List of fictional dragons
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- This is a list of dragons from works of fiction. For dragons from real-world legends and mythology, see List of dragons in mythology and folklore.
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[edit] Dragons in literature
- Unnamed dragon in Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book 1, Canto 11-12
- Karum, the red dragon in the epic journey of a saga, Legenda Artakusiad by Ahmad Patria Abdullah, a Malaysian
- Hunkrakar, the black dragon that fought an eternal battle with Karum, the red dragon in the same saga, Legenda Artakusiad by Ahmad Patria Abdullah
- Ancalader, the dragon bonded to Jermayan in The Obsidian Trilogy Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory.
- Ancalagon the Black in The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Avatre and several others in the Dragon Jousters series by Mercedes Lackey.
- Azhdeen, a dragon in Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince series belonging to Pol
- Belial, one of the Firstborn angels in Stephen Brust's novel To Reign in Hell, takes the form of a colossal, insane dragon living beneath a volcanic mountain range.
- Bryagh, a major character in The Dragon and The George novel by Gordon R. Dickson. Large powerful member of the Cliffside dragons who joins the Dark Powers.
- Byrn, Pyro and others from Susan Fletcher's Flight of the Dragon Kyn novels.
- Chrysophylax Dives, in Farmer Giles of Ham by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Cumber, Fortune, Wraith and many other dragon characters from the Dragoncharm trilogy by Graham Edwards
- Dorian di Drago, a mural-painting dragon in Collinsfort Village by Joe Ekaitis
- Dirk Dilly of Dragon Detective Agency
- The various Gem Dragons in Deltora Quest 3.
- Green Serpent, a green dragon in a French fairy tale by Madame d'Aulnoy in 1698.
- Drogon, Viserion, and Rhaegal, the dragons hatched by Daenerys Targaryen in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, and the CCG based on the books. Also, Balerion the Black Dread, ridden by Aegon the Conqueror in his conquest of Westeros.
- Ebillan and Firethroat, dragons from the series The Unicorn Chronicles by Bruce Coville.
- Elisel, a dragon belonging to the Sunrunner Sioned in Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince series
- Errol, Ninereeds and other dragons in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, notably The Colour of Magic and Guards! Guards!
- Sorrit, the rulers of the Warrens, the Otataral dragon and the Soletaken others in Steven Erikson's series, the Malazan Book of the Fallen
- Falkor (Fuchur in the original German version), the luckdragon, and Smerg, an evil dragon, in The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
- Fanuilh, a miniature dragon and familiar in a series of books by Daniel Hood.
- Fiddlestick, a small musically emotive dragon in Strangewood by Christopher Golden.
- Firedrake, Slatebeard, Maia, Shimmertail and several unnamed dragons in the book Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke; The cannibal Nettlebrand from the same book may also be considered a dragon due to his appearance.
- Glaurung, the first of the dragons in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth
- Gleep in the MythAdventures series by Robert Asprin
- Golden dragon (Vilentretenmerth) in Andrzej Sapkowski's Witcher cycle (Sword of Destiny novel, 1992) - intelligent shape-shifting creature, the only dragon among others (green, black, red and white) that can tolerate humans and even take their form.
- Griaule, a gigantic dragon, paralyzed and moribund yet still capable of casting a baleful influence, in stories by Lucius Shepard
- Heart's Blood and several others in The Pit Dragon Trilogy series by Jane Yolen
- Icefyre and Tintaglia, the last remaining dragons in Robin Hobb's The Tawny Man trilogy.
- Katla in Astrid Lindgren's The Brothers Lionheart.
- Kelder Orolin, Linden Rathan and other dragonlords (or weredragons) in The Last Dragonlord and Minue (a water dragon) in Dragon and Phoenix by Joanne Bertin
- Lorn, Prince of Dragons and Keeper of the Knowledge of the Blood, Race that created the Race of the Blood and Bestower of the Blood Jewels. Black Jewels Trilogy by Anne Bishop
- Mayland Long, who used to be a Chinese dragon, in Tea with the Black Dragon and Twisting the Rope by R. A. MacAvoy
- Morkeleb, the black dragon around whom revolves the plot of Barbara Hambly's best well known novel, Dragonsbane.
- various dragons in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling (including Norwegian Ridgebacks, Hungarian Horntails, Swedish Short-Snouts, Common Welsh Greens, Hebridean Blacks, and a Chinese Fireball)
- Norbert, Hagrid's baby dragon, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- Hungarian Horntail, Welsh Green, Swedish Short-snout, and Chinese Fireball in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Various dragons in the The Banned And Banished series by James Clemens
- Ragnar'k, the stone dragon of A'loa Glen.
