User Profile

Series
Dragonlance

Gender
Male

Age
45

Species
Draconian

Sexuality
Heterosexual

Appearance
Kang is large for a Bozak draconian, with a height of seven feet. He is humanoid, with a tail, large wings (18 ft span), fangs, claws, yellow eyes, and scales that have a bronze sheen to them. His right hand is covered in scars, especially on the palm and fingers, as well as a large one on his back, close to his spine and between his wings.

Upon arriving in Manhattan, he wore a leather kilt and a linen vest, very basic clothing, and a gold chain around his neck that signifies his status as Lord-Governor of Teyr. Now, his clothing consists of a dark red, long-sleeved tunic, tan breeches, and a dark grey cloak. He also doesn't wear boots, the claws on his feet making them uncomfortable.

Personality
Kang is a natural-born leader, and having been a commander of a regimental unit for over twenty years, he expects that if he gives an order to a subordinate, it is to be followed, no questions asked; he will, however, explain his reasoning if it seems strange and/or if there is time to do so. He is very proud of his engineering skills, bridge building in particular, and of those that were once under his command.

When Kang is not occupied with battle or politics (he much prefers the former over the latter), he tends to be very social, and while Bozaks are known for being more likely to forge friendships outside of their race than other draconians, he has made a name for himself due to his befriending of several different humans over the years.

Many draconians, having no females of their own for over forty years, pursued human and elven women; Kang is baffled by this, thinking them to be unattractive, and does not condone sexual harassment or rape. He is polite towards females, referring to them as ma'am.

Kang will not kill a person if it will further his own cause, but that doesn't mean that he looks for fights. However, he will defend himself and those that he considers friends, and once he attacks, he does not show mercy.

Abilities
While unable to truly fly, Kang can glide short distances and survive falls far greater than a human can. He can also survive on 1/10 the food and water a human needs, due to low metabolism. His dragon blood allows him to see up to 60 feet in the dark, and two times as far as a human in low-light.

Kang is an excellent engineer, knowing how to build everything from ballistae and trebuchets to fortifications and housing. His specialty, though, is bridge-building, and he can make one from materials as simple as rope.

He is also an excellent tactician, military and political (though he hates politics), able to analyze a situation and find the best solution to achieve his goal. Bozaks are known for their leadership skills, and Kang is no exception, having had no deserters in his regiment for well over 20 years, even when things got difficult, and earning the respect and support of thousands more draconians during the Battle of Maranta's Fort.

Weaknesses
Kang has never been a fast runner, though he is faster than a human. He isn't able to cast any magic spells even if he wanted to, and is unable to hold a sword with his right hand due to the nerve damage he received during the battle of Maranta's Fort.

He does have a bit of a temper, and like all draconians, a weakness for strong alcohol. Also, being a reptile, he can't handle extreme heat and cold very well.

His immunity to all natural diseases isn't in effect in Manhattan.

Manhattanite or outsider?
Outsider

History
Kang was created in 342 AC from the egg of a bronze dragon that was warped by dark magic. Draconians were forced to fight for their food in the belief that it would make them stronger, and Kang was revered by many of his peers for surviving. He served under Lord Ariakas until 346 AC, when a drunken bet was made that draconians were more intelligent than humans, and he was sent to learn engineering skills.

He proved to be very good at it, and was given command of a small squadron of draconians, the First Dragonarmy Bridging Company. The squadron served under the Red Dragonarmy during the War of the Lance, and proved their skills by building a bridge in one day with elves attacking from the forest and silver dragons flying overhead. The bridge was never used, being a diversionary tactic, but it was still considered a great achievement.

By the end of the war (which Takhisis lost), the squadron had become the First Dragonarmy Regiment, and draconians were being hunted down by the Whitestone Council; most turned to banditry and mercenary work, but Kang knew they would be killed. He didn't want to see his men dead, so the regiment traveled to a valley between Mount Celebund and Mount Dashinak, near Thorbardin.

They shared the valley with a village of hill dwarves for over twenty years, performing non-lethal raids to survive; draconians are not the best of farmers. The dwarves would raid back, and it almost became a game for them, many items exchanging hands more often than gifts at a kender wedding.

In 383 AC, Takhisis started forming a new army, and the draconians were recruited. They left the camp not even a day later, when they found out that their engineering skills weren't even going to be used. Instead, they were to dig latrines. Kang did make a friend in the human woman named Huzzad, who understood his frustration.

Shortly after, Kang learned of a map that led to treasure in the depths of the Thorbardin, the dwarven kingdom, that included female draconian eggs. The hill dwarves knew of it as well, and a race ensued to reach the treasure first; the dwarves wanted to smash the eggs. Kang barely survived destroying an entire nest of fire dragons, crucial to the Chaos War being won by the mortal races, and a deal was struck with the dwarves. The draconians would be allowed to keep the eggs, provided they moved out of the valley, and the dwarves would be shown the only exit out of the mountain.

Kang and his regiment left the valley with the newly hatched females, heading for the abandoned dwarven stronghold of Teyr. During their travels, in which Kang made a friend in a Sister of Paladine named Marsel after she saved the baby females from being killed, they were constantly harassed by goblins and hobgoblins, and were saved from certain death by a large force of draconians under the command of General Maranta, an Aurak draconian. They were brought to a fort where most of the draconian population left on Krynn had gathered.

The goblin and hobgoblin army continued to mass to numbers of near 40,000, laying siege to the fort, and Kang discovered from his friend Huzzad that the knights of Neraka, former allies, had learned of the female draconians and wanted to eradicate the race now that they couldn't be controlled. She was found out, and after sustaining a blow to the head, brought to the fort.

At the same time, Kang learned that General Maranta was using a magical artifact called the Heart of Dracart to create more draconians, which Slith, his second-in-command and best friend termed 'dunderheads'; the process took the soul of an existing draconian and split it into pieces. The Aurak wanted complete control of the race and meant to kill the females.

The female draconians were a year old and fully grown, and were tired of being treated like children. They began military training on their own, not letting the males know, and when Kang found out from Huzzad, he was upset, until she gave him a stern lecture that made him realize he had to stop coddling them.

Kang and the females defeated General Maranta early into the battle, killing him and taking the Heart of Dracart. The regiment had built a device that was called the Drunken Dragon, and Kang used the Heart to detonate it, causing massive damage to their besiegers and allowing the draconians to win the battle. However, it left his hand covered in scars, and the resulting nerve damage made it so that he could never again wield his battle-axe.

The battle won and Maranta dead, Kang turned command of the regiment over to Slith, having grown tired of military life, and they continued on to Teyr. The other draconians followed, and the nation of Teyr was established, with Kang becoming the Lord-Governor and taking the female Bozak Fonrar as his mate.

Kang has sent out envoys to many of the other nations of Ansalon, knowing that they will need allies, and also to prove that draconians are not the monsters that they were painted as during the War of the Lance and deserve their own place in the world.

It’s gonna be the best night ever.