#dragon raja lore

[hectabdr]

Dragon Raja & Dragon King - All Novels in English

Hello, as some of you might have noticed in the pinned post, all the novels were recently added in English:

Dragon Raja I - The Blazing Dawn

Dragon Raja II - The Mourner's Eyes

Dragon Raja III - Black Moon Tide (Beginning) Dragon Raja III - Black Moon Tide (Middle) Dragon Raja III - Black Moon Tide (End) [1/2] Dragon Raja III - Black Moon Tide (End) [2/2]

Dragon King - World Reset (New version of Dragon Raja IV / Latest book.)

"Keep reading" for a small Q&A

Can I actually read these?

They are perfectly legible and easy to understand.

The translation itself was a multi-step process. I had to spend months collecting the originals in Chinese, researching, using different translators and even carefully training an AI with a huge lore glossary, then comparing the results of each method to make sure that I didn't leave anything out or something was misunderstood.

It might still have small errors here and there (feel free to let me know if you find one and I'll fix it promptly).

I spent a long time searching for mistakes or inconsistencies and fixing them. Regardless, I personally think the end result is very good, and I would actually recommend reading them now, especially when compared to the confusing google translations of the past few years.

Are these the canon ones?

Regarding the version of the novels that was used, for Dragon Raja I - III, since I don't have access to the revised editions, I used the originals, then added some of the revised edition changes myself to keep them consistent with the new canon.

Dragon King is a canon book, it takes place right after Dragon Raja III.

We're still waiting for Dragon King 2 to come out in China.

Why are there 4 links that say "Dragon Raja III"?

The story of Dragon Raja III is told in three books (Beginning, Middle and End). However, "End" was so long that I had to split it in two documents because I hit the character limit in google docs). Oh well.

[makapatag]

Art by the refulgent @lntpblk!

Anitu is the word for ritual worship across the Sword Isles. Sometimes, it also refers to the gods, souls, and ancestors worshipped to: Anito, Hanitu, hantu. They all arrive from a shared culture in the distant past when even gods were not born.

GUBAT BANWA is a martial arts fantasy tactics RPG set in the refulgent lands of THE SWORD ISLES, inspired by Classical Southeast Asian cultures! We're coming to KS on the 27th!

Anitu lore below the cut!

Anitu is less of an organized religion and more of a catch-all term for most faiths in the Isles, where most of them practice ancestor veneration, sacred worship nature, and ardent ritualism. Each banwa might not even call what they do “anitu” and might refer to it as some other word in their language: in North Rusunuga it is called pagsamba, while in the Eastern Jamiyin Kulisa’s Arrows it is referred to as Qiparjeyuhun, which is just “faith” or belief.  For the most part, only those in Gatusan’s mandala of effect recognizes Anitu as a term for a larger belief form.

The most prominent form of Anitu is Kangdayanon Anitu, which is the one practiced in the Gatusan Mahamandala’s center of power, Kangdaya. This version of Anitu has fully syncretized the Saiwa branch of Ashinin Religion, which brought the idea of a fully fledged pantheon and the idea of cosmic forces of gods in this realm. One important syncretism is the adoption of some ancestors turned into Gods, who are performed rituals to. One such god is Apung Makangayaw, the Dragon of Raiding, worshipped as a distant ancestor of Amihan, who became Rani Amiyah, the queen that Shri Bishaya married into to stake his claim into the island of Tauhaw. The gods Jamiyun Kulisa and Indira Suga also arrive from Saiwa Ashinin. 

Another important syncretism is the understanding of a cosmic soul, or a supreme oversoul. This is meant to be Siwa, but that name was quickly indigenized and understood to be Laon, the Ancient One, the name of the tallest mountain that can be seen from Tauhaw, Kanglaon. Laon means old, aged, ancient. It is said that Laon is THE Ancestor, from where all things arise.

Another important aspect brought in by Saiwa is the construction of grand temples meant to emulate the stories of the gods both celestial and chthonic. By creating these they believe they are bringing in Favor and Merit, making their lives more fortunate and enriching them with good omens. An important belief, when in the Sword Isles, as every city is subject to the sacred whims of the souls of the world—hurricanes, typhoons, tsunamis, earthquakes, droughts, thunderstorms. 

