Chromie's dragon kind?

[DarkTZeratul]

Worst part his how they changed Chromie to a female. Chromie was a dude pretending to be a female Gnome. They changed that when people got upset.

No, they didn't. She's always been female, they just gave her the wrong name.

[Beefhammer]

No, they didn't. She's always been female, they just gave her the wrong name.

If I still had the WoW magazine, I swear it mentioned Chromie as a male who is more comfortable taking the form of a female Gnome, similar to Chromie dialogue in Vanilla in Andorhal.

[Rendark]

Wait... this stumped two adults to the point were one had to ask on forum? You could have put "chromie dragon" into google and had your answer in five seconds.

[CerealLord]

If I still had the WoW magazine, I swear it mentioned Chromie as a male who is more comfortable taking the form of a female Gnome, similar to Chromie dialogue in Vanilla in Andorhal.

I looked up the Vanilla Andorhal conversation and there is nothing mentioning male or female, but I do believe that they intended Chromie to be a male dragon who likes a female gnome form because it seems slightly unlikely they misnamed Chromie when all the other dragons were not misnamed throughout WoW.

But this is her description in HotS, so they are aware of the discussion. I've seen it likened to like "Sam or Pat" working as female names, as well.

"At first glance, Chromie appears to be an ordinary gnome. In truth, she is Chronormu, Bronze Dragon and a master of time. When it comes to temporal manipulation, there's no problem she can't solve..with help from her future self, of course."

"Everyone calls me Chromie, but my real name is actually Chronormu...ugh, no, it is not a male name. You clearly don't understand the intricacies of dragon culture!"

[Nefarious Tea]

bronze, you see her dragon form in the culling of stratholme.

also, her name is time-based. any dragon with a time-based name will be bronze. any dragon doing time-related stuff will be bronze, too. they're the masters of it, nightborne are the only other race to have managed to gain some mastery of it.

The "time" basis has nothing to do with it, as outside of Chromie none of the other Bronze dragons have a name with any kind of temporal vocabulary.

@gaymer77 The easiest way to tell what kind of dragon it is is by the suffix of their name.

Red? -asz for male, -asza for female.
Blue? -gos for male, -gosa for female.
Green? -us/-ius for male, -era for female.
Black? -ian/-ion for male, -ia for female.
And last but not least...

Bronze? -ormu for male, -ormi for female.

(Interestingly, Chromie - real name Chronormu - is the exception in that Chromie has a male name and a female humanoid form. Fan canon suggests it means Chromie might be trans but no sane corporation on earth would have a trans character, sadly. You'd piss off literally half the planet due to religious motivations of those people.)

[derpkitteh]

The "time" basis has nothing to do with it, as outside of Chromie none of the other Bronze dragons have a name with any kind of temporal vocabulary.

anaCHRONOS, temporus(infinite, aka former bronze), eternos, there's several others.

you'll never see another dragonflight with time-based names outside bronze.

[Destinas]

You see her as a bronze dragon in plenty of places in WoW, like the Culling of Stratholme, WoD, a daily on Mount Hyjal, the Well of Eternity instance, etc. The Chromie scenario in Legion was entirely about her being a bronze dragon, with almost every major NPC talking about her being a dragon. In Heroes of the Storm she has bronze dragon powers. Her real name is Chronormu.

All it takes is a quick read on a wiki article.

https://wow.gamepedia.com/Chronormu

Chronormu is a female bronze dragon often involved with mortal affairs.

https://wowwiki.fandom.com/wiki/Chronormu

Chronormu is a female bronze dragon.

I googled "Chromie" to get those pages btw.

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The "time" basis has nothing to do with it, as outside of Chromie none of the other Bronze dragons have a name with any kind of temporal vocabulary.

While the suffixes for dragons are fairly consistent, the bronze/infinite dragonflights are the only ones with any time related names.

Erozion - "erosion" - the wearing of surfaces over a long period of time.
Sa'at - Sa'at means "hour" in many Middle Eastern languages such as Turkish, Arabic and Persian.
Eternos - obviously eternity.
Tick - like "tick-tock."
Quite a few have "chron" in their names, like Chronormu, Chronalis, Anachronos, and others.
Eiendormi - "eien" means "eternity" in Japanese.
Aeonus, Chrono-Lord Epoch, and Temporus are Infinites.

Otherwise, like other dragons, some have names relating to other subjects, like colors and shapes.
Occulus - an oculus is a round or eye-like opening or design.
Penumbrius - penumbra is the partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque object.

And others have random fantasy-sounding names with the Bronze suffix - Nozdormu, Soridormi, Zidormi, etc.