- Conch and others, seadragons bonded to the Mer'ai.
- Rhuagh, Ryath, Shuruga and others in Raymond E Feist's Riftwar trilogy
- Robert (also known as Robert the Wretched), the antagonist of R.A. Salvatore's Spearwielders trilogy.
- Satan is identified as a seven-headed dragon in the Book of Revelation.
- Sam, Nick and Crystal, plus various other dragons in the Dragon Tamers' series by Emma Maree Urquhart.
- Saphira, Thorn, Shruikan, and Glaedr, the dragons in the Inheritance series by Christopher Paolini. Many others are mentioned, such as Fundor, Miremel, Ophelia, Lenora, Hirador, Jira, Roslarb, and Ohen.
- Scarlet, the red dragon in The Sword of Truth by Terry Goodkind.
- Scatha, from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth
- Smaug, in The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Stanley Steamer, the Gap Dragon in the Xanth novels by Piers Anthony
- Tabitha, last remaining dragon and Keeper of the Eggs in Gerald Durrell's The Talking Parcel
- Temeraire in the novel series the Temeraire series, by Naomi Novik
- Kalessin, Orm, Orm Embar, Yevaud, Orm Irian, Tehanu, & various dragons in Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea novels
- Tiamat, in Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville
- Zantor and various other dragons from "The Dragonling" series by Jackie French Koller
- The Reluctant Dragon, from the story of the same name by Kenneth Grahame
- Unnamed dragons (there used to be three: two males and one female but the males killed each other in the first mating season leaving the female alone for millennia) in The Belgariad and The Malloreon series of fantasy novels by David and Leigh Eddings.
- Various dragons in the Dragonlance series of fantasy novels; Khisanth, Skie, Malystryx, Pyros, Flamestrike, Silvara, Khirsah — among others.
- Various dragons in Gordon R. Dickson's the Dragon Knight series
- Jim Eckert, main character in the series: reluctant knight and magician, part-time dragon and de facto member of the Cliffside dragons.
- Gorbash, major character in The Dragon and The George novel and minor character in the rest of the series: largest dragon of the Cliffside dragons, grand-nephew of Smrgol
- Secoh, major character in the series: a member of the Mere-Dragon clan, which have become diminutive as the result of a blight.
- Smrgol, major character in The Dragon and The George novel: an elderly and respected member of the Cliffside dragons and the paternal grand-uncle of Gorbash
- A depiction of a Chinese dragon as the sigil of the Dragon, Lews Therin Telamon, in The Wheel of Time series of novels by Robert Jordan.
- Chrestomanci's pet dragon (rescued from poachers who killed its mother), in Charmed Life by Diana Wynne Jones
- Vicia-Heinox, the two-headed dragon in the Pelmen the Powershaper series by Robert Don Hughes
- The dragons of Wyvernwood from the Dragonkin series by Robin Wayne Bailey.
- various dragon from the series Dragons Past, A Time For Dragons, and No Future For Dragons
- Various dragons in The Enchanted Forest series by Patricia Wrede
- Various dragons in Chris d'Lacey's series, starting with "The Fire Within". These dragons are made of clay and brought to life by the fire/essence (known as the "auma") of one of Earth's last true Dragons, called Gawain. It is possible that Gawain's line might rise to full draconicity as a result of the actions taken by the student David Rain, his girlfriend the sibyl Zanna, the clayworkers Liz and Lucy Pennykettle, scientist Anders Bergstrom, and the witch Gwillanna.
- The entity Dragon in several books by author Neal Asher.
- Song in the Silence (3 book series) by Elizabeth Kerner
- Mistress of Dragons (3 book series) by Margaret Weis
- The (genetically engineered) Dragons of Pern from the novels by Anne McCaffrey
- Peter DelaSangre and his family in the four novels by Alan F. Troop
- Drake Vireo and many others in the paranormal dragon series by Katie Macalister
- Various unnamed dragons in the Dragon Prince series by Melanie Rawn
- Various Dragons in the series Dragons In Our Midst, including Clefspeare (aka Jared Bannister) and Hartanna (aka Irene Connor). Most of these dragons were given human forms by Merlin in order to keep them from going extinct at the hands of the slayers.
- The unnamed old dragon who dies and the enchanted Eustace Scrubb in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, one of the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis.
