The room grew quiet after his pronouncement, a couple of people trying to make comments, before being shushed.<br/><br/>Alison considered, giving a slight shrug. "I know the other mentioned your scales turning crimson, but I haven't heard of any such thing from a gold dragon, before. And I specialize in crafting, not knowledge, particularly - I'm afraid I'm not sure who you might be referring to."<br/><br/>Tina shook her head as well, but Talia ventured a guess. "From Taldor? I heard of an incident in a city near the northern border. An... Arvinus, if I recall, was found murdered, along with others. But I don't recall the full details."<br/><br/>"Hadraniel Arvinus?" Alison asked, picking up the reports Devaguea had asked for. "We don't have many, since it's a little hard to source arcane research papers this far out in the wilds, but we have a few."<br/><br/>Sena considered for a moment, before answering. "Well, most scaled creatures tend to not regrow them in places that are heavily damaged - it's like hair, on humanoids. If the skin underneath is heavily damaged, then it can't grow back in. Also, most animals don't heal like humanoids do, but that's not the point. The point is that<em>dragons</em>heal very differently, it's part of their biology that lets them grow so enormously large. Their scales almost always grow back, completely. And often thicker, and sturdier than before, at least until they grow too large and shed the old scale. Broken or damaged ones are regularly removed, to ensure they grow back, and some particularly... aggressive dragons will deliberately damage their scales, to have them grow back even tougher."