Society
Tribe structure
We had a very simple construct and vague set of laws that I guess could be called a tribe-like sense of community to maintain order, but everyone had their own territory. Outside of ‘debating’ certain events on neutral grounds and during the mating season, everyone pretty much lived solitary, alone or as a family. Of course those lives didn’t really include things we see in a more advanced society, despite a developed brain and capable of deeper thoughts, our way of life was very feral and close to that of a regular animal. As the apex predator of that world, or at least of the continent, there was a thin line between solitary life and the suggested constructs of a tribe that I seem to remember. Despite some of the memories that I remember being heavily communicative and dealing with lots of interaction with my kin, there are just as many where I was alone, adrift in time and enjoying solitude as I lived my life. I am not sure how many of there were of us. I remember being among a dozen or so adults of my kin and having to discuss certain things, but it was common knowledge that we were with many more. There were more neutral meeting grounds of commune and one would become part of the tribe of the ground closest to their territory. I am not sure if you could visit other ones and be accepted into them, since they were basically designed to be in the middle of all the territories. New territories could be added, though it was not uncommon for young adults to bond together and find a piece of land that was not claimed and start their own “circle” or tribe.
Writing
Claw-writing was only used for special occasions, aside from keeping track of history at the neutral grounds. In personal use they would be scarcely used for important moments like defining a name, changes in a territory, births and deaths and maybe even an important moment for the owner of that cave. As such, it was possible to come across writings in caves from earlier inhabitants and learn who they were. The best comparison is to how humans left behind cave drawings during the first ages.
There were no books or scrolls in any form to keep track of the grammar or spelling of words. It got passed on to the new generation through speech and by showing it, and despite that being a risk, the words and use of the claw-writing stayed the same over generations. Since it was only used for descriptions and thus the words being used weren’t that difficult, deviating from those meanings wasn’t deemed necessary.
There are multiple ”draconic” scripts on the internet that use a claw to write, most are a version of Draconic D&D, but my guess is that these are all similar to what my species used, since variation can only happen in the amount of claws one had when using the full talon.
Preservation
To keep track of important moments a job was given to one dragon in each tribe. Usually the oldest of the tribe would fulfill this task up to their death, which then the now oldest one would pick it up. This could be deviated from, but was uncommon. These Chroniclers, as they were called have given the task to look after those grounds. Keep them clean, make sure no other dragon claims the grounds, rewrite parts that were eroding, add things that happened and were deemed important enough to scratch into the rock. Maybe the most interesting is that the Chroniclers kept track of years by certain constellations or galaxies being visible or moving along a certain point. The smallest scale of time was the passing of the seasons, as certain stars moved by or disappeared, but longer periods were noted by the movement of galaxies that could be seen in the sky. Something akin to a Saros Cycle of Eclipses would happen and that would indicate a “century”. I think that is how my age was defined and passed on to me in this life. It’s not 500 Earthen years, but 500 galactical centuries from my home planet. Since I can’t figure out how long a year there was, let alone how long a “galactic circle” was, I have no hope on how to figure out my true age or anything else that is tied to the passage of time.
Laws
During those communal moments things that harmed the territories or the bond between us all could be discussed and an action could be taken through votes. For example, some would be send out to defend the outer edge of one’s territory, whether it be against other animals or even other dragons.
If a dragon within the tribe did something bad (i.e. destroy eggs, kill a fledgling) they could be cast out or executed on the spot. This, along with the law that fledglings were allowed to survive in existing territories, in some way protected fledglings against older and bigger ones of their kind within the circle of territories before they were old and strong enough to actually get their own land. The neutral grounds were considered a “spiritually important” place. I guess something alike to a temple. The one closest to my territory was a huge boulder in the clearing of the forest. All over the boulder there were significant moments etched into the rock by claw. Think of the beginning of the tribe, important deaths, expansions, years that have passed and other moments in time that were deemed important.