The word in Kangdayanon Anitu for temple is MAGDANTANG, and smaller versions of these temples are known as lantangan. Natural sites are worshipped and offered to as if they were magdantang. This is why every lake, mountain, hill, giant tree, river and every important shore and beach have lantangan for offerings. Stone structures are rare and only appear in the larger cities of Gatusan—they carved onto the side of hills and mountains, or from the rocks of said mountains after performing rituals to ask permission from the mountain gods to take stones for creating merit. The largest stone temple is in Kangdaya, which also acts as the Palace of the Ponong Raja. Other important sites are the Pagodas of Put’wan, the Holy Mountain of Kihadi-an, and the grand (yet now lost) temple city of Biringan, crafted by an ancient Samrasat Devaraja in the island of Mairete, now lost in its jungles. 

Kihadi-an is a grand monument complex constructed to mirror the mountain of Semedu, the grandest peak in all of Gubat Banwa. This name in Kangdayanon, Put’wanon, Ba-enense, and Apunon Anitu is attributed to be one of the regnal titles of APU DAYAWA, the grand mountain that juts out from the island of Kalanawan.

Finally, Anitu now recognizes Ashinin-style regnal titles and even the concept of god-kings, as brought by Shri-Bishaya’s retinue and royal court. Ponong Raja Batara Ambas now has a claim to a divine right to rule by way of being an avatar or an embodiment of Laon on the Warring Realms. Titles such as datu are considered a step below the title of Raja, and Maharaja. Ponong Raja means head Raja, and is a coveted title amongst all. According to the Kangdaynon balyan, the gods in the sky speak of the Uniter of the Hundred Hundred Islands, which they call the Langidagandraja, a fusion of the words LANGIT + DAGAT + INDRA + RAJA. Together, this name means HEAVEN-SEA GOD KING, as the conquerer of the entire sky and sea. This name is fabled and no man has a claim to this title. It cannot be gifted by the gods nor can it be achieved through enlightenment. It must be seized from hearts and minds of people.

[pissgod-639]

THE URGE TO PUKE ALL MY INTERESTS RN

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[minsarasarahair]

Dragon Raja donghua final thoughts

I enjoyed the world building and dragon lore.

Not a big fan of the not so ambitious MC and his jokes

I love the platonic relationship between MC-Nuonuo, Caesar-Chu Zhihang and Caesar-Zero. I sure hope the romantic relationship here are MC x Zero and Nono x Caesar.

My favorite moments are probably when they fight against dragons. You can really feel the dragons are a threat as antagonist and the stake is always high. So many people always died.

I'm still thinking who's the good and bad guy here because I feel like the school are using the students with dragon bloodline to kill dragons. And dragons are not that evil. They have tragic backstory and someone they treasure. I can't really blame them if they hate humans for killing their kin.

I find Lu Mingze interesting. He's like the devil the MC made a contract with, principal know his existence and he call MC his brother. So I wonder who really he is.

MC's parents are so mysterious. They only write letters to MC but they never show their faces. Why they have to send it to principal first? Not directly to MC? I'm thinking if they are house arrest or they no longer exists. School is just using them so they can bait MC.

I love Caesar. He's a great arrogant dude who believe true elites protect others despite looking down on the world or not expecting others to thank him. He also know sign language because it seem his power that used to be his mom's made his mom deaf. He can also cook and great fiance to Nuonuo.

Nono and Zero are great dominant girls. I love them.

Finger, the class F roommate of MC is too noisy for my taste but he means well. I think he has a deep story with Norma/Eva.

Its a 7/10 for me all in all. Its alright but not obsessed with it and I think the novel where it based from is still in hiatus. So it feels very lacking for me.

[artsyevy07]

More lore from my story/roleplay Discord server. When two or more characters whom are in a Marriage Bond with each other wish to have a child they must first seek the blessing of the goddess before they perform the ritual dance. Once the ritual is complete there is a chance an heir will manifest. The heir starts off in a wisp like state. The dark swirls on the outside represent the mind, the normal body represents the soul, and the light centre represents the heart.

Inspiration for the look of the heir comes from will-o-wisps, souls from Soul Eater, and heirs from Dragon Raja. Part of the inspiration for heirs comes from Dragon Raja, Conception II, and Fire Emblem Fates.

[insomniac-jay]

Amala family lore drop!!!!

