Draconic (CTL)

Draconic is one of the sub-types of the Fairest seeming. They are the inheritors of the blood of Faerie's "great beasts", from dragons to demons. Theirs is the blessing of the Dragon's Talon.

Overview
Some monsters are hideous, and others are beautiful. Draconics hold  the  blood  of  the  latter. They are bestial  without  having  acquired  the  animalistic mind of a Beast, primal in ways that speak of bone and talon and fiery blood. Draconics are creatures of Mephistophelean confidence, charm and hidden savagery. The cruelty  of  Arcadia  seems  to  run  a  little closer to the surface in a Draconic, though some turn the cruelty toward good ends. They can be quite aggressive, rivaling Ogres in their relish for physical solutions to problems. More than one changeling has found Draconics  a  little  Luciferan,  though  in  truth the mortal  world  has  yet  to  become  truly  Hell  and Faerie is a long way from Heaven.

The kith’s  distinguishing  characteristics  may overlap with those of some Beasts or Ogres, though the Draconic  is  always  clearly  beautiful  and  commanding enough to be Fairest above all else. Draconics often display some sort of bestial tell. It may be the pearl in the throat of a Chinese dragon, hands that are elegantly talon-like, neatly overlapping scales or a carnivore’s sharp teeth. Many possess a very dragonlike arrogance, perhaps without having noticed their change in  demeanor. A Draconic  stands  tall  and proud, his posture giving off a faint aura of primordial strength.

Durance
Some Draconics  were  altered  by  human-seeming  fae  to  deliberately  acquire  their  monstrous traits, perhaps to make the Draconics into elegant yet ferocious pit-fighters or palace guards. More were closer to fae that had very little semblance of humanity. Dragons and basilisks were such Draconics’ masters, or such things that come closest to the familiar human  myth. They might  have  served  in damp caves where the only illumination came from cold light  shining  off  hoarded  treasures,  but  many more were  kept  in  palaces  as  grand  and  bizarre  as their Keepers. A Draconic may have served alongside more hobgoblins and fae beasts than stolen humans, sycophantic terrors currying the Great Beast’s favors.

Draconics may have been kept as decoration or as concubines, but they also come from a wide variety of physical roles. Many were taught to fight and kept as soldiers or gladiators. Others might have had to physically care for monstrous Keepers or the less intelligent pets of their masters. The more a changeling scrubbed the serrated scales of his charge, the more his skin grew scales in response to protect him from the sharp edges. He may have had to eat from the same  trough  as  his  Keeper’s  cockatrices,  and grown stronger  and  more  dangerous  on  their  unwholesome feed.

Folklore
Despite the name “draconic,” this kith can be tied to any manner of fae that is partly monstrous yet somehow elegant. They might recall sirens or lamiae, or the serpent-bodied Melusine. The classic “devil at the crossroads” might engender a Draconic, hiding devilish  strength  and  vigor  under  his  neat black suit. A riddling  Draconic,  somewhat  leonine and somewhat hawkish, sat at the foot of a sphinx’s throne. A thundercloud-dark rakshasa kept a stable of pet changelings, who became savagely beautiful to mirror their lord and king.

Frailties
Taboo of  vengeance  against  thieves, riddling compulsion, repelled by silver, must eat red meat at every meal, cannot harm those who flatter them, injured by virgin’s blood.