DoD Dragon lore

// Author's note: This is just intended to be comprehensive fanon/headcanons and is by no means canon, this is just something to help fill in the holes for people who want to create dragon characters from this universe. The wiki has all available canon information regarding dragons and it will for the most part be referenced here. I reiterate; This source is not canon. These are just my own theoretical 'rule set' based on what (little) we know. //
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	The strongest of all monsters. Possessing great intelligence, they live up in highlands and among the clouds, far away from human settlements. Ancient dragons and other subspecies also exist.

The Dragons were originally created to be the servants and "Messengers" of the gods alongside the Watchers: both were created to aid in guarding the world and eventually destroying mankind. But despite their origins, the Dragons wish to rebel and take control of the world. They are, according to Legna, the ones who created humans, though from what and whether this is actually the truth given the Dragons' own origins is left ambiguous. If they are called to do so, they will still answer the call of their creator and fulfill their purpose.

As the most powerful creatures on the planet, with absolute confidence in their own power, dragons hold a severe degree of pride in themselves. From a dragon's point of view, humans and the like, whose egos alone developed abnormally, are exceedingly inferior creatures: this, according to some, is directly in line with the gods' view of such beings. Dragons are capable of altering their form to suit the environment. Although they may seem to have male or female-like traits or personalities, they are a sexless race.

Dragons are also said to possess a subconscious desire to consume an Intoner, once again referring to the rivalry between the dragons and the Flower.

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Dragon "tribes" (colors) correspond with certain traits inherent to the dragons. It can be assumed the following colors exist;

Red
Yellow
Green
Blue
Purple
White
Black

While numerous purple and green dragons were seen, there was only ever one Red dragon seen. Black dragons are hinted to be numerous, and there were only ever two White dragons (not to be confused with holy dragons, which are their own subspecies likely closely related to white dragons or the progenitor of white dragons)

Something to consider is;

Black and Chaos dragons are not the same, just like White and Holy dragons are not the same. Chaos dragons are likely the more powerful progenitor of the black dragons, just like Holy dragons are to the White dragons. Holy dragons are a rarity as are white dragons, but black dragons are assumed to be numerous while their more 'primal' (and more capable) counterparts are just as rare.

Chaos dragons have unique, and perhaps even dangerous qualities to their magic and fire - while black dragons do NOT have these properties. Angelus (in her chaos form) caused the event that resulted in the Nier timeline. It isn't unreasonable to assume that were she weaker or any prior form, the consequences of her battle (and death) in modern Tokyo would have been perhaps less severe, and absolute at best negligible.