Changes: Dragon Physiology

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"Dragons always attracted me as a mythological element. They seemed to be able to comprise human malice and bestiality together so extraordinarily well, and also a sort of malicious wisdom and shrewdness — terrifying creatures!"

― J. R. R. Tolkien

"We men dream dreams, we work magic, we do good, we do evil. The dragons do not dream. They are dreams. They do not work magic: it is their substance, their being. They do not do; they are."

― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Farthest Shore

"Dragons all possessed their own immense power, and lived freely according to their own will. Now, the fate of the world was dominated by dragons."

― Azazel (Highschool DxD)

"Dragons are incarnations of power itself. They worshiped no Gods, they bow to no Kings. Dragons' purity of thought to live and die by their own will is what makes them supreme."

― God Serena (Fairy Tail)

The power to use the abilities of dragons. Variation of Mythical Bestiary.

Also Called

Draconic/Draconus Body/Form/Mimicry/Physiology
Dragon Body/Form/Mimicry
Ryū Body/Form/Mimicry/Physiology
Vritra Body/Form/Mimicry/Physiology
Wyrm Body/Form/Mimicry/Physiology

Capabilities

User with this ability either is or can transform into a Dragon; a legendary creature, typically depicted with serpentine or reptilian traits, that features in the myths of many cultures. There are two distinct cultural traditions of dragons: the European Dragon, derived from European folk traditions and which is ultimately related to Greek and Middle Eastern mythologies, and the Chinese Dragon, with counterparts in Japan, Korea and other East Asian countries.

Broadly speaking, dragons can be divided into following groups:

Western Dragons, typically depicted as a huge fire-breathing, scaly and horned lizard-like creature, with leathery, bat-like wings, with four legs and a long muscular tail. It is sometimes shown with feathered wings, crests, fiery manes, ivory spikes running down its spine and various exotic colorations. Dragon's blood often has magical properties. The typical dragon protects a cavern or castle filled with gold and treasure and is often associated with a "great" hero who tries to slay it. Though a winged creature, the dragon is generally to be found in its underground lair, a cave that identifies it as an ancient creature of the earth.

Asian Dragons, typically portrayed as long, scaled, serpentine creatures with four legs. Traditionally they symbolize potent and auspicious powers, particularly control over water, rainfall, hurricane, and floods, and are also a symbols of power, strength, and good luck. They have also extended range of supernatural powers, changing size or form (most are able to take human shape), fly among the clouds or hide in water, form clouds, turn into water, change color as an ability to blend in with their surroundings as an effective form of camouflage or glow in the dark.

Lesser Drakes is something of a catch-all category, including the lesser dragon-like beings, such as wyverns, worm/wyrms, lindworms, etc., which are generally smaller and more animal-like in mind and behavior.

Applications

Variations

Types of Dragons

Alien Dragon Physiology
Angelic Dragon Physiology
Asian Dragon Physiology
Bionic Dragon Physiology
Balaur Physiology
Cartoon Dragon Physiology
Data Dragon Physiology
Demonic Dragon Physiology
Dimensional Dragon Physiology
Dino-Dragon Physiology
Dragon Lord Physiology
Dragon Turtle Physiology
Dragonborn Physiology
Dragonman Physiology
Elemental Dragon Physiology
Fairy Dragon Physiology
Feather Dragon Physiology
Gestalt Dragon Physiology
- Tannin Physiology
Insect Dragon Physiology
Lesser Dragon Physiology
Mystic Dragon Physiology
Phoenix Dragon Physiology
Primordial Dragon Physiology
Psychic Dragon Physiology
Skeleton Dragon Physiology
Transcendent Dragon Physiology
Undead-Dragon Physiology
Vampiric Dragon Physiology
Western Dragon Physiology

Associations

Limitations

Mythical Birds can reasonably be nemeses to Dragons.
May become excessively greedy/proud.
May not be able to transform back.
Size could be an issue.
In some, dealing with the issue of using energy to fly or use fire can be a problem since some who constantly breathe fire could have a problem with flying.
User gains the fundamental weaknesses of a dragon's body.
- Eye may not as strongly protected as the rest of the body.
May not be innately magical, for example breathe-weapon could be biological.
May have restrictions on what kind of magic they may learn.

Universal differences

In some universes, there are a variety of dragons with different abilities; in Dungeons and Dragons, for example, dragons are arranged by type and corresponding element (Red dragons are fire-breathers, Bronze dragons use electricity).