She's the 2nd child of 4 and lives with her parents her Baba,Nirmal and her Mama,Moema along with her older sister Hema her younger brother Raja and the youngest Jair. Her parents aren't too on her when it comes to the delinquent activity(much to both sides of the family shock). But as more and more things start to happen they do get worried for her and her friends a lot more. Kazutora also has other adults outside the black dragons generation to make proud since he wants to have Amala parents approval. Moema likes him and is very sadden by his hime life since it reminds her of her own and Nirmal wasn't hesitant at first but when he saw that Kazutora really loved Amala he warmed up to him over time.

Damn no wonder they didn't mind him hiding out in her room. They were delinquents themselves.

[floof-ghostie]

Amala family lore drop!!!

She's the 2nd child of 4 and lives with her parents her Baba,Nirmal and her Mama,Moema along with her older sister Hema her younger brother Raja and the youngest Jair. Her parents aren't too on her when it comes to the delinquent activity(much to both sides of the family shock). But as more and more things start to happen they do get worried for her and her friends a lot more. Kazutora also has other adults outside the black dragons generation to make proud since he wants to have Amala parents approval. Moema likes him and is very sadden by his hime life since it reminds her of her own and Nirmal wasn't hesitant at first but when he saw that Kazutora really loved Amala he warmed up to him over time.

Oooo I'm invested

[aster-pkmn-irl-real]

new intro just dropped lol

i dont actually like pink that much but its the closest to my current hair color. there was another pinned post before this but it was sucky so im redoing it and its been a while since i updated anyway so yk how it is ------

Hey! My name is Aspen (Don't call me 'Asp' unless I know you.) and I'm currently in my last year of high school at Uva Academy and I'll be attending Nar-Uva for university too. Trying to type this 'properly' but I don't really talk like this online I'm gonna be real. [See above] Things to know about me,,,,, While I currently live in Paldea, I was born and raised in Nimbasa City, and also lived on Ula'ula Island from the ages of 10-14, and I'm currently 17 and I finished up my Island Challenge last year in,,,, I wanna say March? (2023) Got champion rank in like December. (Also 2023) I'm currently in the STEM track at Nar-Uva, with a focus on Health Sciences and Biotechnology. I like cooking, Cyclizar (??? i'll elaborate below) racing, science, and some other stuff. I've been getting more involved in Pokemon battling recently too if you're into that. I don't think there's really much else to mention? I went to Ultra Space that one time, that was. Definitely an interesting experience, to say the least. Would not recommend, lmfao.

anyway heres the list of my pokemon yeah i need a damn list but i love them all

Pebble / Midnight Lycanroc / M

Jitters / Golisopod ✨ / M

Chloro / Lurantis / F

Raja / Great Tusk / M

Hades / Silvally / dw abt it

Mercury / Amped Toxtricity / M

Spitfire / Miraidon / M {So I enjoy racing, yes, but I don't do competitive races on account of my Pokemon being a Miraidon. yk how it is.}

Skully / Houndoom / M

Blizzard / Glaceon ✨ / F

Snappy / Shiny Flygon / F

Cielo / Cyclizar [Spitfire's baby] / F

Edward / Eevee / M

Hibiscus / Jangmo-o / F

technically i'm a dragon specialist but only in alola

i use he/they btw

DNI: blueberry bitches, jellyfish

//OOC section is under the cut, please read that before interacting with this blog. Thanks!

UPDATE AS OF 06/05/2024: This blog is going to be converted to a PKMN IRL Hub! Please see this post for clarification! OOC Section

Aspen is 17 and turning 18 soon but mod is a minor. Behave accordingly.

I do more things with Aspen in a discord RP, and he will likely reference events which occur in said discord RP. Additionally, he has a lot of lore/backstory derived from this RP as well, just something to be aware of.

Regarding the above point; Aspen is a Chosen of Palkia, she will say things on this blog occasionally. This Palkia is not necessarily 'good,' and could be considered cruel at times.

I've got a canon I'm working with, so I may ignore an ask or an interaction if it goes against it strongly.

High stakes won't be a huuuuuge thing on here, I don't see Aspen explicitly talking about his trauma on this blog, but he may refer to past events. Things that are explicitly high stakes will be tagged accordingly.

The in-character DNI is completely a joke out of character! While Aspen may be slightly hostile towards Blueberry Academy centric accounts, he will not be serious, he will be joking! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE Blueberry accounts can interact!!

Tags

I can't guarantee that I'll be perfect with these, but I will be trying to tag things according to the below key.

