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For centuries dragons have been such a target of prejudice that it has driven the poor creatures to the point of near extinction. The few that survived the era of brave knights in search of fame, or the groundless accusations of spurned “damsels in distress,” have attempted to integrate into the mainstream of society by utilizing the one historical skill at which they excel.
The flame which originates from the belly of a dragon, can only be extinguished by the dragon who breathed it into life. This preternatural blaze will also consume all other natural fires that exist within its close proximity. The combination of these effects make dragons the perfect firefighter. A single torch, lit with dragon fire, when properly tossed, can extinguish a veritable conflagration with ease.
As natural as they are in the firehouse, unfortunately, they are not very good sportsmen. Those few firehouses that can find, and employ dragons often stock checkerboards in reserve, because dragons are just as likely to turn the playing surface to ash, then to admit defeat in the traditional fireman avocation.
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“My father, and his father, and his father before him, for generations untold, worked the mines in the traditional way, We’ve used ancestral tools to protected our great halls from dragons, goblins, orc risings and evil wizards. The sounds of axe and shovel reverberate in our bones and color our blood. Our children suckle on carbon steel to pacify their cries, and the old use stone polished pick heads as crutches.
You can imagine then, the reluctance to embrace a technology that threatened these ardent symbols of our way of life.
However, when we were told in order for this new contraption to work, we needed to strap a steam forge onto our back while directing a impact hammer tied to our midsection … well, this new picture of dwarf virility was easily adopted.
After all, there’s not much call for slaying dragons anymore.”
