“ Leader carries gold into battle with him.  When he sees a great feet of bravery or valor he rewards them with the gold, or maybe a token worth some prize if they survive.”
                        
                     
                                    
                        “ Someone needs the blood of a dragon, given willingly, to make a rare potion. Guess who gets hired to sweet-talk a dragon into giving up some highly powerful blood?”
                        
                     
                                    
                        “ What if dragon-sightings and evidence of such was treated with the same skepticism and mockery as modern UFO sightings? More for a low magic world where dragons 'dont' exist.”