General Character Creation

All characters originate from Dragons’ Cove or Old Surahnia and the land thereabouts in the case of Surahnians and Lahrukans only. The origin and present location of your character will vary by race, faction and occupation; it is worth noting that different locations have different characteristics. Some are naturally peaceful, artisan type cities and other places are poor or dubious in nature; there is a lot of variety. Basic information is available at the settings and reference maps page; more detailed descriptions are found on in villages, towns and cities.

Certain locations/origins will be strongly discouraged if not completely disallowed for new members on the basis of still needing to know more lore and get a “feel” for Dragons’ Cove before engaging with it; they often hold more sway than other places might, and so come with responsibility.

Discouraged locations for newbies are:
- Old Surahnia and surrounding countries of Lahruka, Kahruna
- Kaionar
- Zay’s pants

All character bios must be submitted with a birthdate so that in plot-time can translate to character aging. When your character’s birthday is reached within plot roleplay, you will be required to update your character bio to show their new age.
The current year in Dragons’ Cove is 2709; to see the approximate present day/month in roleplay, visit the plot updates and information board.
Even if you do not wish for a character to participate in plot, a birthdate must be used, including the year born.

How your character matures is dependent on the species it is, as is its average lifespan. Non-dragon character races have all their aging info stated in the next section “Acceptable Character Races”. Non-dragon characters have an upper age limit of 500 years, although ancient characters can go over this age in-plot. As for dragons, read on.

A dragon’s lifespan is determined by their “endurance” stat (which also governs how much stamina they have in general). In addition, special dragons, regardless of their endurance, all live longer.


Dragons in DC mature quite randomly; growing from a child to an adult can take anywhere from 1 year to 25 or so with longer living dragons typically taking longer to mature than younger ones.