Dragons are not small animals, that being said, we are not going with the 747 version of Ramoth (which would put her at 70.6m, roughly 77 1/2 yards long... more than 3/4ths the length of a football field.) The 2nd DLG pared dragons down by about 20-25m, basically the length of an average 3 bedroom house. Then it came out that these numbers were wrong as well... so we have completely tossed out the 'Official word' on how big dragons are since there is less consistency there than in the books. Sean's bronze was listed as 16 hands high, that is 64 inches, or 5ft 4in tall, which puts him just under 27ft long. Now Ruth was listed as being just a little bit bigger than Sean's bronze and also eye level with Jaxom. If we assume Jaxom was a reasonably normally heighted man and make Ruth 6ft at the shoulder that makes him 30ft long. This makes it reasonably feasible for Ruth to have carried 4 people without stretching suspension of disbelief too much. Now, if we assume Ruth was smaller than the average green (since there was doubt he'd ever be big enough to carry Jaxom, and put a small green at 7ft at the shoulder (35ft in length) with all the coresponding extra bulk that that would imply we have a reasonable set of minimum sizes. Now, if we assume that golds are roughly twice the length of greens that puts them at between 70 and 80ft long, but somewhere between 1/4 and 1/3 the length of 747 Ramoth.
| Length | Body | Neck | Tail | Height | Wings (min) | Wings (max) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FT | M | FT | M | FT | M | FT | M | FT | M | FT | M | FT | M | ||
| Green | Min |
35
|
10.6
|
10.5
|
3.2
|
10.5
|
3.2
|
14
|
4.3
|
7
|
2.1
|
31.5
|
9.6
|
49
|
14.9
|
| Max |
45
|
13.7
|
13.5
|
4.1
|
13.5
|
4.1
|
18
|
5.5
|
9
|
2.7
|
40.5
|
12.3
|
63
|
19.1
|
|
| Blue | Min |
43
|
13.1
|
12.9
|
3.9
|
12.9
|
3.9
|
17.2
|
5.2
|
8.6
|
2.6
|
38.7
|
11.8
|
60.2
|
18.3
|
| Max |
53
|
16.1
|
15.9
|
4.8
|
15.9
|
4.8
|
21.2
|
6.4
|
10.6
|
3.2
|
47.7
|
14.5
|
74.2
|
22.5
|
|
| Brown | Min |
51
|
15.5
|
15.3
|
4.6
|
15.3
|
4.6
|
20.4
|
6.2
|
10.2
|
3.1
|
45.9
|
13.9
|
71.4
|
21.7
|
| Max |
61
|
18.5
|
18.3
|
5.6
|
18.3
|
5.6
|
24.4
|
7.4
|
12.2
|
3.7
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Bronze | Min |
59
|
|
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
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|
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| Max |
71
|
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|
|
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| Gold | Min |
70
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
| Max |
80
|
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| Percents |
100%
|
30%
|
30%
|
40%
|
20%
|
90%
|
140%
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