[Chromell]

The "time" basis has nothing to do with it, as outside of Chromie none of the other Bronze dragons have a name with any kind of temporal vocabulary.

@gaymer77 The easiest way to tell what kind of dragon it is is by the suffix of their name.

Red? -asz for male, -asza for female.
Blue? -gos for male, -gosa for female.
Green? -us/-ius for male, -era for female.
Black? -ian/-ion for male, -ia for female.
And last but not least...

Bronze? -ormu for male, -ormi for female.

(Interestingly, Chromie - real name Chronormu - is the exception in that Chromie has a male name and a female humanoid form. Fan canon suggests it means Chromie might be trans but no sane corporation on earth would have a trans character, sadly. You'd piss off literally half the planet due to religious motivations of those people.)

There are exceptions to the rule, or the rule is broader, though, as we have Valithria, a female green dragon.

[SinR]

last time I googled Chromie I found some kinky dragon stuff.

[Nnyco]

Shes literally in dragon form in cavern of times stratholme and is obviously bronze, even if you didnt see her form since she time travels.

[Calfredd]

Not to ignore that her dragon form has a male name going by naming conventions dragons use. So it is possible Chromie in natural form is male, but prefers a female form. But I think she prefers it due to being cute more then anything.

Think one of the WoWInsider magazines covered this with basically something along the lines of "Chromie is female with a male name because reasons". So they goofed on her name but she is a she.

[Stormspark]

Not to ignore that her dragon form has a male name going by naming conventions dragons use. So it is possible Chromie in natural form is male, but prefers a female form. But I think she prefers it due to being cute more then anything.

How do we know it's a male name by dragon naming conventions? Do we speak Draconic? What if her name is the Draconic equivalent of Sam or Pat?

[NotFunny008]

Ya she just picked the Gnome model because she liked it and she is Bronze. Dragons just use magic to create their humanoid form. She first showed up in Vanilla WoW offering quests to clean up the timewaves the scourge were attempting to alter it somehow with parasitic timeworms(or something). She got more spot light in Wrath with Dragonblight and culling of stratholme. Players liked her so she has been showing up ever since.

As far as I can recall, she first shows up in the ruin giving quests in that Scourge invested town just outside east of Undercity.

[derpkitteh]

How do we know it's a male name by dragon naming conventions? Do we speak Draconic? What if her name is the Draconic equivalent of Sam or Pat?

blizzard specifically told us for bronze dragons.

they also said that chromie was named before they really settled on that naming convention. she is a girl dragon.

[Raugnaut]

Ya she just picked the Gnome model because she liked it and she is Bronze. Dragons just use magic to create their humanoid form. She first showed up in Vanilla WoW offering quests to clean up the timewaves the scourge were attempting to alter it somehow with parasitic timeworms(or something). She got more spot light in Wrath with Dragonblight and culling of stratholme. Players liked her so she has been showing up ever since.

Aaah, the good days in vanilla, when everybody speculated on Chronormu's sex. Was all the rage - Was Chronormu a male dragon that identified as female, or a female dragon with a male dragon name?

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How do we know it's a male name by dragon naming conventions? Do we speak Draconic? What if her name is the Draconic equivalent of Sam or Pat?

Blizz has told us the naming conventions for dragons. It's basically latinized, with a -ia, -a, ect added to the end of the name (I.E. Malygos, Sindragosa, Kalecgos, Tarecgosa, Alexstraza, Korialstraz. Ect)

[rowaasr13]

If I still had the WoW magazine, I swear it mentioned Chromie as a male who is more comfortable taking the form of a female Gnome, similar to Chromie dialogue in Vanilla in Andorhal.

WTF is "WoW magazine"?

[Leih]

WTF is "WoW magazine"?

https://wow.gamepedia.com/World_of_W...:_The_Magazine

Another question that could be solved with a quick google

[Lora]

My boyfriend and I were just talking about this and we're stumped about this bit of knowledge. First off, we feel Chromie is the ONLY good ALIVE gnome in the game. We don't think its ever been address but want to know what clan of dragon is Chromie? I was thinking she might be a Bronze Dragonflight since she's a time traveler but I don't know. Bonus points to anyone who can provide what she looks like in dragon form too!

she is a bronze dragon lol.

[Tiwack]

There's not that much lore on the bronze dragonflight compared to the others. All we know is that we're in for a blast anytime they or Chromie make an appearance.

[gaymer77]

There's not that much lore on the bronze dragonflight compared to the others. All we know is that we're in for a blast anytime they or Chromie make an appearance.

That's why he & I both think Chromie is the only good alive gnome in the game. We enjoy everything when she's involved with tremendously. We are of the belief that all other gnomes deserve to be punted lol