Settings and Locales

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Fun question IbanezJFS! Well, it has two answers actually. Moordryd moved the Dragon Eye compound there when he took over the crew. First off, because the old concert hall was abandoned (read: available) and second, because it was cool to the Dragon Eyes who consider themselves the "rock stars" of the Street Crews and especially cool to Moordryd who covets the spotlight in the figurative, metaphoric and literal sense. One of the little insights into how we create characters and stories in "The Story Hat" is to recognize that certain kinds of people, with certain backgrounds, really do gravitate to specific people, places and things in order to reflect who they are, where they came from or what the hope for. In this sense, a son starved for affection, living in the dark shadow of his father, would look to express himself in the most attention getting and flamboyant way!


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SilverDragon, there are both! There is vast wilderness between cities and yes there are other cities on this planet! They are remnants of the city states that once were the Draconium Empires! One sits near a chain of volcanos (RED), one by a great sea (LIGHT BLUE), one of windswept caverns and cliff sides (WHITE) and so on. These city-states are who compete in the Elite Class Races! It is here in the Elite Class that war takes place on a weekly basis. The Elite Class was designed as a means to control the warring impulse, to prevent future was by allowing a controlled sport version of it. Dragon City is just the oldest and most powerful city and the seat of the vestiges of the ancient gold dragons but for a time, the old city was abadoned to Hydrags and Muhorta as the humans and dragons spread out and became empires.


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wow Totaly drack!!! to think Dragon city is very big and to think that theres' aother places like that!!!! with water ^_^ ( we dont' see real wter ) I wonder is they race in the water??or if there's a place called Iconium ( a place I found in my bible!)
~Shearkin

those are pretty cool answers
i wonder if we'll see these places

shearkin where in your bible did you find that place (book, chapter, and possibly verse)



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It's in Turkey.

I wonder idf they have any cool and unusuale metals there?hmmm.........*Picks up rock pick and runs out side only to remember that Turkey is a few thousand miles away*Drat!!! >_<

WOW, im surprised it had that much detail behind it. I figured it was just a coincidence. They might as well through a concert in there.

Yeah I know, especially with the size of those speakers! :D

But it's cool that there's that much thought put into where Moordryd would set up the crew headquarters. The rock star image certainly fits him! :)

And now we know for sure that there are other cities around. I hope we get to see them at some point and see what might be different about life/culture in those other cities.

Answers from The Magna Draconis (Round Two Questions) for Settings and Locales:

Hi Hydrag, awesome question and let me tell ya! Very similar in evolutionary terms as our world only reptillian based, many of the creatures you find here, you'll find there in Dragon City. They serve many of the same purposes, insects to pollinate plants and scavenge waste, domestic pets that seem vaguely canine and feline, Cow drags, certain bird-like species. Basically, the field is wide open for you all in the forums to create some for your stories and art work. Sorry, it's a short answer but as the story editor and primary writer for the show, I sometimes make up some of the animals as needed as we go!

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BUGGER!!!! I am very excited to get my answer but Ill admit that I was hoping for some possible revelations. I just hope for everyones elses sakes that that he gets more explicit(I belive thats the correct word for the situation) Thanks for posting my answer and I am very excited to learn the rest of the questions soon.

Try not to be disappointed. It's like asking those Oracles you see in ancient literature: you don't always get the answer you wanted. :)

He actually said quite a bit: there's a whole ecosystem out there and all the animals except for humans are reptile-based. In fact, I'll bet you that even the fish bones we see in the trash are reptiles on their planet! And I bet they're called drago-fish or some such thing. :) And it's a virtual certainty that they have dragon flies as well. :D

Plus he gave you an honest answer: they make animals up as they go along based upon the needs of the story. This also tells us that there's probably no significant new species to be introduced that will affect the story arc in any way. The story of Dragon Booster is about dragons and humans, and they don't intend to bring anything else into the mix. I think that tells us quite a bit. It's hard to ask for more than that.

Yes, Furox! Drago Dragonflies! :D

Good thing too. I can't imagine an episode in which a Drago-slug saved DB from certain doom... :P

Very true thanks Furox, I was very tired when I posted that reply. I love the fact that all the animals have reptile twists to them.