- Temeraire and the other dragons of the Napoleonic Wars, from Naomi Novik's fantasy trilogy: His Majesty's Dragon, Throne of Jade, Black Powder War.
- Valdearg the Wings of Fire and his daughter Gwynnia (named after Tiamat) from The Fires of Merlin, The Mirror of Merlin, and The Wings of Merlin by T.A. Barron
- Shimmergloom the shadow dragon is mentioned in one of R.A. Salvatore's books and Hephestus the red dragon is mentioned in another (The books are his ones with his Icewind Dale heroes characters)
- Bazil Broketail and many others from the Bazil Broketail book series.
- 14 fairy tales about dragons in A Book of Dragons by Ruth Manning-Sanders.
- Various dragons from A.J.Kelly's World of Feia books
- Vexus the ushikanu (wyvern) and Oberon of The Crystal Flute
- The Drannian, an arrogant and sophisticated race of shapeshifting dragons. Various characters feature in multiple books in the series.
[edit] Dragons in radio
- Trorg, the Last Amber Dragon in Hordes of the Things
- The blue sock-stealing dragons in Hordes of the Things, which survive and steal even unto this day
Garumnn, Black dragon on R.A. Salvatore books, who attack in mithral hall.
[edit] Dragons in television
- King Allfire, Queen Griddle and the rest from Blazing Dragons
- Prince Aragon and his sister, Princess Dora, from the show Danny Phantom.
- Avatar Roku's dragon in Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Beau, Wyldfyr, Cyrano, Fracshun, Decepshun, Coershun, Propheci, Phorrj and others from the CGI animated series Dragon Booster.
- Dragoon from Beyblade Tyson's Bit Beast
- The dragon in Stargate SG-1, season 10 ( From arthurs legends )
- Cassie, Zak, Wheezie, Ord, Lorca, Quetzal, and countless other dragons in the children's television series Dragon Tales on PBS.
- The Dragons of the Dragon Drive, including Chibisuke, a baby white dragon.
- Dennis, from James the Cat.
- The anime Dragon Century focuses solely on Carmine and a number of dragons.
- Dojo Kanojo Cho, the Oriental Dragon in Xiaolin Showdown.
- The Dragmas from the cartoon series Godzilla: The Series have a passing resemblance to dragons except they can't breath fire (or anything for that matter). Though they have two wings equipped with razor sharp claws, armoured hides, Triceratops-like heads (which are filled with razor sharp teeth) and three legs.
- The Drageen, Pyre and Tyrune from Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog.
- A Dragonous Humongous from the Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears episode Some Day My Prints Will Come, who was the most peaceful dragon in the world
- Dudley (dragon)
- Dulcy, in the Sonic the Hedgehog SatAM series
- Envy, the homunculus from the anime Fullmetal Alchemist, turns himself into a dragon.
- Faffy, the pet dragon in Dave the Barbarian
- Filia ul Copt from the anime Slayers is a golden dragon (or Ryuzoku, as called in the series)
- Gerry the Sneezing Dragon, in Warner Brothers cartoons (Mel Blanc was the voice).
- Gorwen from Through The Dragon's Eye.
- Granymyr in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.
- Grisu, the little dragon (animated series)
- Hakuryu, Cho Hakkai's dragon in the anime series Gensomaden Saiyuki
- H.R. Pufnstuf
- The Ice Dragon and Ice Dragon Robot from Kirby: Right Back at Ya!.
- The Ice Dragon, in Noggin the Nog.
- Jake Long and his grandfather, Lao Shi, as well as several others in the American Dragon: Jake Long TV series.
- Kagutsuchi, the Child of Mai from My-HiME is obviously a dragon, though physically he resembles an amalgam of animals.
- Lightning a the in Simba the King Lion
- Kasia and Ryan, the blond head kids who transform into Dragon Boy and Dragon Girl.
- A dragon can be seen briefly in the anime Kamichu.
- Matches, a small dragon in a Scooby-Doo animated movie called Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School.
- Magellan the dragon from the Nickelodeon children's show Eureeka's Castle.
- Malchior, the dragon in Teen Titans who disguises himself as the wizard Rorek
- various Transformers, notably Megatron
- Ollie, from Kukla, Fran and Ollie
- Orville, from Captain Kangaroo.
- The Pocket Dragons in Pocket Dragon Adventures.
- Pongo, in Oswald
- Prickle in Gumby.
- Ryūkotsusei, a dragon demon from InuYasha whose inflicted wounds ultimately killed InuYasha's father.
