I like the growth of magic and so I'm leaning more towards spellcasters turned dragon riders. I'm really wanting to try and find a way for the dragons minds to align with their rider though. I considered hatching the dragons but I feel like people would become disinterested quickly in baby dragons. I don't want it to just be like "oh hey I'm your rider now don't like it too bad" or "oh this dragon is pretty I want this one" and then form a pact just because. I want an authentic connection but I'm not sure how to develop that.