Dragon

8. Dragon

Dragon is a large, serpentine legendary creature that appears in the folklore of many cultures around the world. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but dragons in western cultures since the High Middle Ages have often been depicted as winged, horned, four-legged, and capable of breathing fire. Dragons in eastern cultures are usually depicted as wingless, four-legged, serpentine creatures with above-average intelligence.

Power and Abilities

Enhanced speed – Dragons can move with incredible speed, able to suddenly appear, especially when flying. Flight – While in their true form, dragons have bat-like wings which they use to fly and capture prey. Dragons have unnatural healing and even spears are useless against the healing. Dragons are resistant to fire, their scales can protect them from fires as hot as napalm or even lava. Before adolescence, the dragon's bodies are weak and fragile but are mostly covered in feathers.

Lore

The earliest attested dragons all resemble snakes or bear snakelike attributes. Jones therefore concludes that the reason why dragons appear in nearly all cultures is because of humans' innate fear of snakes and other animals that were major predators of humans' primate ancestors.

Types of Dragons

• Standard Western Dragon

• Oriental Dragon

• Dragonnet

• Wyvern

• Quetzalcoatl

• Cockatrice

• African Dragon

• Hydra

• Wyrm

• Amphiptere/Amphithere

• Knucker

• Drake