- Scorch, a 1,300-year-old puppet dragon created and controlled by Ronn Lucas, had his own ALF-esque sitcom briefly on ABC in 1992.
- Shenron, the eternal wish granting dragon from Dragon Ball.
- Shendu and his son Drago from Jackie Chan Adventures.
- The Green Dragon and the red baby dragon and his mother in Smurfs.
- The Soup Dragon from The Clangers
- Spike, the baby dragon, and other dragons in My Little Pony
- Spot, the pet dragon in The Munsters
- Süsü, the one-headed, good-hearted dragon in the Hungarian puppet series "Süsü, a Sárkány"
- Tabaluga from the cartoon Tabaluga.
- The Dragon from the game show Tic-Tac-Dough.
- Tricky, and interactive cartoon dragon that hosted the 1997 Saturday Morning ITV show of the same name
- Wip, a small talking dragon in the Xcalibur medieval/magic/fantasy computer-generated imagery series.
- A dragon named Zook in the t.v. show Martin Mystery
- Various dragons from Digimon, including the divinity Azulongmon (itself based on Seiryu) and Cyberdramon.
- In the Pokémon anime and video games, there is a type of Pokémon known as the Dragon type (see Pokémon types) that originated in the first series of game titles (Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow) and continued onward through following game titles (see List of Pokémon video games). It was originally limited to only Dratini, Dragonair, and Dragonite. Later it was expanded to include Kingdra (duplexed with water), Altaria, Flygon(both include Flying), Rayquaza, Salamence, Latias/Latios(duplexed with Psychic), and others. Some popular Pokémon such as Charizard, Gyarados, and Lugia are commonly mistakened to be of the dragon type, but are not dragons. Some of this comes from the fact that a few of them can learn attacks of the dragon type.
- Various monsters and zords are based on Dragons from the Power Rangers series. For Zords, these include including Tommy Oliver's Green Dragonzord from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Jason Lee Scott's Red Dragon Thunderzord from the second season of the series and the Mystic Dragon from Power Rangers: Mystic Force. In addition there is also a friendly dragon the Rangers in Mystic Force hatch named Fire Heart, who has the ability to transform into the Red Ranger's battilizer for this season. Also, a great deal of the monsters and villains the Rangers fight are Draconic. These include Titanisaur from Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy, Impus/Olympius from Power Rangers: Lightspeed Rescue as well as one of his monsters, the Infinitor. There is also the Ruby Dragon from Power Rangers: Dino Thunder and finally Megahorn and Gekkor from Mystic Force.
- Various Mecha and monsters are based on dragons in the Super Sentai series.
- Various dragons from the anime Yu-Gi-Oh, including Seto Kaiba's trademark Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Jonouchi's Red-Eyes Black Dragon.
[edit] Dragons in film
- Bryagh, the red wizard Ommadon's dragon in the classic animation movie The Flight of Dragons.
- Smrgol, the green wizard Carolinus' trusty, old, dragon in The Flight of Dragons.
- Gorbash, the "house dragon" and a main character in the 1982 animation movie The Flight of Dragons.
- Bahamut SIN, from the movie Final Fantasy VII Advent Children.
- Danny the Dragon, from the movie of the same name
- Devon and Cornwall (a two-headed dragon), played by Eric Idle and Don Rickles in Quest for Camelot
- Draco in Dragonheart and Drake and Griffin in Dragonheart II: A New Beginning
- A genetically engineered, 1,000 year old dragon from the science fiction movie Dragon Fighter
- Dexter the dragon from the 1980's animated film, The Dragon Who Wasn't (Or Was He?), who grows in size when he is upset or around sweet things, such as cake.
- The female dragon called Dragon in DreamWorks' Shrek (animation)
- Elliot in Disney's Pete's Dragon and The Search for Mickey Mouse (animation)
- Fafnir in Fritz Lang's Die Nibelungen Part 1: Siegfried
- Falkor in Petersen's The Neverending Story
- Genie temporarily turns himself into a dragon in the movie Aladdin.
- Godzilla's arch-nemesis King Ghidorah, is a dragon (physically, a combination of a Wyvern and a Hydra, to be precise).
