Is there such a thing as a 'good' Dragon? Options

[Kesslan]

So yeah, another posting in a thread in the SR4 forum got me thinking. Basically FrankTrollman manged to totally spin the DF into looking like their actually worse than the Azzies, and the DF dances to the Big D's tune even after his death (more or less anyway)

And in some other thread, I dont remember which one now, I'd been wracking my brains to try to think of one dragon who doesnt seem to have a stich of 'bad' associated with him. Finally found his entry in the Dragons of the Sixth world book. Damon AKA Dion.

Sooo anyway. Here's the thing, we all know plenty of dragons are 'the devil' and mega all time super schemers. Afterall there's the rightfully feared Lofwyr. And Dunkie sure proved to have (and may yet still prove further) that not only was he a grand schemer in life, but also in death.

And since you dont have 'clearcut' lines in dragon behaviour (Ultimately good/bad) as you do in D&D (Metalic good vs Chromatic evil dragons) I'm trying more or less to get a proper 'feel' for dragons as a whole. DOTSW goes a long way towards helping with this.. but it also presents what at least appears to be almost polar opposites. Dragons, who are.. for the most part, no different than metahumanity as a whole.

For example, there's Damon/Dion who apparently at least for now, runs about the world attenting and indulding in all sorts of various pleasures of life. Gambling, clubbing, driving fast cars really really realy fast... stuff like that.

And you've got Perianwyr who used to be a hitman for the Azzies, broke off, is into music, helped startup a denver club and still occasionally runs the shadows (supposedly, and quite likely for Ghostwalker, since it is Ghost's turf afterall, which begs, given dragon SOP that something in return must be given.)

And you've got sort of.. inbetweens.
Ghostwalker himself, who.. far as I can tell is neither really good, nor bad. Just.. somewhere in between.

Hestaby who's supposedly 'good' but has a much darker underbelly.

Celedyr who strikes me as a more or less 'ok guy' for a dragon.

Lofwyr seems to be effectively satan incarnate

Rhonabwy is abit of an oddity since he seems to be some big time schemer, yet also apparently has a great love for music of all kinds.

So while apparently the vast majority of dragons will lead you down the roads of temptation and into damnation.. will all of them do so? Or are there really some dragons out there that really are 'good' at heart and arnt out to do you harm unless, of course you are out to do -them- harm, or are percieved as such?

I suppose what I'm really trying to figgure out, is if there's really some dragons out there that really -do- have a live and let live sort of outlook on life, as opposed to being allways out for power, money, and total control of their ever expanding domains? Ones that for example, should they start a buisiness and be outdone by a competitor (and we'll assume, even though it's quite likely otherwise) that beat them fairly, wont infact turn around, scheme to ruin that persons life, the life of tehir children, their childrens children, and then 1000 years down the road, massacre that person's entire bloodline right down to the pet goldfish in revenge?

And I suppose, it also comes down to the big question of.. is there ever a dragon you can really, truely trust? One that isnt simply using you but may infact actually genuinely consider you a friend/confidant etc?

Or are they all realy out to scrag the world, dominate metahumanity, make us all their slaves in their demonic games of chance and chess? To friviously build up and destroy as they see fit and as may strike their whim and fancy at the time and frag you and what ever you think about the matter!?

Just food for thought 8)