So to leave the harpy-werewolf wars aside for a moment and dwell on the
humanoid dragon men,or for this story
mere-dragons
mere-dragons are actually a artificially created species,created by magics which force
the physical body and mind of the host into another shape,literally and figureativelly,
by means of magic.
It all had begun way way way back when,when the meres were still just dragons ,those
50 foot long multi-ton flame breathing winged lizards that fear nothing,are evil greedy
and nasty and not too bright.
Huffingers theory was that the big scalies,faced with tiny fearful humans that seemed to be
gaining on them on world domination,ha decided to become more human.They'd employed magics
to slowly reshape themselves into something more humanoid,and over the years the magics
reshaping them had become more sophisticated and powerful.
After countless generations,the early proto-mere dragoness's didn't even lay
dragon eggs any more,but got pregnant with proto-mere-dragon babies.
The magics of the mothers were reshaping the dragon babies in the womb,so
that barely a trace that they were actually dragons squeezed into smaller smarter
packages remained.
Of course,when death finally claimed them,the magics fell apart and their bodies returned to
their natural dragon body.
But that was what you hired the mere-dragon undertaker for,to haul away gramps and
grams mere-dragon mortal remains before the magic finally gave up the ghost and
stuff happened.
Since the magics could reshape the sex as well as the rest of the infant,many a
mere-dragon undertaker had to refrain from telling the grieving relatives that
kindly Uncle Otis,slight and slender in size and temperment,had turned,apon death,back
into a huge female dragon complete with dead 45 gallon drum sized ovaries and
a snout full of long pointy teeth.
Death brought out the truth that the magic had hidden,even from Uncle Otis.
Now the meres have advanced in their magics to the point where they were
more human then dragon.Except for their light green skin,the odd scae here and there,a
bit of a snouty face and small nubs for horns nestled in their hair,they could pass
for humans at a distance.
And with the application of orange-red dyes and creams,a little skin surgery on those
scales and some costuming,many a mere-dragon had mingled with humans,with the humans
none the wiser,unless by death or some other manner,they reverted back to dragons.
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