- Haku in Miyazaki Hayao's Spirited Away
- Maleficent in dragon form in Disney's Sleeping Beauty (animation)
- Mushu in Disney's Mulan (animation)
- Norbert in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- A rudimentary epitome of Quetzalcoatl is presented in Q - The Winged Serpent
- Saphira, Shruikan and several unnamed dragons in Eragon
- Thoron, Targon, Aroara, Ferrarius, Argentum, Gryndel, Irascor, Slann, Stendhal, Rutilus, the Ice Dragons and others from Dragons: Fire and Ice, as well as its sequel, Dragons II: The Metal Ages (animation)
- Vermithrax Pejorative in Touchstone Pictures' Dragonslayer
- Yowler in Dragonworld
- Two small unnamed dragons in Hallmark's Arabian Nights (TV movie)
- The young dragon in The Dragon Who Wasn't (Or Was He?) (animation)
- Several unnamed dragons in the movie Dungeons & Dragons
- One-headed hydra in Hallmark's Jason and the Argonauts (TV movie)
- Unnamed six-legged dragon in Hallmark's Merlin (TV movie)
- Flame dragon in The Pagemaster (animation)
- Huge numbers of rapidly reproducing unnamed dragons in Touchstone Pictures Reign of Fire
- Unnamed dragon in Ray Harryhausen's Seventh Voyage of Sinbad
- Unnamed two-headed dragon in Lucas' Willow (unofficially dubbed "the Eborsisk" in honor of Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel)
- Unnamed dragon in George Pal's Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
- Penelope, a female dragon in Barbie as Rapunzel, and her father Hugo.
[edit] Dragons in comics and puppetry
- Dolosus from Timescapes by Jessica Peffer
- Dragon Man, in Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four
- Fin Fang Foom, in various Marvel Comics
- Llewellyn from Ozy and Millie by D.C. Simpson
- Mitch and Serthedal in the webcomic The Wings of Change by Mariette S. Rose
- Nid Hogg in Angel Sanctuary
- Rremly in Catharsis by J. Boeke
- Shenron (Shenlong) and Porunga, two dragons from the Dragon Ball series.
- The Great Red Dragon and his colleagues, in Jeff Smith's Bone
- The eight baby dragon brothers in the web comic Dragon Tails by Tim Dawson
- The Dragon from the webcomic Sinfest by Tatsuya Ishida.
- Ronn Lucas' ventriloquism puppet Scorch the Teenaged Dragon.
- Calvin (of the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip) once fantasized about being a dragon. He presumably intended to bite his mom or try to breathe fire at her when she came to see if he had brushed his teeth.
- Lockheed, the pet dragon of Kitty Pryde, or Shadowcat, of the X-Men.
- The dragon/dog hybrid in the webcomic College Roomies from Hell!!!.
- The dragon in the strip "惡作劇龍" (Prank Dragon) of the webcomic The Perry Bible Fellowship.
- The best friend of Spy Fox (besides Monkey Penny) in the cartoons is a friendly wyvern named Lone Wyvern.
[edit] Dragons in songs
- "Puff, the Magic Dragon" - Best known from the hit single by Peter, Paul and Mary, but has been performed by countless other artists.
- Tharos - The dragon from the "Emerald Sword Saga", a collection of five albums by the symphonic metal band Rhapsody.
- Trogdor - The famous "Burninator" from the Homestar Runner internet cartoon.
[edit] Dragons in video games
- Angelus (at first simply called "dragon" by Caim, the main character), Legna and several other wild dragons of Drakengard and Drakengard 2
- Annoth, Barroth, and Morrogh are the three playable dragons in the game I of the Dragon.
- Arokh, Werokh, Kaeros, Navaros, Mezzidrel, Shaza, Tora and other wild dragons of Drakan
- Ash from Kameo: Elements of Power.
- Azi Dahaka, the final boss dragon from the PlayStation game Dragon Valor.
- Various flights (distinguished by color) in the Warcraft universe by Blizzard, of which Alexstrasza is most noteworthy as queen. There is also Neltharion (Deathwing), Ysera, Malygos, and Nozdormu.
- Bahamut of the Final Fantasy series, including alternate forms Neo-Bahamut and Bahamut Zero of Final Fantasy VII. Various other dragons appear in every game in the series.
- Bleu and the Dark Dragon from Shining Force, and Thousand in the third scenario of Shining Force III.
- Brassel, a Dragon from Dragon Valor.
- Cael Cyndar and several other dragon co-stars in Dragon Rage
- Chilli Billi and Chilly Willy from Banjo-Tooie.
- The elemental Dragon Gods of Chrono Cross, of which there are six.
- the Czar Dragon and Zombone from Super Mario RPG.
- D'Cay, Draconis Mortis, Lorinor, Loromir, Relerissith, Sirithcam, Sisslith and Sssiliths from Sacred [1]
- Dragonlord, who turns into a dragon in the final fight, along with three varieties, blue, red, and green, of dragons found elsewhere in the game Dragon Warrior.
