So, do Dragons...?

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I’m talking about the confirmed part-draconic frogs in the Dragon Isles. How did they come to be?

Out of game this is just a rather pasted-on mechanic to give hunters another skillbook-tame. In-game, I worry. The way I see it, there are three options.

  1. The draconic energy in the Dragon Isles, accumulated either from the strong auras of dragons or the land itself, just makes them that way. They might even evolve into actual dragons given enough time, if the niche was emptied.

  2. They’re not really dragons at all; it’s just random convergence. I really doubt this as several swogs are seen hoarding piles of treasure. Maybe they’re smart enough to be imitative.

  3. Dragons in fantasy settings are rather renowned for their usually-shapeshifted… doings… to other species… which results in part-dragon creatures.

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Dragons are descended from Elementals, probably through the Curse of Flesh, so maybe some Elementals were a bit for frog shaped than others.

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A lot of creatures in various places of WoW seem to be more or less created/designed.

A lot of creatures also seem to pick up on traits of their location. Through curses, etc.

My guess is one of those.

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That’s what I suspect too, but dragons are so strong that if it were option 3, it would only have to be one of them.

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But do we have evidence that happens in the WoWverse? Non-WoW fantasy doesnt really matter.

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WoW Dragons have the capability to transform creatures either intentionally or unintentionally. So, is very likely they were just big frogs that were transformed by being around dragons.

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Didn’t Tyr do something that would change the eggs of the Proto-Drakes that didn’t want to be changed? If he did it probably also effected the eggs of the frogs that were lying around.

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When a mommy frog is bored with the daddy frog she suggests something naughty to spice things up.

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I’m, well… hoping, for this one. It seems reasonable to guess that the magic that makes dragons dragons is kind of…leaky, and tends to make other creatures somewhat dragoney around them. I thought the origin of the humanoid/centaurlike dragonkin (but intentional), not sure if it’s still that.

This, too.

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Neltharian has some explaining to do.

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dragons are NOT making love to frogs

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Secondary theory, there was lore tweets about the dragons changing things and stuff… But what if it goes a bit further and Swogs were an ancient prank by some dragons to make fun of a Themberchaud-sized dragon?

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It would only have to be one of them. Female frogs can lay thousands of eggs. Thousands.

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That why my kid has talons?

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It’s likely this one considering we know areas shrouded in mist wind up developing their own ecosystems and their own differences among species. Pandaria had the same thing with its elementals and such.

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Nature on the isles just noticed “Hey those dragon like things did well. Lets just keep doing that”