Dragon Princess forts.
Culture – Over time some women of the people mated with dragons, but they found they where not made pregnant by dragons but only got their genes incorporated with their own. When they the mated with a human man they got pregnant and the baby was born with dragon scales. These scales mature just like ordinary dragon scales over time with the child growing older going from black to white through a colour. These children also live longer than ordinary humans. But dragons do not willingly mate with anyone and everyone, and so over time half dragons became the symbol of the royal family. The queen always mates with a dragon before conceiving her first child who becomes a half dragon and thereby crown prince or crown princess. Children born after the first get some of the dragon genes, but not as much as the first born child and they get less and less with each child. (Drakgener uttrycks inte utan förekomsten av ett visst hormone (en endokrin signalmolekyl, dvs en molekyl som når alla celler genom att farads I blodomloppet). Detta hormon har en ovanligt lång halveringstid (typ ett år?) vilket leder till att färre och färre celler exponeras för det, vilket I sin tur ger att fle roch fler drakgener “stängs av” under fosterutvecklingen som en följd av brist på detta hormone. Därför avtar antalet synliga drak-drag med åren efter intag av hormonet. Gener och hormon fås från parning med drake). The dragons have conceded to this ritual in exchange for a safe haven, respect and a say about the politics of the country which might concern them. They are also an independent part of the army of Cleander. All of the royal family dress to conceal their scales if they have any (in-laws of course have not) so that diplomats and guests from foreign countries will not be scared or upset, since the royal family’s mating with dragons is not a knowledge widely spread beyond the borders of Cleander.
