Any significance to the colors of the four gems? Or is it just artist choice?
The gems represent each person in my family: green is my son, purple is my daughter, aquamarine is my wife, and dark blue is me. The dragon is the protector, warden of the hoard, keeping watch over us. My son also had the brilliant idea that the dragon could signify our dog who is always watching out for us. I came up with the concept and gave source reference material and my artist completely kicked ass on the piece and tattooing. He killed it. Truly a collaborative effort all around and the best tattoo experience of my life so far.
I've recently been through a hell of a lot of "life" so to speak, and this felt like a good way to enshrine the most important things, and thoughts, on me.
I've named the dragon Kódmándír (we often call our dog, Cody, "Code-mander" as a silly nickname), Warden of the Hoard.