User blog comment:Inferno Pendragon/A Little Teaser/@comment-1070010-20161024192648/@comment-2059440-20161024202734

I can explain that one Edwin.. Ebonscale only had the power of that curse because Inferno was his son, they were linked by blood.. dragons have mystic links with their young, they can "bless" or "curse" them (much like fairies in legend who "bless" / "curse" a child shortly after birth) .. if someone else tried it they'd get a big fat zero and likely piss off the cosmic balance, ending up turning into someone like Worry.