Dragons

6 limbs (4 legs and 2 wings)

Quadrupedal digitigrade gait, capable of flight

Long lives, can live several centuries

DESCRIPTION
Excellent sight

Excellent balance

Mostly reptilian qualities

Sheds skin in patches like lizards

Keeps growing entire life (growth slows however at around age 20) grows to be quite large

Heart design similar to a monitor lizard’s

Deep chest (canine)

Skin covered in most places with scales and scutes; underbelly has tough scutes, usually exhibiting countershading (paler in color to rest of body); scutes present in head, digits, legs, and tail; tough scales elsewhere

Membranous wings like a bat (but with 4 digits instead of 5, the thumb being a clawed stub), capable of flight (very rarely hatched without wings, incapable of flight)

Four digits on each limb, when thumb occurs

Feet made of prehensile claws, 3 (4 if true thumb is present, very stubby and usually placed at back of wrist); digit 2 is commonly used as a “thumb” for grasping

Strong tails with uniquely shaped keratin tips, often swung for defense

HEAD
No outer ear present (very rarely prominent ear flaps are visible)

Large eyes like a wonder gecko

(Sometimes) eyelash looking scales like some geckos

Tongue like an iguana

Teeth shaped like ?Carnivora mammals?

Jaw bone able to move to sides, reminiscent of a mammal, able to chew food

HORNS, CLAWS, AND SPINES
Upright membranous spines or keratin horns (or combination) usually present on head, neck, back, and/or tail

Tough keratin horns and claws, at least 2 horns present on upper back of head, 3 claws per leg (4 if thumb is present) and on the wings only the thumb is clawed

DIMORPHISM
Adult males have prominent membranes along head, shoulders (beard, epaulets)

Males are thicker overall than females, the females often taller with slightly longer necks and tails; often males stronger, females faster

EGGS
Lays soft leathery eggs, pale pink with purple spots, when mature usually becomes the dragon’s element’s color, see Elements

(orange red: fire,

yellow: electricity,

chartreuse: alchemy,

green: earth,

cyan turquoise: wind,

blue: ice,

indigo gray: shadow,

violet purple: æther,

pink: fear)

Young are altricial, cared for by parents for twelve years or longer

BEHAVIOUR
Omnivorous

Intelligence, emotion. Builds and uses tools

Mates for life, with pair bonds and rituals comparable to eagles’

Ability to swim well, capable of holding breath for a considerable time

Able to draw life from Spirit Gems

Elemental breath abilities, a result of spiritual and not physical power

Notable dragons include:

The Genesis Hydra

Malefor

Ignitus

Terrador

Volteer

Cyril

Crystal

Oscuro

Deimosa

Solanum

Spyro

Cynder

Ember

Flame

Ramses

Vathek

“Malfor”

Flavius

Princess Aella

Von “High Five”

Cynder of the Skylands

Spyro of the Skylands

Aimory “Drobot”

Lucerne “Spotlight”

Tynan “Blackout”

Egan “Sunburn”