Alt.Dragon.Hoards

The short of it is "Iron Chef Dragon". Dragons, after all, are all about their Hoard. And traditionally, that is a big ass pile of gold and jewels and, basically, material wealth. But who says it has to be? There was a meme running around a while ago (and probably is still) about an Old English word that translates as Book Hoard, and how that suggests Librarians as Dragons. Which, honestly, got me thinking about whether Book Dragons would breath fire (obviously not; it might damage the books. Poison Gas is far more likely. Also Silence spells, and Rune and symbol spells. Also, when you check out a book, you get a geas placed on you to return it by the due date (been thinking about this for a few days)). And this morning, I thought, what about a foodie dragon? After all, spices have been a trade item forever. Coffee is the second most traded commodity in the world... Wait, no. 98th. Or 114th. Which is still pretty high. The point is, Food is Important. And if one is functionally immortal, and given to obsessiveness and collections, how hard is it to imagine that one would not get into Food. How you collect it, how you preserve it, how you present it. And what do you do, next time? Hence, Iron Chef Dragon. Oh, what if the dragon was the founder / leader of a Monastery is devoted to food? Monks (in this context) are all about Seeking, after all. A Monastery of Culinary Arts is not that much of a stretch. Librarian Monks is a preexisting idea (thank you Critical Role). What other monasteries are founded / secretly led by Dragons? If one goes the traditional route for Dragon Hoards, and assumes that there are at least SOME dragons that recruit mortal assistants to gather the hoard for them, that's Pirates, isn't it? Pirate Monks. Way of Coin and Wave. And because i know my audience, at least a little bit, What about a Dragon who hoards Numbers? Stephenson's math monks from Anathem. I started this post thinking it was one thing, and now I know it is something else. Ain't that just the way?