#aspen reblogs ⇌ in-character reblogs

#aspen talks ⇌ in-character posts

#aspen replies ⇌ asks responded to in-character

#ft. palkia ⇌ palkia talking on this blog

#jellyfish and shit ⇌ aspen specific high stakes

Posts about specific Pokemon will be tagged as "#[pokemon name] posting". For example, if Aspen makes a post specifically about his Alolan Raichu, Chip, it will be tagged "#chip posting".

And here's a list of the rest of my blogs!

[rurifangirl]

Ocs/ Mcs info (New post)

Mcs;

Kayn, dragon raja.

Shou Inoue, twisted wonderland.

Ocs;

Aiwia

Shou Inoue

Xiang Qing

Qiran De Martino

Evelyn De Martino

Kuro

Unnamed world

Alexander Mariani

Moor Morningstar (Stage Name)

Neptune De Angelis(Pseudonym)

Elise Valentini

Myst Rosewood

Nathalia Rosewood

Gods and demigods doing their silly stuff™

Morte

Amaris

Nephele

Liam

Calipso

Ocs that are just doing their own thing w/o current lore.

Vivienne Chase (TS4 Oc)

Syndra, kamisama kiss.

World lore;

Aiwia:

Structure of the world.

Yushima's basics.

Demons & Spirits.

Unnamed world:

Structure of the world.

The tale of the two brothers.

Unnamed world:

Structure of the world.

Gods in general.

Myths and fun facts.

Unnamed world:

Nothing yet...

Unnamed world:

Nothing yet...

Old/discontinued ocs won't be added.

[aquariumgirls]

ok so. its actually short for veliona ^_^ which is a name. i stole. from a honkai impact charavter.

^ thats her btw

anyways ive been going by vei/veliona forlike ummm. 3 or 4 years idk anymore my memory is bad but anyways thats the lore behind vei :] it started bc the name veliona was taken on dragon raja so i made it veiliona amd that got shortened to vei so ya

have i eversaid vei was shoet for somethjfn bc kt is actuallu do youwanna know what its short for

[nsk96]

Dragon Raja lore

Just for my reference to review later because the search feature ain’t working so well...but you can use this too if ya want����

What Makes Johann Smile

Dragon Raja novel Wiki

Dragon Twins

Dragon Raja 3: Chp 68 (Black Swan Bay, Chisei, Chime, Erii, Tachibana, Bondarev)

Death Servitors

Herzog’s Death Servitors

Herzog/Osho/Tachibana & Bondarev

Herzog, Bondarev, & Uesugi Siblings

Bondarev

Hybrids vs Disease

Greenland Incident

Exam

School Board

Tracking Device

Anjou/ Menek Cassell/ Secret Party/ Dragons

Anjou’s Memory

Anjou is Scary

Caesar Gattuso & MC pt. 1

Caesar Gattuso & MC pt. 2

Mai Sakatoku’s Age (maybe)

Hydra stay / personal rooms / MC’s room

Chime’s Laugh

Chime, split-brain surgery

Dragon Tiers

When Caesar met NoNo

Inflatable

Disney Princesses

Nanami Sakurai

Hybrid babies

Weddings

Wedding headcanons & lore

Soul bonding headcanons & lore

Johann laugh headcanon

Ally Chat: Luminous

Ally Chat: Finger von Frings

Ally Chat: Anjou - past/ revenge on devils

Ally Chat: Anjou - gentleman’s invite

Ally Chat: Anjou - honking

Hybrid Life/ Shavee’s feelings

New Student Council President

Names & Terminology

Forgotten MC & Johann

Johann age when father died

Letters: Anjou, EVA, Finger, NoNo, Ming Z Lu

Letters: Zero, Erii, Chisei, Chime

Dragon Raja novel IV, chps 1&2

Dragon Raja novel IV, chps 3&4

Dragon Raja novel IV, chps 5&6

Dragon Raja novel IV, chps 7&8

Dragon Raja novel IV, chps 9&10

Dragon Raja novel IV, chps 11&12

Dragon Raja novel IV, chps 13-15 & epilogue

Dragon Raja novel V: part 10

Rewrite: The Trieste (3 parts)

The Trieste Venture

Mourning the Lenin

S Nami Bolg

Rewrite: Chizuru Town (5 parts)

Chizuru Town

Killer Instinct

Kitty

The Dark and the Cold

Heaven and Hell

Rewrite: Club Takamagahara (5 parts)

Z

Close Call

The Main Character

Rubber Ducky

Dating Game

Rewrite: Genji Heavy Industries (12 parts)

Preparations

Into the Underground

Rolling Twenties

Elevators

Hell (Side: Rewrites by dragonrajafanfiction)

The Red Sea

The Elevator Shaft

Laser Pointer

Majesty

No More Sacrifices

Friend of Justice

Turning Point

Rewrite: Tokyo Love Story (7 parts)

Ruri Kazama

Perishing Flower

Ghosts

Izanagi and Izanami

[abraxos-the-phantom]

Birthday Party

Lu Mingfei could swear that there was something slightly off with the world today.

