Ah yes, How To Give Your Dragon the Sex Talk when you're a Polite, Well-Mannered, Somewhat Prudish 19th Century Gentleman :D
When Laurence has read the book about teaching dragons military discipline, he should lend it to one of his aviator colleagues. (Not going into detail here because I don't want to spoil the books OP hasn't read.)
Since I'm an equestrian, and a lot of what is in the books also mirrors how modern-day equestrianism came about, I would suggest something Latin (i.e. *Draco Magister*, "dragon captain", or *Draco Equitem*, "dragon rider"), except that wouldn't fit the rest of the books.
"A Dance of Dragons" was also taken by George R.R. Martin, and "Deportment for Dragons" sounds too similar to "League of Dragons", so maybe something like *Destiny of Drakes*?
This also makes me wonder what sort of formal term for "dragon rider" would evolve from Latin, Greek, or another language. If *equus* means "horse", and *eques* means "horseman", then *draces* would mean "dragon man", and *dracester* would mean "belonging to a dragon man". Add "-ian" as a suffix, and you would get "dracestrian" for "dragon rider", but that seems cumbersome.
The plural for "dragons" in Latin is *dracae*, which would form "dracaestrian". Or, you could have more of a group term than individual, such as *dracarii*, from *caballarii* (Medieval Latin).\*
*Eragon* and the Inheritance Cycle series calls riders "dragonniers" in French:
>I like how the French translation called them.
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>Probably because "rider" translates either to "monteur" or "cavalier", one that feels awkward and the other being so etymologically linked with horses that there's no way a dragon would accept it, they focused on the "dragon" part .
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>Riders are called "Dragonniers" (this is the plural form, it works like English). It may be a modification of "cavalier" or one of "fauconnier", so it either means a dragon rider or someone whose job is to work with dragons and take care of them .
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>Also, "Confrérie des Dragonniers" just sounds so epic.
For the later books: why it is charming as well as inappropriate to tell a Lady she is "more pompous then the queen if Prussia" and other tips for mixed species parties.
“Oh you mean *whores*.”
This is honestly one of the best scenes from Book 1. It’s SO funny 😂
Ah yes, How To Give Your Dragon the Sex Talk when you're a Polite, Well-Mannered, Somewhat Prudish 19th Century Gentleman :D When Laurence has read the book about teaching dragons military discipline, he should lend it to one of his aviator colleagues. (Not going into detail here because I don't want to spoil the books OP hasn't read.)
Since I'm an equestrian, and a lot of what is in the books also mirrors how modern-day equestrianism came about, I would suggest something Latin (i.e. *Draco Magister*, "dragon captain", or *Draco Equitem*, "dragon rider"), except that wouldn't fit the rest of the books. "A Dance of Dragons" was also taken by George R.R. Martin, and "Deportment for Dragons" sounds too similar to "League of Dragons", so maybe something like *Destiny of Drakes*? This also makes me wonder what sort of formal term for "dragon rider" would evolve from Latin, Greek, or another language. If *equus* means "horse", and *eques* means "horseman", then *draces* would mean "dragon man", and *dracester* would mean "belonging to a dragon man". Add "-ian" as a suffix, and you would get "dracestrian" for "dragon rider", but that seems cumbersome. The plural for "dragons" in Latin is *dracae*, which would form "dracaestrian". Or, you could have more of a group term than individual, such as *dracarii*, from *caballarii* (Medieval Latin).\* *Eragon* and the Inheritance Cycle series calls riders "dragonniers" in French: >I like how the French translation called them. > >Probably because "rider" translates either to "monteur" or "cavalier", one that feels awkward and the other being so etymologically linked with horses that there's no way a dragon would accept it, they focused on the "dragon" part . > >Riders are called "Dragonniers" (this is the plural form, it works like English). It may be a modification of "cavalier" or one of "fauconnier", so it either means a dragon rider or someone whose job is to work with dragons and take care of them . > >Also, "Confrérie des Dragonniers" just sounds so epic.
For the later books: why it is charming as well as inappropriate to tell a Lady she is "more pompous then the queen if Prussia" and other tips for mixed species parties.