Dragonblood#

Dragonblood resemble tall, hairless elves at first glance — features refined but subtly sharpened by draconic influence. Fine scales trace their skin in irregular patterns, most often along the spine, temples, or cheekbones, though some bear them across the neck, hands, or feet. A rare few develop horn-like protrusions or vestigial claws at the fingertips, a lingering echo of the ritual that shaped their kind. Their natural lifespan is approximately 500 years.

They are not common in Bridgeport, but they are not unknown. When you see one, you know it.

In the World#

Origins#

Dragonblood were not born of romance or mingled bloodlines. They were shaped through ritual.

Long after the giants abdicated their dominion and the great dragon wars scarred the skies, chromatic dragons and high elven archmages found themselves aligned by necessity. Metallic dragons had turned from old pacts and sought hegemony that neither chromatic dragon nor elf would tolerate. Desperate to counter their power, the archmages devised an esoteric rite — not to summon a weapon, but to create one.

From draconic essence and elven refinement, the Dragonblood were forged. They bore the strength, presence, and elemental will of dragons tempered by the discipline and clarity of elven minds. They were champions engineered for a single purpose.

They exceeded it.

They fought not as constructs but as people — choosing sacrifice, defending cities that had not yet claimed them as kin. When the wars ended and their creators debated whether their usefulness had passed, it was the Eternal Charr who intervened. Seeing in them not weapons but stewards of a wounded world, Charr granted the Dragonblood the gift denied to constructs: the right to endure through reproduction.

Thus the Dragonblood became a true people of Orb.

Character and Culture#

Their origins are remembered in song and cautionary tale. Some see them as relics of draconic ambition. Others revere them as the bridge that prevented annihilation. Their presence carries weight — as though ancient battles still hum beneath the surface of their skin.

Though shaped in conflict, the Dragonblood are not bound to it. They walk Orb as scholars, guardians, wanderers, and leaders. The war that birthed them is long past. The weight of it is not.

In Bridgeport#

Several notable Dragonblood figures hold positions of influence in Bridgeport. Brenn Ironweal of the Smiths’, Armorers’ & Metalworkers’ Consortium sits on the Council of Trades — his skin bearing a faint metallic sheen, and heat playing strangely across his features when he stands near an active forge. Fenric Dawnspear, a Bronze Dragonblood, serves as Training Yard Marshal at the Adventurer’s Hall.

In Wexford, Captain Aurix Valemor — a Gold Dragonblood — commands the Crown garrison, calm and methodical in all things.

Playing a Dragonblood#

The following is for players creating a Dragonblood character using the Daggerheart system.

Forged in ritual from chromatic dragon essence and high elven refinement, the Dragonblood were purpose-built for a war that ended long ago. They fought not as constructs but as people — choosing sacrifice, defending cities that had not yet claimed them as kin. The Eternal Charr granted them the right to endure. The war that birthed them is past. The weight of it is not.

Ancestry Features#

Draconic Resistance When you would take Severe damage, you may mark a Stress to treat it as Major damage instead.

Charr’s Legacy Once per session, when you act in direct defiance of fear, coercion, or a force trying to break your will, you may clear 1 Stress.