Settled in the Eastern Sunlands, the dragonborn thrive under the scorching sun of the deserts that fill the region, sometimes settling in the canyons that spread throughout like a maze. The dragonborn societies of Havilon see Draconiz, the Aspect of Nature, as their favored deity. They have a decades-long war with the orcs of the northern regions, whose raiding parties target the smaller dragonborn settlements and nomadic tribes. The dragonborn are not secular, though not many other races thrive as well as they do in the high temperatures, so most settlements in the Eastern Sunlands are predominantly dragonborn. Havilal, the First Explorer, was notably a bronze dragonborn, and this is a point of pride among the draconic settlers.
Dragonborn have a single name with several hard consonants, appended with the name of their clan, whose name is always long and hard to pronounce for other peoples, such as Morbor of Teccushtar.
The dragonborn are visually distinct from one another by the color of their scales as a member of either the chromatic, metallic or rarer gem dragonborn. Though draconic, the dragonborn have no tail or wings.
- The chromatic dragonborn have scales of black, blue, green, red, or white.
- The metallic dragonborn have scales of brass, bronze, copper, gold, or silver.
- The gem dragonborn have scales interwoven with colors of amethyst, crystal, emerald, sapphire, or topaz.
In the animal kingdom, whenever eggs need to be transported, a reptile parent carries them in the mouth, which is reasonably low to the ground, and thus accidentally dropping it is not too much of a danger. This is not the case with dragonborn, being bipedal creatures who carry their eggs around in their arms; dragonborn eggs have hence evolved into a rubbery and bouncy shell, but of course, now it is more common to secure the eggs in slings and holsters.
Dragonborn architecture consists primarily of stone, as buildings burning down would otherwise be a very frequent problem when one-sixth of your population is born with the ability to spew flames. For similar reasons, barbequed, smoked, marinated, and chilled food is a big part of dragonborn culture as well.