other Long Clans.
• Yu: The Yu are merchants, artists, and entertainers. They are generally accepted in the presence of all the clans being the most neutral of the neutral clans.

the Rai

See dragon#the Rai.

Gallery

All artwork by Nekogami unless otherwise noted.

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  Long in dragon form

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  girl of the Min Clan in traditional dress

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  boy of the Shen Clan in traditional dress

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  girl of the Shen Clan in traditional dress

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  Aolong, a Long of the Tsung Clan.