Favorite Villain #5--Dragons

Villain #5--Dragons

I'm feeling somewhat lazy today so I'm just going to lump all dragons into the villain category.  I'm sure there's some amazing game out there where you befriend dragons rather than murder them, but I'm thinking mostly about the ones who are flying monstrosities of death.  Like...Deathwing from World of Warcraft.  So that ended up being way too literal...but is still a great example.  (I'm a teacher and the pre-spring break week is rough--forgive me!)

Dragons represent something powerful and unknown.  There's never any real explanation about where they came from or why they seem hellbent on trying to kill everything in sight.  I've played so many games with interesting dragon variations.  In Shadowrun, dragons represent powerful corporations that are poised to take over the world.  They are the intelligent and cunning CEO's that manipulate events in the world.  This is an interesting take as I mostly envision dragons as ruthless firebreathers.

Why are dragons so angry?  Why do I feel the need to slaughter them in record numbers?  I don't know, but if they keep dropping all the phat lewts they're going to have a problem.