A Dragon's Treasure
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The dragon is a great lover of art, especially gold, and
silver work. He loves to hoard jewels and treasure, amassing vast amounts
of valuable antique metal work. He is not known for his love of intricate
crafts nor artistic skills, preferring demolition and coarse construction activities
by far. That is why he does not devote himself to creating jewels,
but only to 'acquiring them' by mining and from human beings through various methods.
Many dragons are willing to resort to robbery, looting, or fraud to obtain the jewelry,
gold and gems they covet, but Sparky will trade, barter, entertain or seduce them from
wealthy humans by means he defines as "strictly honorable". He swears that the threat
of a twenty foot burst of flame, leveled waist high, has never influenced any of his "clients".
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Western Dragons can be miserable misers. Although they haven't any
real use for money and jewels, they collect heaps of gold and gems. They
will threaten serious injury to anyone coming near their hoard. Miser dragons have
bloodshot eyes. That's because they are always on the lookout for people
who try to steal their treasures. They even sleep with their eyes open.
Their eyes are red from the strain of never closing them, and from the
glare of glittering gold and sparkling jewels. |
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Gold is a magnet that attracts dragons. The Roman writer Pliny relates
that hunters baited a dragon by hanging gold at the entrance to its cave.
When the beast came out, the hunters played soft music to lull it to
sleep, then they cut off its head. The dragon feels he never has enough
jewels and he finds it difficult to part voluntarily with a single one of
his treasures. Even though, for example, he gives jewels to the
favorites in his family; he does it purely because be knows that they will never
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He is very jealous of his belongings and guards the treasure he has
built up over the years in large storerooms. He keeps detailed inventories
of all his possessions so that he can be alerted immediately if a single
object goes missing. Jewels serve a specific purpose for the dragon
in that he usually sleeps on a bed of gems and luxurious fabrics, such as
silks and velvets. For this bed he never uses soft stones like pearls and
emeralds, as they are too fragile and may be damaged by his tough scales. |
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