Metallamorphosis

Metalamorphosis is a disease that afflicts Dragons, and dragon-like scaled creatures, including dragonborn and other dragon like beings.

Symptoms
The main symptom of this disease is the conversion of scales to a metal like substance. For lesser beings, like a dragonborn, this metal is either a common metal resembling the color of the scale. In the case of gold, the resulting metal may be a pyrite, or "Fools Gold". This is often not the case, as the scales will typically just grow soft and fall off before they can be converted into metal. However, for a full powered dragon, the resulting metal may be actual gold, as seen in the case of Zalakargon.

This disease is not lethal, it simply causes scales to turn to metal, and then fall off. This often leads to exposed flesh on the dragon, leading to reduced defenses, causing them to be more prone to other physical causes.

Cure
There is no known cure for this disease.

History
The disease was first named by Unnammed Wizard and Zalakargon, however, it has existed for much longer.

Notable Cases
Zalakargon's scales turn to gold, which then get washed down the Rising Dawn river, to be collected by Aurumburg