There be Dragons in SL

When I first joined Second Life, one of the first “WTF?” moments was encountering a large dragon made of round prims that was scripted to turn its head and eyes toward you. You move, and it would follow you with its eyes. It was freaking cool! Unfortunately that dragon is gone.

One of the early cool builds in SL that I ran into also had a Dragon theme. The Dragon Moon Resort is an older “island” build with at least half a dozen dragon statues on display around the walkway. Its still around and attracts a few visitors.

One of the newer cool island builds in SL is also dragon inspired. In fact, the Aggro server build features a store that sells incredible dragon avatars. Even if you are not interested in Dragons, the build is worth checking out. It inspired a discussion on another blog about whether SL graphics are better than Warhammer Online graphics.

I generally do not spend a lot of money on avatars, but the dragon avatars in Aggro are worth it. They are even HUD enabled and customizable to an extreme.

I got one and flew around the server for a while. I tried going back to Dragon Moon Resort, but they do not allow flying there .

So I decided to use the old search option and find other dragon themed places, which led me to the Isle of Wyrms Cathedral, the central location of a large server group dedicated to Dragon culture. I went as a human.

I had one of the head “dragons” show me around the cathedral. Its a huge multilevel complex with long halls, high arched ceilings and tall towers with stairwells to negotiate. Down in the basement is a subterranean maze that requires you to answer riddles to pass through doors. Quite the entertaining place to visit.

Among the things sold there are dragon eggs. I did not investigate how they work, but fans of Harry Potter will no doubt be interested. I finished up my visit to the Isle of Wyrms by changing back into a dragon and flying around the whole island group.