Known Dragon Types

Warcraft: These dragons are the guardians of Azeroth, they are divided into different Dragonflights which protect a different Aspect of Azeroth.
- Red: Life
- Blue: Magic
- Green: Dream
- Bronze: Time
- Black: Earth, after Corruption: Death
- Infinite: Anti-Time
- Chromatic: Biological
- Netherwing: Space
- Twilight: Twilight

Dungeons & Dragons: The powers and personality depend on scale colors. There are two main categories of dragon: chromatic (the Evil-aligned) and metallic (the Good-aligned). Keep in mind that dragons tend to change in Dungeons and Dragons, as different editions are created and discarded. Here is a sample selection of what you might encounter:
- Black, Copper and Green dragons breathe acid. Black and Copper dragons breathe a line of acid, whereas Green breathe a cone of acidic gas.
- Brass, Gold and Red dragons breathe fire. A Red or Gold dragon's breath is a cone, whereas a Brass dragon's breath is a line. NOTE: Brass dragons can also breathe a cone of sleep.
- Silver and White dragons breathe cold. Both dragons breath cones. NOTE: Silver dragons can also breathe a cone of paralyzing gas.
- Bronze and Blue dragons breathe lightning. Both dragons breathe in lines. NOTE: Bronze dragons can also breathe a cone of repulsion.
Metallic Dragons: Dragons that also have extra breath weapons with spell-like effects, breathed in cones.
- Copper dragons breathe slow gas.
- Brass dragons breathe sleep gas.
- Silver dragons breathe paralyzing gas.
- Bronze dragons breathe repulsion gas.
- Gold dragons breathe weakening gas.
Spyro universe: These dragons are much inspired by the classic European, with powers of flight and a breath weapon, but are limited to the mastery of a single element. In the original series of games, there were six breaths: Fire, Water, Bubble, Electricity, Ice and Wind. Other breaths added later include Fury, Earth, Poison, Shadow and Fear.
- Purple dragons are a special and rare breed of dragon. They have the ability to harness the power of multiple elements as opposed to a single one.
Skylanders Universe: These dragons vary in size and appearance, as well as powers. Younger dragons are highly adaptive to their surroundings, making their environment and childhood a key factor to their adulthood, powers, appearance, and personality. Their powers are mainly linked to the elements of Skylands, these dragons also possess powerful magic which also makes them immune to mind control. There are multiple species of dragons as well, which all possess their own unique abilities.
- Purple Dragons Much like the purple dragons from the Spyro series, purple dragons in Skylanders can harness the powers of all the elements.
Fairy Tail: In this universe, there are dragons corresponding to each element, and each dragon is attuned to their element.
American Dragon: Within the universe, dragons are shape changers who can easily shift between human and dragon form to move between the mystic & human worlds. They have the traditional set of powers, but utilize their chi to make Thinking Duplicates of themselves and as an excess supply for Mysticism and spell casting. More experienced users can utilize their chi for making Life-Force Constructs such as energy claws.
How to Train Your Dragon: In the Book of Dragons (also known as the Dragon Manual), Vikings of the Barbaric Archipelago recorded information about dragons and classified them.
- Stoker Class: Dragons are hotheaded fire breathers, and most of them are capable of setting themselves on fire or possess their own, specialized form of using fire.
- Boulder Class: Dragons are tough and associated with the earth. They can eat rocks, and despite that their wings are smaller compared to their entire body, they are able to fly as fast and as high as most other dragons can.
- Sharp Class: Dragons are vain and prideful, and all possess sharp body parts.
- Tidal Class: Dragons live in and near the ocean, and unlike most dragons, they don't have fire breaths as their ranged attacks. These dragons are generally bigger in size than most of other classes, consisting of species classified in the large Dragons.
- Fear Class: Dragons are stealthy and often (but not always) have multiple heads. Instead of fire, they breathe gases with different effects.
- Strike Class: Dragons of this category are super fast, have pin-point accuracy, are highly intelligent and have incredible vice-like jaw strength. They are also the most difficult to train, but the most loyal once trained.
- Mystery Class: Dragons that have little known about them. The often display unique abilities and behavior, whether they can hide themselves, or construct armor consisting of dragon bones.
- Tracker Class: Dragons that have a highly acute sense of smell to track and find things.
Dragonalt The Resonance: The dragons are mecha-like beings, that can transform into humans and return to their natural form using a process called Actualizing
Dragon Crisis: Dragons born in human form with scales on their hands. They use a color-classification system similar to that of Dungeons and Dragons.
- Red: Fire Dragons
- Black: Darkness Dragons
- White: Ice Dragons
- Blue: Water Dragons
Breath of Fire: Dragons of the Brood Clan can interbreed with other species due to having a human form. Such individuals can turn into a dragon via Ascension, and have the power to transform into different forms of dragons.
A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones: These dragons are inspired by the European version, but more closely resemble the Wyvern, having wings attached to their forelimbs. Most of the members of House Targaryen (and their ancestors, the Valyrians) tamed dragons and frequently used them in warfare. Hatching the eggs is no easy task, requiring a combination of fire and a blood sacrifice. Scale color also varies.