Not that he hadn’t been experiencing multiple instances of strangeness ever since he accepted that damned offer to Cassel College; in between the mock battles, dragons, learning Yanling and awkwardly observing the social hierarchy – he hadn’t had much time to figure out why something felt off.

“Lu Mingfei. Feifei. Hello~”

He blinked at the hand waving in front of him.

“Aiyo Feifei” the Finger shook his head at him, the music of the banquet hall suddenly roaring back to full volume. “And there you are doing it again! Is there really something so interesting about a party? Have you never gone to a party before?”

“No- I-“ Lu Mingfei felt an itch, similar to the itch he got whenever he sensed Lu Mingze in the room. “Something doesn’t-“

“May I have this dance?”

Lu Mingfei blinked.

There was another man, a student maybe? Dressed in all-black with an extended tailcoat, a crimson brooch color matching with carmine-colored irises that almost seemed to glow in the golden light of the ballroom. His hair was tastefully mused, looking all the world like the rest of Caesar’s seemingly endless guest lists of rich people, yet there was something that seemed familiar and terrifying to the way he stood. Almost unnervingly still, like he wasn’t even breathing.

“Uh – we’re both men- um” Lu Mingfei awkwardly stuttered out.

“I’m sure there are more interesting things to look at” the man chuckled “it is rude to ignore the Birthday Girl after all.”

“Have you greeted her?” He retaliated.

“But of course,” his smile inched the slightest bit wider, head tilted towards him as if to let him in on a secret. “in between the champagne and cider, I thought that perhaps some beer would do her some good. For variety, of course.”

Beer? To Chen Motong?? To Nono?! Lu Mingfei coughed, choking half-way on an aborted laugh that threatened to escape him, hand blindly reaching out – only to be taken by another.

It’s cold he thought to himself, legs following before he could faceplant into the other man.

With grace that he lacked in spades, the crimson-eyed man accommodated rather well to Lu Mingfei’s clumsy-movements. At first leading the two of them before abruptly switching their hand positions so that it would be Lu Mingfei in the lead.

“I don’t-“

“You worry too much” the man whispered “breathe, I won’t let you make a fool of yourself.”

Like this, Lu Mingfei could see the top of the man’s head. Black hair hiding strands of silver that he thought to be a mere reflection at first, a trick of the light. It was oddly fitting despite the peculiarity of it all, and part of Lu Mingfei wanted to dismiss the odd strand as a foreigner’s idea of a good look.

As he dropped the stranger into a gentle dip, he realized that he had been dancing for quite a few minutes with little to no issues.

“See?” his dancing partner teased “though I imagine your friend is less enthused by your sudden proficiency.”

He glanced towards Finger’s direction, blinking at his senior’s cold-face – hands wrapped around the flute of the glass in his hands to the point where his knuckles were turning white. Then Lu Mingfei shifted, twirling the stranger in place before meeting him on the next swing, not a beat out of tune.

“Then again” the man continued “perhaps he’s just jealous.”

“Of me dancing with you?” Lu Mingfei scoffed.

“Of me dancing with you” the stranger corrected “I don’t blame him, you are quite…Luminous.”

Lu Mingfei couldn’t help but give the stranger a confused look at that, slightly off though it was to hear everyone speaking in a different language, there was something heavy to the man’s words. Nostalgic maybe? No. No it was much simpler than that.

It was just sad.

“I never caught your name” Lu Mingfei said after a moment, slowing as the tempo did. “I’m Lu Mingfei.”

“I’m…” the stranger paused for a moment; expression suddenly unsure. “You may call me Kriaan.”

A shiver crawled up Lu Mingfei’s spine, and something in his head whispered with a quiet resonance like it was afraid of being heard.

Killer.

