"Old Scar" Klaus

It seemed "Old Scar" Klaus was quite the model worker—staying in this dump and banging away nonstop. Otherwise, it really would not have been easy to produce so many dragonborn.

However, while observing those dragonborn, Solam noticed something interesting: they did not seem satisfied with their circumstances. Whenever they looked toward the upper levels, their eyes were filled with dissatisfaction and resentment.

Clearly, these dragonborn had not willingly stayed here. But that was hardly surprising. Few dragonborn had any affection for their dragon parents, because dragonborn were rarely the product of love between dragons and intelligent beings.

This had to be emphasized: most dragonborn were the sins of male dragons. Female dragons rarely sought mates weaker than themselves, and to dragons, nearly every intelligent race was beneath contempt.

The union of male dragons and intelligent beings was often accompanied by disharmonious crimes such as coercion and rape. At the same time, dragons generally had no feelings for their half-blood offspring. They were merely byproducts of the dragons' indulgence, so naturally the dragons did not care about them.

Of course, some dragons did value their dragonborn offspring, but most of those dragons were good-aligned metallic dragons, and the vast majority were female. Male metallic dragons generally had little sense of responsibility either—scumbags were everywhere.

Thus, it was difficult for dragonborn to feel any filial attachment toward their dragon parents. Most dragonborn were unloved by either father or mother. Their unusual origins made it hard for them to accept others, so dragonborn generally hid away in remote mountains and ancient forests to live alone.

As a red dragon, "Old Scar" Klaus was naturally no embodiment of fatherly love. He had clearly kept these dragonborn at his side not to play out some touching father-son bond. And with the brutal, evil nature of