A Dragon Ecology
Dragon Mother:
Wrath and Greed personified.
They never stop growing and their ambition is limitless.
They know neither ally nor friend only treasure and food.
Anyone subservient to the mother should be keenly aware of that and make sure to remain treasureable for the mother unless they want to be recategorized.
Neither their mating partners nor their offspring are excluded from this consideration.
Male offspring will join the mothers harem once grown up, females consumed as the mother tolerates no true dragons besides herself.
Male Dragon:
Deceptive and Fearfull but no less greedy then the mother.
They no longer grow upon reaching addulthood but posess the ability to shape change and are capable of learning magic.
Painfully aware of the constant need to keep advancing to maintain the mothers interest in them but also that should they ever grow to powerfull that is to lead to the same unwelcome end.
Should a male manage to escape their mother they attempt to establish themselfs at the center of powerfull alliances with lesser beeings in a desperate attempt to resist any new mother arising in their vicinity.
Drakes:
Mothers will still produce eggs when they are not mating.
Drakes are what emerges from these unfertilized eggs.
Not much larger than an eagle and equally intelligent they inherited their mothers fixation with treasure and breath attack.
Some populations are known to survive the death off their mother and be capable of reproducing among themselfs.
Dragonborn:
When a male in humanform impregnates a humanoid a dragonborn is the product of that union.
They inherit their fathers breath attack and magical potentiall and not having learned to fear their mother they tend turn out the complete opposite of their fathers, arrogant, boastfull and never willing to back down from a fight.\
Dragonkind:
All those the mother deems worthy to be treasure for a while will inadvertently be changed over the course of their servitute.
The changes range from their eyes becoming more reptilian, their teeth growin to eventually growing scales and a tale.\