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

[edit] Dragons in radio

Garumnn, Black dragon on R.A. Salvatore books, who attack in mithral hall.

[edit] Dragons in television

[edit] Dragons in film

[edit] Dragons in comics and puppetry

[edit] Dragons in songs

[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

[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.

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