I’m thinking of the legendary version, from the MonsterVerse. I’m not 100% sure yet, but I’m leaning toward making him around twice the size of that Godzilla at most—maybe just a bit bigger than Shimo. I’ll put together another scale as soon as I can so you all can give me some feedback.
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Turns out he did all this by accident.
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In the Monsterverse, Godzilla is 393ft/120 meters. If we double that, it becomes 786ft/240 meters. Shimo is 380ft/116 meters on all fours and 575 ft/175 meters when standing, so I’ll just use the standing height for the double 1,150ft/350 meters. The range is between those two. In total, Azgor at max height is about 2/5 the size of the Burj Khalifa, which is 2,717ft/828 meters. If Azgor is too big, then maybe something between 575ft/175 meters and 786ft/240 meters is about right. I’m not really good at the whole size thing, so if anyone has any ideas, go ahead and share them.
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I can imagine him destroying nations with ease, but at this size he would destroy the entire Europe with a belch.
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“So why DID you destroy the empire?”
“It all started when I had too much soda.”
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Had a question: has MC’s longevity increase bc of the experiments?
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Did a bit of reworking—I think this size fits better when considering the other dragons and the overall story. What do you guys think? Maybe a bit larger? Also, in case the bottom text is too small, it reads: the largest dragon ever found, large adult dragon, average adult dragon, and the dragon from the intro scene.
Edit: length should be 270 meters, and wingspan around 650, my mistake
Scaling isn’t exactly my strong suit, haha, so any suggestions are more than welcome!
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Yep, the MC’s lifespan was massively extended, mostly due to the changes Azgor made to their body rather than the experiments themselves. The other test subjects will also live longer, though nowhere near as long as the MC. It’s unclear exactly how much longer… maybe Cassiel will uncover more about it someday.
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Right now I miss the old measurements
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This one isn’t final either—just testing to see how it feels. Honestly, it does seem a bit too small to me too, but I also don’t want him to be so absurdly massive that he couldn’t even see a person, haha. I’m aiming for something somewhere in the middle.
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Is there something like magic sense in your universe you can use this as a way to let Azgor can feel things around him despite he is monstrously big size
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There is, it’s just that with that size he wouldn’t even need to do it. I’ve tweaked it a bit, I think its a little better now. What do you think?
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This makes more sense yeah.
Dragons must be surprisingly light to fly at that size.
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Sort of. It’s similar to what the Aurelians did with their flying ships. On the ground, they’re as heavy as you’d expect a creature of that size to be. But when they are going to take flight, they use the magic in their core to reduce the pull of gravity on themselves. That’s also why the Aurelians used dragon cores for their floating islands and ships—this type of magic is essentially imprinted into the core, and dragons can use it instinctively.
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But this says he wouldn’t need to use magic.
Also did the dragons have an issue with using the cores for this purpose? Like on principle? Or is it more of a “well you lost to the squishy mortals, that’s on you” sort of deal?
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I might’ve misunderstood the question, then. From what I understood, I said Azgor would be so massive he wouldn’t even be able to see people—and then Ronin asked if he couldn’t use magic to sense their presence. I responded that he could, but wouldn’t even need to. But not because he would be able to see them, but because humans would be so small compared to him, they’d be like germs: completely harmless and beneath his notice. That wasn’t about flight I think.
As for using the cores for this kind of magic, dragons don’t really think about it. It’s similar to their firebreath—it’s essentially magic, but to them it’s as natural as breathing, so they don’t view it as “magic” in the way others do.
But if you were asking about how dragons feel about the Aurelians using their cores for floating islands and ships, that will be explored more in the story soon. But in short—they hate it. It’s considered the worst fate for a dragon, to have their core “enslaved” by another race. But its not like they are actually being enslaved though, dragons don’t usually retain consciousness in their cores, Azgor was an exception. Its more of a cultural thing.
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Another reason I was thinking of an Arael-Ruby polycule.
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“This one time, at band camp…”
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Bro went on Hot Ones and the world never recovered.
Killing sentient beings for this purpose seems… not good to say the least. I do have to hope we can find a more ethical substitute that doesn’t involve a genocide campaign. Also hoping it’s not a “either you do the horrible thing to get the power or accept going permanently back to pre-industrial levels” genre of “magic powered by a bad thing” stories. I never much cared for those since it’s a depressing dichotomy and I don’t think i works as an allegory for industrialization unless we want to assume Luddite logic.
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There are alternatives. The Aurelians used dragon cores for their floating islands and massive warships because the cores are larger, more stable, and can be “recharged” without needing to be replaced—making them a much better option for large-scale structures.
However, for smaller ships, they used large magic crystals—similar to the ones Cassiel gives the Warden to practice with, just on a much bigger scale. These crystals are much easier to obtain and replace, but they have a lower capacity and are far more fragile. The ships Vlorora used were powered by magic crystals for example.
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