Drakenaer

The 'Drakenaer are a race of draconic humanoids. Though not native to Sundry itself, several of the Warriors of Twilight and Madness are of this race.

Experiment and Observation Log
Initial experiments= Subject: Calderone Hale, Ornamented Drakenaer Interviewer: Shirayuri Konohana Observer: Iae Kallinar

Request: SK: "We're interested in examining your tail strength. Do you think you'd be able to hang upside-down from this tree branch with it?" Response:
 * ''Hale: "...that branch is almost certainly going to break."
 * ''SK: "But could you?"
 * ''Hale: "About as well as you could walk on your hands."
 * ''SK: "Oh."

Request: ''SK: Could we have a look at that shield of yours? It seems to be connected to your magical ability, so perhaps it would better allow us to identify the nature of...Drakenaer...magic..."''

Response: Hale delivered a glare that could be described variously as "frosty", "icy", "glacial" and "like standing in a blizzard naked". Request denied. Dr Shirayuri appeared to wilt under said gaze.
 * SK: "Um...maybe not."
 * Hale: "...you may look."

SK proceeded to observe. From a distance.

Samples=

Memos between Shirayuri and Iae= ''Dear Ms Kallinar,

''Hale has told me something very interesting. Apparently there exist human-Drakenaer hybrids! I am wondering now whether they are not so much a separate species, as humans who have been magically modified in some way. What do you think?

''Yours sincerely,

Shirayuri Konohana

''Shirayuri,

''That's certainly interesting in terms of observations of their hybrid abilities and physiology, but I don't follow the logic in your last line. Could you explain to me?

&mdash; Iae

''Dear Ms Kallinar,

''Species so separate should not be able to breed and produce viable offspring. This is fascinating!''

''Yours sincerely,

Shirayuri Konohana

''Shirayuri,

''I think not necessarily, depending on the world. My wife has scales and tentacles, and our daughter is a catperson.

&mdash; Iae

Your wife and daughter what''???

&mdash; Shirayuri



Acknowledgement
The Luminous Society would like to thank Calderone Hale and Draken Silverius for their kind cooperation in accumulating this knowledge.