Dragon

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Dragons are mythical creatures found all around the world, possibly inspired by various sources such as giant lizards and snakes, but also dinosaur bones and simple tall-tales from travelers in distant lands. Dragons are often keepers of treasure that they can breathe fire or poison. Because of their majestic, fantastic nature, Dragons are a staple of much fantasy fiction and games. One of the most well known dragons is Smaug, from Tolkien's The Hobbit. The vast majority of later portrayals of dragons in fiction was based on Smaug, who in turn had been inspired by the dragon Fafnir, from the Völsunga Saga and the dragon from Beowulf.

Dragons are one of the main selling points of the Dungeons & Dragons game, to the point that the 4th edition includes a draconian race called Dragonborn, intended for players who "want to look like a dragon".

Dragon kind and Half-Dragons are basically the confirmation of the rule that dragons can mate with anything, taking their place amongst the races often referred to as "slut races": humans, fiends, celestials, dryads, slaadi, modrons, inevitables, formians and gribbly abominations from the Far Realm. We now permit you to take a break to use the brain oxi-clean provided to you by Billy Mays' ghost to scrub any mental images you may have of a human, dragon, angel, balor, black slaad, formian queen or-OH SWEET MERCIFUL GOD-EMPEROR THE MENTAL IMAGE!!!!

"True" dragons meanwhile come in all shapes and sizes, from the evil Chromatic to the good Metallic, the psionic Gem dragons, elemental dragons, plane-aligned dragons (one for each Outer Plane except Arcadia, where dragons are hated), Astral dragons, disaster dragons and even the potent and rare Time Dragons, who are amongst the most dangerous creatures in existence.

There are also 'Dragon Riders'. That's to be taken literally in the overwhelming majority of cases, just in case you didn't use enough brain bleach just 5 nanoseconds ago. They're really just pussy knights that stay safe just pointing the Dragon in the right direction and let them fight for them, occasionally dismounting to deliver a finishing blow or give a pompous bullshit speech. (Except for Viking Dragon Riders, hardcore shit right there!) Why have them at all, besides "awesome", you might ask? Two reasons: For an intelligent dragon, they offer a slight, but non-trivial edge in combat (spotting threats early, and possibly giving you a new attack if they have a lance that's effective vs other dragons, at a slight to moderate cost in extreme flight maneuvers); for unintelligent dragons, being able to field them at all in war. This said, if you read what required said brain bleach above, the other kind of ride does happen occasionally as well. Half-Dragons and Dragonborn wouldn't exist otherwise.

Warhammer

Dragons have appeared since the beginning in Warhammer Fantasy, but they're one of the most vaguely defined parts of the lore. They will ally themselves with the High Elves and be used as powerful, and in game terms, expensive, mounts for elven lords. Aside from being intelligent, there's not much stated about them. Some dragons have also been corrupted by Chaos and fight alongside the Warriors of Chaos. In both cases, they are made out to be among the most powerful monsters in the setting, and their stats live up to it, with only few models, including Greater Daemons, having a chance at beating them.

Storm of Magic sees the return of "Emperor dragons", huge dragons that are arguably the most powerful units in the book. Emperor dragons not allied with Chaos can also be upgraded all the way up to level four sorcerers, in addition to having nearly all 9s across their statline. This does make them extremely expensive, ruling out their use in all but the highest-point games.

Like in many settings, Warhammer has a number of different types, beyond the common/Emperor Dragon split.

• Sun Dragon - the youngest and smallest breed.
• Star Dragon - the largest and eldest dragons.
• Moon Dragon - the one in between the two above.
• Toad Dragon
• Carmine Dragon

See Also

• Johnniass Dragonraper is known to rape a dragon on occasion.
• Toothless Dragon the Dawww-est dragon.
• The Periodic Table of Dragons.