- Dragon Man, a form of the shapeshofting protagonist in the game Altered Beast.
- Elvarg, the mighty green dragon from the MMORPG RuneScape, which the player must kill in the quest Dragon Slayer, which allows the player to buy and wear a rune platebody and a green dragonhide body.
- Fyrlakith, the guardian dragon from Enclave (game).
- Gray from Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny is a human who has been turned into a dragonman by the Dragon King Ardgevald.
- Grundle, Rhindle and Yorgle from Atari Adventure
- Hydrus (Colossus #7), Kuromori (Colossus #8) and Phalanx (Colossus #13) from the game Shadow of the Colossus are dragon-like.
- The Ice Dragon (Kirby) from the Kirby video game series.
- Jack of Blades from Fable transforms into a Dragon in Fable: The Lost Chapters.
- Kunnavang from Guild Wars: Factions, a dragon that helps proceed the story.
- Lazarus from Shining Tears is a dragon, though it's technically correct to call him a Dragonian.
- Myrrh the Manakete, Fae the Mamkute, Fire Dragon, and the Dracozombies from the Fire Emblem series.
- Lord Nagafen, Trakanon, Lady Vox and others from EverQuest.
- Narthilargus from The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard, "The Crown Jewel of the Empire," a bright red fire-breathing giant of a beast.
- Onaga, The Dragon King, from Mortal Kombat: Deception.
- Raptros from War of the Monsters.
- Red Dragon Ruby, White Dragon Nall, and White Dragon Quark, along with the other White, Red, Blue, and Black Dragons of the Lunar series. Interestingly, young dragons or dragons stripped of their powers are depicted as resembling flying cats in this series.
- Ridley, a Zebesian Space Dragon from the Metroid series
- The main character of nearly all games in the Breath of Fire series is usually a dragon in human form, or a host for a dragon. His name is usually Ryu.
- Singe, the villainous dragon referenced in the title of Dragon's Lair.
- Spyro of the Spyro the Dragon series, as well as many co-starring characters in the series.
- Talon, a dragon from Dragon Valor.
- Tamagon, from the Japanese video game Devil World.
- The Mecha Dragon in Mega Man 2.
- Magma Dragoon and a large green dragon Mechaniloid from Mega Man X4.
- The Tiger-Dragon Emperor Tosh Raka is a dangerous villain in The Elder Scrolls series, though he has not yet appeared in person in any of the games. The Elder Scrolls also includes many virtuous dragons who have sworn alleigance to the Tamrielic Empire.
- Trogdor, a character from the Homestar Runner series of Flash games and cartoons.
- Tweek, his mother Gwyneth, and Tweek's siblings in Fur Fighters.
- The race of were-dragons in Fire Emblem
- A breed of monster in the Monster Rancher series.
- Ancient Wu sends out a dragon to fight the main player in True Crime: Streets of L.A.
- Various dragons under the control of the Dragon Knights in Suikoden.
- The Red Dragon from the BBS door game Legend of the Red Dragon.
- Onyxia, Nefarian, Vaelastrasz, Lethon, Taerar, Ysondre, Emeriss, Firemaw, Anachronos, Azuregos, Flamegor, Ebonroc, and Eranikus are all dragons found in the MMORPG World of Warcraft.
- In Zoids: Battle Legends, the Genosaurer and its variants have a charged partical cannon attack that makes them appear similar to dragons. Also the Deathsaurer and its variants appear to be modeled after Godzilla and have two separate charged partical cannon attacks (one of which can be swapped out for a missile launcher). There is also the Pteramander, which has a flame thrower attack. These are effectively mechanical dragons.
- The wyvern Heartless
- Zephyr and Farnir in the Wild Arms series
- Glint from Guild Wars: Prophecies
- Drogoth the Dragon Lord from The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II
- Some dragons appeared in Yoshi's Story.
- In Tomb Raider: Legend, Lara Croft has to take on a dragon in King Arthur's tomb in England.
- Draic Kin are a race of ancient dragon-like extraterrestrial sentient beings as featured in the adventure game The Longest Journey and its sequel Dreamfall.
