>>5757255In the midst of this resulting outrage, you meet the eyes of your apprentice, Karz Throat-Singer. The Duergar Regent looks… Thoughtful. He has command over insects and reptiles, through his magic—perhaps in SOME way, the Bugbear Boss is right, and they COULD be tamed. They would almost HAVE to be, by some means or another.
It is true, too: no fully-grown, ancient dragons in legend tolerate one another’s presence—or if they do, it is a rare situation, usually a bond between ‘twins’ hatched from the same egg. The Wyrm Princes, merely dragonBLOODED after a fashion, express little care or empathy for one another, and would have eaten one another as hatchlings without your intervention. The Red Dragonborn constantly wrestle, and nip at one another, jockeying for dominance. These conflicts could EAISLY spiral out of control when they are all as your Big Brother is, and there are more of them.
Even before then—as only you and the Seprent Queen know, you will be leaving soon. When you depart, the Dragonborn will be under their own management—or that of your Great Green Brother, who is still somewhat… Impulsive, even savage, in his inclinations, in spite of his increased intelligence and clarity of thought.
What is your short-term solution?
>Try to teach them empathy and kindness, using the lessons you’ve learned>Let your Big Brother manage them, and keep them isolated in a sort of eyrie, apart from the regular citizenry>Let the Bugbear Boss ‘tame’ them with his savage conditioning, if he can>Guide Karz Throat-singer further along the path to a Dragon Soul, in the hopes he can muster a <Fearsome Presence> to rival theirs>Write-inWhat about LONG-term?
>The Dragonborn population’s breeding and movements must be controlled, though you hate to do it>The Dragonborn Project will be suspended, and their growth curtailed, to keep them from growing too powerful>Bloodrise will expand, if it must, so the Dragonborn can spread their wings and seize what they need to live happy, draconic lives>The Dragonborn WILL be integrated into your society, damnit, though it means risking your authority and that of your heirs>Write-in 