With the recent discussion about the Dragon Disciple PrC, and dragons in general, I thought that those of you who participated in that scroll, may find the latest Character Closeup - Akiko, the Dragon-Born posted at WotC - interesting.
Interesting story line. A pretty good attempt at justifying the PrC, too -- at least as a roleplaying option. It's far from a good game class though.
I noticed that there was no explanation as to why she switched familiars . . . .
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That occurs a lot with the 'Character Closeups'. Little things - such as the familiar swap as you say - are always apparent in most of the write-ups. I think it is left open for the DM to address.