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Dragons in Elder Scrolls Online's upcoming Elsweyr expansion are a fiery lot and the latest site blog takes a look at their design. Up to their release in Elsweyr, dragons in Tamriel were the stuff of legends and considered extremely rare in the Second Era. The blog details the creation of these new creatures that "represent an unusual challenge, not least because they already played such a massive part in the Elder Scrolls series".
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Aloha Mr Hand !
"We all do the best we can based on life experience, point of view, and our ability to believe in ourselves." - Naropa "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." SR Covey
It’s a mythical creature that changes from culture to culture, your description of a dragon is second generation Tolkien dragons. Which are de facto the default fantasy dragons thanks in large part to dnd. It’s not a misconception it’s a design choice. Also wyverns according to most contemporary media have poisonous tales. So stop spazzing about designs and make your own if you’re not happy with their design go buy some pencils and paper.
I think since none of these creatures really exist, some cross over is fine.
I think, to the general public, on a certain level it's "close enough."
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Just like people who are good with firearms can tell that the actor using a gun in a scene would have hit nothing in reality because his trigger control was all over the place. Or a botanist who notices you wouldn't find a particular tree or plant in the area the movie is supposed to take place in.
"We all do the best we can based on life experience, point of view, and our ability to believe in ourselves." - Naropa "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." SR Covey
Ok you seem to have missed my point. There is not set overall definition of dragon aside from flying scaled fire breathing lizard. Your concept of a dragon comes from the dnd definition of a dragon. However that is dnd this is elder scrolls. DND got that concept from Lotr/silmarillion. The reason you probable have that conception is because so many works use dnd as a baseline for world building because of how iconic and influential it is. However they do not have a copyright on the term dragon and it is up to the writer to determine what a dragon is and what a wyvern is (if the latter even exist in their work).
Sorry was on brothers pc for that reply
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon
Apparently the earliest dragon concepts were snake-like. Also consider the eastern style dragons, which are also widely used in lore today as well. Personally, I prefer the Elder Scrolls dragon to the DnD one: I don't care for six-pedal animals much. Evolutionarily speaking, they don't seem to make a lot of sense compared to the wyvern-esque version. And of course, what I really want is an actual, living dragon so I like them to be closer to my understanding of "real"
Yea but why are horses and donkeys all the same in the games that feature them. It’s almost as if, unlike dragons, ARE FUCKING REAL. There is no real model for a dragon only fantasy standards which aren’t really standards because the designs for the creature are so varied even in real mythology.
I see the point to it for being two different beings they should have separate names, but there should be also some firm standard model approved by community for which is which and why. Then I would made up some word for Wyvern for my language ( i'm not calling them Lizards with wings ) ..until then ..meh, Dragons.
Even in modern times, many languages do not make such distinctions. It's all loose translation and interpretation because many cultures have their own variant on fantasy creatures that are close, but don't fit the exact mould.
This is an argument levied not by intellectuals of the subject, but pedants who are only familiar with their niche of the world.
Here's a pretty good researched answer into the meaning and history of the name.
"We all do the best we can based on life experience, point of view, and our ability to believe in ourselves." - Naropa "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." SR Covey