Answers from The Magna Draconis (Round Three Questions) for Settings and Locales:

Nayade, you are indeed onto something! There were many ancient temple built by the dragon priests and they are in every level of Dragon City and this particular one does hold some very interesting significance in the story of the original boosters. The main temples of course are deep in the old city but as the city grew, changed and the powers shifted, the priesthood had to go into hiding for various reasons, one; becuase they knew too much about hidden secrets such as bone-marks and gear and two: because being the keepers of the old way, at certain times, they were the enemies of the state. Today, they often move from ancient temple to ancient temple, living the life of fugitives and secret advisors (Tannis Blayrr). Awesome question

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Fab question Liliwen. For starters, Draconis is the planet's name. Dragon City sits in a massive depression much like the Grand Canyon, meaning in our case, that about two thirds of the way up is at sea level so for now, going down into the Undercity and the Old City are more like going into conventional mines on Earth only deeper...and being in Sun City is more like living in colorado except that Dragon City lies close to the planet equator making it far warmer and much less seasonal than Denver. Now, while the deep parts of the city would figure to be quite cold, remember that much of the ground of Earth has a native temperature of 55 degrees fahrenheit or 13 degrees celsius and Draconis is no different. Also, the Old City is closer to the geothermal and volcanic activity that helped drive the building of the city in the first place after the golden age was over. Hope that helps!

This is awesome, I'm very glad with the answers. Thanks Magna Draconis.
And thanks a lot for this Furox^^

Now, that makes more questions^_^. Maybe that was when occur the first D-H war.

That's cool. Now we know the name of the planet and that is not this earth, and many more. Now where humans always in that planet or they colonised it?

you just read my mind

awsome answers!

My pleasure. :)

Looks like it might be a case of the new regime doing a purge of the old or something like that.

The total lack of other mammal species on the planet would seem to point a strong finger at colonization. Good question for the next round though. :)

I think it's pretty cool that the city lies in a depression. So if Sun City is supposed to be at a Denver-like altitude (roughly one mile above sea level), then the city extends about 19 miles below sea level. Now that's deep! A quick google search says the deepest mine in our world is only 3.6 km (about 2.2 miles), so this depression is way deeper than that. At least the geothermal activity keeps it warm. Maybe that's why the city was built in that location since maybe it provides the right temperature range for the dragons regardless of the altitude. Still, I wonder what the air density would be at the base (I don't know the equation for that off hand). Seems like the air should be heavy, especially with warm temperatures.

Still, fun idea to build a vertical city in a deep depression in the surface of the planet. I wonder what the diameter of depression is now. The bottom area where all the ruins are always seems cast in shadows, so maybe that suggests it isn't very wide since the canyon walls would tend to block out light.

I guess we'll just have to visit and find out. :)

the air would be heavier
my dad said that at the air at the dead sea would definetly be thicker(not because of the salt)
even in that depression if there weren't any thermal energy it would still be quite warm cause of the angle of the sun.

Cool answers there! ;)

That sounds logical...

Wow, never expected that to happen. Reminds me of the Samurais way back in feudal Japan.

Ahhh, nice name for a planet. Dedicated to the dragon race there I presume? :)

So, it's official; no snow/winter in Dragon City. Just like here...but less hot. :plot:

Wonder how the situation becomes if there's no geothermal activity. Frozen dragons?.. :P

Probably. :) Dragons are clearly warm blooded, so they should be OK in cooler temperatures for reasonable periods of time (unlike real world reptiles), especially since draconium energy should make for good body heat. And their hides are pretty tough, so they should have some natural insulation against the cold. I'm going to assume they could visit a cold snowy area for a brief time, but would probably have to take shelter at some point just like we do.

I'm also going to assume that if there was no geothermal activity around, then they would have built the city somewhere else where it was consistently warm.

Tannis Blayrr... When I first read that, I thought it was Tony Blair!! Now... is that a hint, or possible endorsement by NerdCorps, or *brick'd to shut up*

Yeah, yeah, I know. It was a joke! I'm being obnoxious!

Yaha!! I AM a genius!! I've been calling the planet Draconis for a while! Yeah! I am just so aweso-*brick'd again*

Hmm... so, what we are seeing with the Wastelands of Loanne is NOT the surface of the planet, but the bottom of the depression! So, the rest of the planet is NOT like the Wastelands! Do I see any jungle fanfics coming?...

um...Nayade. not to sound rude or like ababy or anything, buuut...your avatar's kinda greusom. sorry. :plot:

Awesome answers!!! I hope a network agrees to DB soon.

Droconis is the planet's name, cool! And the city is a mystical structure, how do they live there. Being nearly 19 miles below sea level? :eep: