Sapphire Dragon Statue

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This object was Designed with Tinkercad. https://www.tinkercad.com/things/6wMnLqVbKff, and was based on an ancient Egyptian statue of a sphinx and a cat. The brief history for this is that these living and semi-intelligent statues supposedly came from a dragon-worshipping people who used dragons as pets and guardians, and this small sentient statue is one of the few remaining relics of those ancient peoples and is supposedly a magical dragon preserved within a crystalline armor such as many of the dragons used in upper society. Much of the dragon statue appears to be made of carved and chiseled away sapphire, while the eyes were made of the gemstone citrine; though they move and act much like an iris would for an animal. This dragon was most likely placed in a grand temple as a guardian of evil spirits, though compared to other statues it is somewhat lacking in decoration, pointing to being a personal guardian of some aristocrat or leader within their society, and not one of the massive ones made for the army or temple guardians; still, it remains dangerous and will move around and protect those from animals or people it deems threatening. Researchers claim it acts moodily as well as exhibiting other behaviors much like a modern-day house cat, with crystal skin and fire breath, but aside from that, just like a cat.