Scales

Dragon Scales are known as one of the toughest items known to mankind, and are used for a variety of applications including armor, weapons, and decoration. Due to how hard it is to hunt dragons, they are usually caught and killed when undergoing Catastrophic Growth, as this allows their individual scales to be skinned easily.

Hunting is taboo to many cultures, such as the Nobahtu, Anhruda, and Dabun, who believe that to kill a dragon is to lessen the world, just as it is to kill a person. Notably, this is where most of the intelligent or semi-intelligent dragons live. This is both because, and causing of those Clans' attitudes towards dragons. Thus, they do not use Dragon Scale weapons in large part. Sometimes, when a dragon gets older and dies naturally, he will allow his body to be used, but this is far more rare, and such honor is reserved for only the greatest.

Other cultures encourage the hunt, because it is useful or honorable. Examples of this would be the Free Kingdoms, the Southern Kingdoms, the Zenzo, and the Brune. This provides much of the clash between these people, especially between the Brune and the Nobahtu.

Particular touchstones of this conflict are wranglers and the Free Knights, who are considered by some to be hunters.