Jake Long: The American Dragon

Jacob Luke Long

The series Jake Long: The American Dragon takes place in New York City. However, the the adventures that he and his friends have take him beyond the city of New York sometimes. Although the premise of the show focus's on the "American Dragon", a half-dragon with an Asian-American cultural heritage, you find that the world is populated with all sorts of magical creatures and the Dragon are protectors of both of these worlds.

In the greater story line you have  Dragon Council, who oversees the placement and training of Dragon Guardians that protect different areas of the world. Jake's grandfather, Luong Lao Shi was once known as the "Chinese Dragon" who protected Hong Kong, but retired after a long fight with the Dark Dragon.

The council itself is made up of power individual who oversee the Americas (Councilor Kukulkan) Europe (Councilor Kulde), the Mediterranean and Middle East (Councilor Omina), Africa (Councilor Andam), and China and the East (Councilor Chang). Most of them dwell within the Isle of Draco, hidden in the Pacific Ocean.

DragonsThe Dragon here for the most part live side by side with humans. Most are pure blood, but choose to take human form. The dragons themselves are made up of many different species, such as drakes, traditional european dragons, and Chinese dragons, and some mixes as well. They usually have the human cultural characteristics of the the area in which they come from (ex. Luong Lao Shi is an Azure Chinese Dragon, while his grandson Jake is a red half-Chinese/European dragon). An oddity as well, as that sometimes human born children do not always manifest their Draconic heritage.

Enemies
The Dragons serves as protectors and keep many of the harmful magical creatures in check. They make sure that the world largely remains ignorant of the magical world. They have many friendly creatures that serve as allies, but there are many more who wish nothing more than to destroy humankind. One of the worst being the Dark Dragon.

In addition they have others mundane humans who know about the magical world. Individuals who wish to exploit the creatures to further their power and influence. Even stills other, like the "Huntsman Clan" who view Dragons in particular to be an exceptional threat that must be destroyed.

The series has a huge potential if you wish to play a Dragon based campaign in the modern world.

Luong Lao Shi