- Various Dragons (Red, Black, Green, Golden, Bone, Ghost, Rust, Crystal, Fairy, Azure Dragon) in the Heroes of Might and Magic series by 3DO. In the 'expansion pack' for Heroes of Might and Magic III, Clash of the Dragons, the 'evil' dragons were led by the Dragon Queen Mutare. The dragons of Ashan from Heroes of Might and Magic V are Asha, the Primordial Dragon of Order; Urgash, the Primordial Dragon of Chaos; and the six Elemental Dragons (commonly worshipped as gods): Elrath, the Dragon of Light; Malassa, the Dragon of Darkness; Sylanna, the Dragon of Earth; Sylath, the Dragon of Air; Arkath, the Dragon of Fire; and Shalassa, the Dragon of Water.
- In The Legend of Dragoon, dragons are the source of the Dragoons' powers, able to be summoned when Dart and company reach a high enough level, Dragons such as the Red-Eyed Dragon and the Jade Dragoon. Some of the Dragoons had dragon partners, such as Feyrbrand, The Green Tusked Dragon; Regole, the Blue Sea Dragon; Michael, The Black Burst Dragon. The players fight the ultra-powerful Divine Dragon, referred to as the "King of Dragons", in the game, in a boss battle on disc three.
- There are many dragons and dragon-like creatures and characters from Nintendo's Mario series. These include the main villain, Bowser as well as his advanced form, Giga Bowser from Super Smash Bros. Melee. There is also Blizzaurus from Super Princess Peach, Bonetail, Gloomtail and Hooktail from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, and Rex from Super Mario World. Yoshi is sometimes considered a dragon, but is more properly a dinosaur.
- In the Panzer Dragoon series, Dragons are bio-weapons created through genetic mutation. The player-controlled dragon riden by Jean-Luc Lundi in Panzer Dragoon II Zwei is named Lagi.
- There are several dragons in the Legend of Zelda series, most of which are boss characters, such as Volvagia from Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, the Twilit Dragon Argorok from Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, and Onox from The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons, who turns into a dragon. There is also Valoo, a friendly dragon from Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker.
- Various creatures in the Pokémon anime and video games resemble dragons, but only a handful are of the actual type "dragon" (see Pokémon types). Some that resemble dragons but are not of the dragon type are: Aerodactyl, Charizard, Gyarados, Horsea, Aggron, Rhyperior, Lugia, Nidoking, Nidoqueen, Seadra, Sceptile, and Steelix. Some that are actually of the dragon type are: Dratini, Dragonair, Dragonite, Kingdra, Altaria, Flygon, Rayquaza, Salamence, and Latias/Latios. Another contributing factor to the confusion is the fact that some of the non-dragon type Pokémon can learn dragon-type attacks such as Dragon Rage, Dragonbreath, and Twister.
- Four dragon breeds in the online game Shalkith: Last Kin. Red dragons, who specialize in direct combat, silver dragons, who are particularly adept at wielding magic, brown dragons, who focus on defensive capabilities, and blue dragons, balanced between the other breeds with an emphasis on unusual skills and abilities. Currently, only red dragons are available, while others are being developed.
- In the online RPG Tibia, dragons are one of the most feared enemies and give some of the most prized armors and legs.
- Various dragons in RuneScape, a popular MMORPG,: Skeletal wyverns, Green Dragons, Baby blue dragons, Blue Dragons, Baby red dragons, Red dragons, Baby black dragons, black dragons, and the mighty King Black Dragon, a huge black dragon with three heads. These dragons all range in skill and size.
- In Battledragons, the players play as one of the eight dragon races (Great, Mystic, Hydra, Wyvern, Basilisk, Wyrm, Feathered serpent, Bipedal).
- Numerous unnamed dragons in ADoM (Ancient Domains of Mystery). ADOM sports baby, adult, and ancient dragons coming in red (fire-breathing), white (ice-breathing), black (acid-breathing), and blue (electricity-breathing) flavors, as well as wyrms and great wyrms that not only breathe the element of their color, but also cast spells.
- Cael, a magical dragon from Dragon Rage.
- Tempest, Crossel, and other dragons from Star Ocean: Till the End of Time.
- Antharas the Earth Dragon and Nakondas, the Envoy of Antharas from Lineage 2. Valakas, the red Dragon appears in Lineage 2: Chronicle 4.
- King Terask in NeoQuest II in Neopets.
- Mortrax, Athron, Pyrog, Sulfras, and Khoth are all dragons in the Avernum/Exile series.
- Various dragons in Ragnarok Online, including Novus, Ferus, Acidus, and the boss Detale.
- Brongaa, Dragon of Purgatory in Yggdra Union.
- Trang-Oul, a deity worshipped by necromancers in Diablo 2. There is a set named after him.
