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Among the dragons, he is the wisest and oldest-seeming, having a great store of dragon memories. As a dragon, he retains the false-eyes, in blue on his gold skin (the reverse of his serpent coloring), that serve as a visual marker of his status as one who can remember both dragon and serpent lives.

Though never formally set upthe other dragons will not acknowledge any one of their number as a leader, he is closest thing to the leader among the dragons, though none of them will ever say so. Mercor is rather presented as someone whose memories and advice the other dragons respect.