The Heavy Armored Dragon Wants to Become an Abomination

Originally titled The Tungsten Dragon. Gravis the tungsten dragon finally hatches after unexpectedly receiving an additional inheritance. Born a thousand years late, this dragon must rely on its meager strength to survive the harsh years of its infancy. Its beastlike draconic instincts govern its behavior, making it repeatedly come up short in a world that has long since changed. It is forced to rely on the unintuitive additional inheritance. As it learns more about both inheritances, Gravis gradually realizes that the dragons' own inheritance is badly damaged and full of contradictions. Meanwhile, as it explores the world, Gravis discovers that dragons are functionally extinct, and it may be the last living dragon. Dragons once seem to have had a glorious high civilization, rather than being nothing more than reckless, advanced beasts as the inheritance describes. What was that civilization like? Did intelligent species coexist harmoniously and explore the universe together, or did they wage wars among the stars? Why did the civilization disappear? Did internal divisions bring it down, or was it invaded by a powerful enemy? And what are the dark wizards who now rule the world? Are they fallen, corrupted members of the old civilization, or descendants of victorious invaders? And what, exactly, is magic..., The tungsten dragon is not a DND dragon, but a native dragon. This is science fiction.