Neglected Dragon

Neglected Dragons, also known as Sick Dragons, are part of the site's original species. They are extremely rare as they cannot be caught in the cave or bred. This dragon has been the subject of many rumours due to it's unique creation process as well as having been on the site for so long, with many users having believed it was discontinued. They are also occasionally mistaken for Undead Dragons. When sorted by "Breed", they are listed as "Sick Dragon" on a user's scroll.

Neglected dragons have a chance of growing from eggs or hatchlings that have been deprived of views and clicks until the last few seconds of their life - essentially, they have been neglected, which is where their name comes from. Unfortunately, this process has a high chance of killing the egg or hatchling, as it usually does not receive enough clicks and views in the last moments of its life to survive. Hatchlings can be turned into Neglected dragons, but it is far more difficult than changing an egg. It is also worth noting that the change for a normal egg to Neglected is still a chance, even if all criteria are met.

There are several different outcomes that can arise from attempting to create a Neglected dragon: the egg or hatchling running out of time and dying, the egg hatching just before death as a normal hatchling, a hatchling growing up into a normal adult just before death, or ultimately the egg or hatchling turning into a Neglected but not receiving enough views and thus dying.

With the method used to obtain this dragon, it has been theorized that Neglected dragons were created as a punishment to terrible dragon owners for taking poor care of their dragons. However, due to their rarity and the long process involved in attempting to create them, they are now coveted by members and are considered one of the most valuable dragons to have. Discussion about how to create Neglected dragons is not allowed on DC forums or in DC chatrooms- a rule that was originally imposed across all dragon breeds during the initial years of DC, but has remained with this dragon alone due to its true process of creation never having been confirmed.

Egg
"This egg is very sickly looking, like it has a disease."

Hatchling
"Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It looks very sick, as though it wasn't very well looked after..."

Mature Hatchling
"Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It looks very sick, as though it wasn't very well looked after... And look! It has grown wings! It must be close to maturing."

Adult
"This breed of dragon results from eggs or hatchlings that have been neglected. They are usually rebellious, not obeying their masters, sometimes even attacking them. However, their neglect as a hatchling leaves them crippled, and they are weak compared to other breeds, causing them to stay with their masters for protection."

Creation Process
To be listed here.

To obtain an ungendered adult today, users must first influence an egg male or female while it still has 3 days or more, and then proceed to teleport it to another scroll after it has turned into a Neglected but before the egg has hatched. This process confuses many members as for all other dragons, the use of influence is removed from an egg upon teleporting or abandoning it.

Sprite Artist(s)

 * Marrionetta (All)
 * Komodo Gallant (Adult)

Trivia

 * It is unconfirmed whether Pygmy, DC Drake or Two-Headed dragon eggs can be turned into Neglected dragons due to the specific breeding nature these species have.
 * It is unconfirmed whether self-bred eggs are more difficult to turn than others due to the extra mechanics involved with self-bred eggs remaining on a user's scroll.
 * A large community project named Neglected Science dedicate themselves to investigating methods that may be used to obtain this breed of dragon, as well as helping new members to create their own Neglected dragons. Many externally linked resources may be found on their article page.
 * Genderless adults were originally the result of a glitch, particularly from the 2008 site-wide glitch where Holly Christmas Dragons were bred out of season and resulted in creating a Neglected dragon instantly.
 * This dragon's past descriptions used to be as follows:
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 * Egg
 * "This egg is very sickly looking, like it's diseased."


 * Hatchling
 * "Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It looks very sick, as though it wasn't very well looked after."


 * Mature Hatchling
 * "It looks very sick, as though it wasn't very well looked after, and look! It's grown its wings! It must be close to maturing."


 * Adult
 * "This breed of dragons results from an egg or hatchling that has been neglected. They are usually rebellious, not obeying their masters, sometimes even attacking them. However, their neglect as a hatchling leaves them crippled, and they are weak compared to other breeds, causing them to stay with their masters for protection."