𝒇𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒔
Field Researcher: Standard role—conducts population surveys, monitors nests, and mediates human-dragon conflicts. Often live in remote regions for months at a time, documenting dragon behavior, migration, and habitats. The backbone of most new discoveries.
Conservationist Dragonologist: Focuses on protecting endangered species, monitoring populations, and overseeing relocation projects. Often stationed in sanctuaries or shadow preserves.
Field Scribe: Assigned to expeditions to record daily logs, sketches, and behavioral notes. Ensures observations are standardized and stored for guild archives. Sometimes apprentices serve as scribes, but larger expeditions may bring career scribes who never enter dangerous zones.
Illustrator / Bestiarist: A specialized artist trained in anatomy and natural illustration. Their sketches form the official plates in bestiaries and often capture nuances no scryglass can.
Warden Naturalist: Part ranger, part protector. Accompanies expeditions but is primarily tasked with security—keeping both dragons and humans safe.
Tracker: Expert in identifying dragon sign (residue, scaleprints, scat); often accompanies teams into high-risk regions.
Surveyor-Cartographer: Maps habitats, migratory paths, and leyline flows. Essential for long-term studies and sanctuary planning.
Logistics Officer: Oversees supply management for expeditions—ensuring potions, food, gear, and wardstones are stocked. Often underappreciated until something runs out mid-expedition.
Conservation Officer: Investigates poaching, illegal trade, and habitat destruction. Works closely with local law enforcement.
Dragon Sanctuary Warden: Oversees large-scale preserves and leads teams of fieldworkers, trackers, and medics.
𝒂𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒔
Theorist / Scholar: Focus on studying dragons through texts, historical records, and data analysis; often university-based. Rarely venture into the field.
Archivist: Maintains official bestiaries, guild records, and case files. Specializes in cataloguing specimens, sightings, and conservation data.
Instructor: Teaches students in anatomy, magical theory, conservation law, and field safety. Usually retired field dragonologists.
Data Analyst / Quantitative Specialist: Handles population models, migration math, and statistical predictions for conservation projects. Turns field notes into graphs, survival curves, and extinction-risk forecasts.
Taxonomist: Responsible for naming, classifying, and publishing new breeds or subspecies. A highly prestigious (and often political) role.
Policy Advisor: Works with governments or guilds to shape laws on dragon protection, conservation, and ethical handling.
Ethicist / Advocate: Voices within the guild who ensure conservation codes are upheld and call out unethical practices like over-tagging, forced breeding, or rune-collaring.
𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒔
Dragon Medic / Healer: Specializes in dragon health and rehabilitation. Equivalent of a veterinarian—treats injuries, illnesses, and malnourishment. Often works with injured hatchlings, diseased populations, or dragons harmed by human conflict.
Alchemical Specialist: Develops sedatives, antidotes, burn salves, and experimental treatments for dragon physiology.
Runesmith / Arcane Technician: Crafts enchanted gear (tags, collars, nets, resonators) and maintains magical equipment.
Containment Engineer: Designs and constructs portable pens, sanctuary wards, and transport harnesses for safe handling.
𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒔
Behaviorist: Studies dragon psychology and social structures, often called in for captive populations or sanctuary studies.
Eggwarden: A rare but vital position dedicated to safeguarding clutches, overseeing incubation, and monitoring hatchling health.
Apprentice Dragonologist: Early-career trainees, attached to expeditions or academies.
Master Dragonologist: Highest official rank; leads research conclaves, publishes defining works, and certifies apprentices.
Wyrmkeeper: An honorary title for those who dedicate their lives to a single species or sanctuary, becoming guardians of that lineage.
Expedition Captain: Leads multi-disciplinary teams into uncharted regions; role requires both field mastery and leadership skills.
Independent Naturalist: Freelancers working outside official guild structures—sometimes admired for freedom, sometimes mistrusted for lack of oversight.
Ok, so this dr is gonna be so fun, like I am genuinely so excited to post about this one!!! The thing about this dr though, is it's gonna have little to ho plot, and very few people scripted into it, so it will instead be focused almost entirely on worldbuilding. Specifically, it'll probably be focused mostly on, as the name suggests, dragons.
So yeah if you like dragons, and the idea of being a field biologist, than chances are you're gonna like this dr!
Also just a note about the actual post; people definately can, and often do, take up multiple roles. Like a field scientist could also serve as a tracker, an illustrator could serve as a cartographer, etc. I'll go much deeper into this later. Also if any of the terms in here don't make sense, I will be writing out a dictionary of like terms commonly used in this field.
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