Their size was breathtaking. Most were Seiikinese, with silvery hides and lithe, whip-like forms. Impossibly long bodies held up their splendid heads, and they each had four muscular legs, ending in feet with three claws. Long barbels swirled from their faces and trailed like the lines of kites. The majority were quite young, perhaps four hundred years old, but several carried scars from the Great Sorrow. All were covered with scales and ringed with sucker marks – keepsakes from their quarrels with greatsquid. Two of them possessed a fourth toe. These were dragons from the Empire of the Twelve
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