The piece ended sooner than Lu Mingfei thought it should've, Kriaan’s hand slipping out of his own and offering him an elegant bow before swinging around behind him in a set of steps too quick for Lu Mingfei to follow. It was strange actually, the way people seemed to glance over the two of them like they weren’t there – or they just weren’t noticing Lu Mingfei and Kriaan in the first place – like-

Like they were being hidden.

“You need to be careful Lu Mingfei” Kriaan said quietly, the world beginning to dim and dull yet again, as if on command. “Trust that Lu Mingze wants you alive, though know that he cares little for anyone else. He’s always been that way.”

His eyes widened “you know-“

“I’ll do my best to help” he could feel Kriaan shrug “but I can’t let myself be caught so soon now can I? They’ll probably sooner try and cut me open than they will accept me as a student again.”

“Wait-“ Nothing was making any sense-

“Until next time.” Kriaan’s voice suddenly was closer and farther all at once, behind his ear and echoing from a distance. “Old friend.”

He turned around, but Kriaan was already gone.

“Hey.”

Lu Mingfei turned back, finding himself straining to look up into Finger’s eyes, expression oddly serious for the first time in a long while since he had first met him.

“Are you okay? Did he do anything?”

“What- no- I- was he dangerous?”

Finger gave him a concerned look “he has no file in the system, no ID, not even a visitors pass or even identified on Gatusso’s guest list. That’s impossible.”

“He seemed kind of nice though” Lu Mingfei blinked, remembering. “A little sad maybe.”

Finger pressed his lips together before grabbing his hand, tugging roughly. “Come on- I’ll show you a real dance.”

“Hey waitaminute-! Finger! Finger!”

The memory faded soon after, between Finger’s rough handling of him and meeting up with a friend he never thought he’d actually see in person for a long time yet – the memory of the stranger lost between chaotic moment after chaotic moment.

Then Norton awakened, and he forgot about it completely.

[rottenheartedchild]

Since I got some free time rn, thought I might expand the Second Chances AU for a bit. So far, these are confirmed:

*The Uesugi siblings share the same abilities & species as their mentors. Once they've fully mastered their powers, they'll evolve and are free to pursue new skills.

*Chisei owns a kiosk on a beach in Marseille, primarily sells knick-knacks, and his homemade suntan lotion. Often does odd jobs during other seasons.

*Chime is currently studying for his Master's degree in Fine Arts in Paris and perform kabuki in theatres & opera houses. His bird form is an albino crow.

*Erii is an arts major freshman who goes to the same university as her brother. Recently takes photography as a hobby and uses them for reference.

*Koshi, their actual father is the only one with pure human blood. Opens up a ramen shop in Lyon where Raphael often to stop by for lunch.

*After some much needed therapy Isidore started his new life as a music freelancer, teaching kids how to play guitars & etc.

*Durante owns a flower shop that doubles as an occult shop. Is the one who taught Chosen on how to make the lotions and such.

*Marisol spends her days tinkering at machines with the quadruplets and building custom automobiles. Once sent a mechanical dog to Luminous as a birthday gift.

*In this AU, supernatural creatures besides dragons and hybrids exists & they coexist with the human world.

*Contains elements from Bayonetta, Devil may Cry & Final Fantasy XIV.

[commander-gloryforge]

okay i have ONE! i never developed them much because. back then i thought they were too canon breaking and weird and i was a coward

This is Raja and theyre ????????? again i never actually worked on their story much because i was scared of breaking the lore. which is bullshit and i know that now and i can do whatever the fuck i want. so im making shit up on the fly. theyre connected to glint in some way, theyre not a scion but maybe they are glints champion? or maybe an aspect of glint? perhaps they were once human wandering the deserts of elona and glint found and helped them, or maybe the other way around, and they helped glint, and then she took them under her wing (literally).

really cant tell you much about them BUT they are dragon.

i also once had an AU many many years ago of some of my characters as champions/heralds of different elder dragons which i once again scrapped but. makes me think. maybe i should revive that au perhaps.

Pspspsps show me your dragon characters. Even interps of canon dragons :3

I wanna see how other people make dragons :3

[hectab]

Dragon Raja and why everyone and everything always has a different name.

If you ever tried to read the manhua, play the game or watch the animated show and got confused by the constant changing of the names of the characters and the lore, I think you'd like to read this little essay.

Hi, I'm hectab, and for some reason I decided to translate Dragon Raja from Chinese to english a couple years ago, which has been strangely enjoyable, but also annoying in some ways.