[edit] Dragons in role-playing games
- numerous varieties of dragons in Dungeons & Dragons; see dragon (Dungeons & Dragons)
- various Great Western dragons and others in Earthdawn
- various Great Feathered Serpent dragons, Great Eastern dragons, Great Western dragons, Great Sirrush dragons, and others in Shadowrun
- various types of dragons found in the Rifts role-playing game.
- Various types of dragons in Warhammer, a game from Games Workshop.
[edit] Dragons in card games
Fantasy card games always feature dragons, often so many of them, and thus this sub-section only mentions the more popular or important ones.
[edit] Magic: The Gathering
Dragon is a creature subtype in Magic: The Gathering. The term 'Dragon mana' refers to a converted mana cost of six, the traditional cost of Dragons in the game.
- The Primeval Dragons in the Invasion block, namely Crosis, the Purger; Darigaaz, the Igniter; Dromar, the Banisher; Rith, the Awakener and Treva, the Renewer
- The Elder Dragon Legends from the Legends block, namely Arcades Sabboth, Chromium, Nicol Bolas, Palladia-Mors and Vaevictis Asmadi
- Rorix Bladewing, a Shivan dragon who fights in the Otarian Grand Coliseum to reclaim his nation's honor: upon his death, Rorix is reincarnated as a "dracolich", under the name Bladewing the Risen.
- The Guardian Ryuu of Kamigawa, including Jugan, the Rising Star; Keiga, the Tide Star; Kokusho, the Evening Star; Ryusei, the Falling Star; and Yosei, the Morning Star.
- Niv-Mizzet, the insightful but short-tempered dragon wizard and leader of the Izzet guild in Ravnica.
- The Planar Chaos set introduces a new cycle of legendary Dragons bearing many similarities to the Invasion cycle - Oros, the Avenger; Intet, the Dreamer; Teneb, the Harvester; Numot, the Devastator; and Vorosh, the Hunter.
- There are also numerous other dragons, which have appeared in almost every set and every block. The most notable such dragon is Shivan Dragon, which has appeared in all but one of the Magic Core Sets.
[edit] Yu-Gi-Oh!
Dragon is also a monster type in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game. Dragons in Yu-GoOh! include:
- The Blue-Eyes White Dragon and its incarnations, including Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon and Blue Eyes Shining Dragon.
- The Red-Eyes Black Dragon, and its incarnations, including Red-Eyes Black Chick and Red Eyes Darkness Dragon, not to mention its fusions.
- Slifer the Sky Dragon (Sky Dragon of Osiris), the Egyptian god Osiris' card avatar.
- The Winged Dragon of Ra
- Timaeus, Critius, and Hermos, the Three Legendary Dragons
- Winged Dragon, Guradian Of The Fortress #1
- Winged Dragon, Guardian Of The Fortress #2
- Diamond Dragon
- Trihorn Dragon
- Serpent Night Dragon
- Victory Dragon
- Five Headed Dragon
- Tyrant Dragon
- Armed Dragon LV10
- Armed Dragon LV3
- Armed Dragon LV5
- Armed Dragon LV7
- B. Skull Dragon
- Baby Dragon
- Blackland Fire Dragon
- Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon
- Cave Dragon
- Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End
- Crawling Dragon
- Curse of Dragon
- Darkfire Dragon
- Different Dimension Dragon
- Divine Dragon - Excelion
- Divine Dragon Ragnarok
- Element Dragon
- Fiend Skull Dragon
- Gaia the Dragon Champion
- Harpie's Pet Dragon
- Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon
- Horus The Black Flame Dragon LV4
- Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV8
- Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6
- Hyozanryu
- Kaiser Glider
- King Dragun
- Lesser Dragon
- Luster Dragon
- Luster Dragon #2
- Masked Dragon
- Mirage Dragon
- One-Eyed Shield Dragon
- Petit Dragon
- Pitch-Dark Dragon
- Seiyaryu
- Spear Dragon
- Thousand Dragon
- Troop Dragon
- Yamadron
- Yamata Dragon
[edit] Dragons in board games
- Red, green and white dragon tiles in Mahjong.
- Dragon Chess, a three-board chess variant designed by Gary Gygax, has a dragon piece.
- Big Snore, the sleepy purple title dragon from Don't Wake the Dragon!, a mid-1980s children's board game
- Carcassonne - The Princess & the Dragon, an expansion for Carcassonne (board game), centers around a dragon represented by a large wooden piece
- Mimring (the evil red dragon), Charos (the green dragon), Braxas (the black dragon queen), and Niflhelm (the white dragon king) are some of the most powerful characters in Heroscape.