Some of this information is inaccurate, though that may not be something that can be determined from the published stories.
Dragons aren't bright enough to talk until well after what would generally be considered adulthood; they keep growing in intelligence, as well as in size, for as long as they live.
Aldagon is, in fact, only the fourth-oldest dragon in the World; it's just the three older ones have never been seen or mentioned.
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>> Okay -- so, what DO dragons smell like? Because the detail is >> Hanner realizing he's close enough to Aldagon to smell her. > >A heavy, humid combination of copper, leather, sulfur and sweat. I was thinking something dry, hot, and ophidian, myself. |
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>Reptiles I've handled (snakes, lizards, alligators, turtles) mostly smelled >like the environment we pulled them from. Yes, there is a distinctive smell >but it's faint--consider that they don't sweat, after all.
>I guess Aldagon wouldn't actually smell of blood at that precise moment, and >neither would Dumery. I wrote the relevant paragraph, and said (among other things) that it reminded Hanner of blood without actually being that similar. |
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