Drakes see humanity as younger siblings as they are both natural inhabitants on earth, the drake word for human actually directly translates to "little ones". Queen Circe is completely infatuated with humankind and has indirectly influenced many old human myths and legends with her interactions. One such myth even tells the story of how she met her husband, a human she turned drake herself. The old drake language, or the "old tongue" is a language of magic, to speak it is to use and control magical forces and bring the speaker's intent and will to life with just words. The old tongue was dangerous around mortals which lead to the decline and eventual death of the language among modern drakes. What little of the language is left holds little power to it and very few still live who understand it or are even capable of speaking it. Drakes take on many names in their lifetimes, but traditionally settle with two: their birth name given by their parents, and their taken name, a name the