You see, this is not unique to this franchise, I am aware, but when your Chinese property has a ton of international characters and keeps including real-world mythology from other cultures, you need to start making decisions, because things have different names in different cultures.

So, is your name Johann or...?

For starters, the name of the series is Long Zu (龙族) and it means something like "Dragonkind".

The editorial initially called it "Longzu: Eragon" and then they changed it to "Longzu: Dragon Raja"

Maybe they mixed "D" with "E"? Maybe they liked how it sounds, maybe they read the western Eragon books, who knows.

You see, Long Zu was never translated, it basically doesn't exist in the west, but it was huge in China, so much that they decided to make an expensive MMO based on the franchise, the results were so flashy that they went global and by 2020 it was nearly everywhere.

Now... Americans are used to a few Japanese words, but are they open to Chinese ones?

What about people that aren't familiar with anime and manga?

How do we market a guy called Chu Tianjiao? Screw it, we'll call him John.

So yeah, they localized a lot of it:

Funny thing, Luminous already has an American name in the books but there was no way they were going to call him Ricardo.

Then the devs decided to change how they call the characters and everything in the middle of the story, which made it even more confusing.

So why is this a problem? Just show people the graph, right? Yeah I guess, but for me the problem was...

The Manhua

First let's address the fan translation:

When I was translating the manhua, in order to avoid making decisions and offering explanations, I just kept the game names, but then I realized that by doing that, I shot myself in the foot, I'll give you an example:

You see, let's mention three not-so-random things from these books:

Caesar's skill: Lian You

A creature: The Kamaitachi

A clan of Japanese mobsters: The Oni

They called each of those things "Devils" (They technically are though).

So now we have three different things with the same name in english, and at some point I had to write stuff like:

"Caesar had to unleash his devils against the devils in the streets while running away from the devils."

Give me a break...

Caesar's name is its own mess, no one can decide how to spell it, even official sources from China contradict themselves, is it Caesar or Cesare?

The official translation of the manhua came out later, but even they decided to change how they call some things in the middle of the story...

Here are the manhua terms that I can recall at the moment:

Yanling

Ah... Yanling, the superpowers of the series.

I'll explain why Yanling, Ex.Skill, Soul Skill, Sacred Words and Kotodama are exactly the same thing and how the hell that happened:

Yan Ling means something like "the spirits of words" or "sacred words" and it is an ancient Chinese belief in words and names that withhold spiritual power.

You could also call them "magic words", "spells" or "sacred sounds" in western cultures and most importantly: Kotodama in Japanese culture.

That word, "Kotodama"...

Japanese arc, Japanese words!

You see, Jiang Nan is kind of a weeb, he's not hiding it, the franchise is heavily influenced by Anime and Manga, so he tends to take Japanese elements and translate them to their Chinese equivalent, be it culturally or merely linguistically.

For example: Caesar Gattuso's Yanling is called: "Lián yòu".

Lián yòu is the Chinese word for "Kamaitachi" which is a creature from Japanese folklore, three wind-devils with sickle claws that cut people.

In the original Chinese version they're called "Sickle Ferrets" but if you're translating it to english, should we call them that or do what the game did? "Wind devils".

But wait, since it's directly mentioned that they're from Japanese folklore, maybe we should translate it to Japanese as Kamaitachi.

Or maybe just leave it in Chinese as Lian You?

Now let's say you picked Japanese and called them Kamaitachi, should Yanling be changed to Kotodama then? Should I change Jiude Ya Ji to Sakatoku Aki? Should I change every name to their original culture's equivalent?

In that case the Sheqi Bajia should be changed to the Japanese Yamata no orochi instead of Eight-headed snake in english, but can you see? Right there you have three different ways to translate the exact same thing and they're all correct in their own way.

Other examples of this include:

I could go on for centuries, those were three books of Japanese stuff.

And then it came out, the...

Donghua / Anime

I don't know why, but the studio refuses to type the names of actual places. I'm not even talking about a translation, this is the original script in Chinese.

The characters clearly talking about China and America, but they never seem to type the actual names of those countries, just very similar-sounding ones... Why is that?

Anyway... That's the end of it.

Writing a wiki about this stuff sure must be fun, huh?

[purinnzu]

🍓 Luminous Lu / Lu Mingfei 🍓

I miss drawing this dude!! This is a request i got from Instagram and it made me realize that i should draw Dragon Raja again!! I really wanna replay the game and relearn the lore,,