Known Users

See Also: Dragon Tropes, especially Our Dragons Are Different.

Video Games

Drago (Animal Crossing)
Leonidas (Bakugan Battle Brawlers: The Game)
Dragon Kazooie (Banjo-Tooie)
Chilli Billi (Banjo-Tooie)
Chilly Willy (Banjo-Tooie)
Gruntydactyl (Banjo-Tooie)
Steamy (Banjo-Pilot)
Ryu (Breath of Fire franchise)
Valerie (Breath of Fire II)
Yua/Patty (Breath of Fire II)
Fou-Lu (Breath of Fire IV)
Draggadon (Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker)
Gold Draggadon (Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker)
Grim Matchstick (Cuphead)
Everlasting Dragons (Dark Souls Series)
- Seath the Scaleless (Dark Souls)
- The Gaping Dragon (Dark Souls)
- Black Dragon Kalameet (Dark Souls)
- Stone Dragon (Dark Souls)
- Sinh, the Slumbering Dragon (Dark Souls II)
- Darkeater Midir (Dark Souls III)
The Ancient Dragon (Dark Souls II)
Smokey the Dragon (Diddy Kong Racing)
Dogadon (Donkey Kong 64)
Dragon Knight (Dota 2)
Dragons (Dragon Age)
Dragons (DragonVale World)
Dragons (DragonVale)
Dragons (Dragalia Lost)
Dragons (Drakengard Series)
- Angelus (Drakengard)
- The Wyrm (Drakengard)
- Legna (Drakegard 2)
- Michael/Mikhail (Drakegard 3)
- Gabriella (Drakegard 3)
- Ezrael (Drakegard 3)
- Zophiel (Drakegard 3)
Kraken (Earthbound)
Bionic Kraken (Earthbound)
Dragons (Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
Dovahkin/Dragonborn (Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
Jack of Blades (Fable, Fable: The Lost Chapters and Fable Anniversary)
Reis Duelar (Final Fantasy)
Bahamut (Final Fantasy)
Manaketes (Fire Emblem)
- Tiki (Fire Emblem)
Robin (Fire Emblem: Awakening); through joining with Grima
Corrin/Kamui (Fire Emblem Fates)
Kana (Fire Emblem Fates)
Sash Lilac (Freedom Planet)
Midgard Dragons (God of War 2018)
- Hraezlyr
- Fafnir
- Reginn
- Otr
- Dagsetr
Sol Badguy (Guilty Gear)
Berserk Leech Hydroe (Hey! Pikmin)
Volga (Hyrule Warriors)
Ice Dragon (Kirby)
Galbo (Kirby)
Miasmoros (Kirby Planet Robobot)
Acchi (Kirby: Squeak Squad)
Fangora (Kirby’s Epic Yarn)
Flame Galboros (Kirby: Triple Deluxe)
Winged Eggers (Kirby: Triple Deluxe)
Parallel Landia (Team Kirby Clash Deluxe)
Water Galbo (Kirby’s Return to Dream Land)
Water Galboros (Kirby’s Return to Dream Land)
Landia (Kirby’s Return to Dream Land)
Computer Virus (Kirby Super Star);via the Red Dragon/Great Dragon
Drakor (Star Fox Adventures)
Shyvanna (League of Legends)
Aurelion Sol (League of Legends)
Dragons/Drake (League of Legends)
- Cloud Drake
- Infernal Drake
- Mountain Drake
- Ocean Drake
- Elder Dragon
Divine Dragon (Sekiro Shadows Die Twice)
The Dragoons (The Legend of Dragoon); via Dragoon Spirit
Dragons (The Legend of Zelda)
Farosh (The Legend of Zelda Series)
Naydra (The Legend of Zelda Series)
Dinraal (The Legend of Zelda Series)
Mecha Dragon (Mega Man Classic series)
Magma Dragoon (Mega Man X4)
Ridley (Metroid)
Ender Dragon (Minecraft)
Elder Dragons (Monster Hunter)
Rathalos (Monster Hunter)
Liu Kang (Mortal Kombat)
Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden); through Art of the True Inferno
Drogoz (Paladins)
Hooktail (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)
Gloomtail (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)
Dragon-type Pokémon (Pokémon)
Pokémon that learn Dragon-type moves (Pokémon)
Dragons (Skylanders)
Metal Overlord (Sonic Heroes)
Perfect Chaos (Sonic Adventure)
Dragons (Spyro)
- Spyro
- Cynder
- Ember
- Flame
Dragons (Suikoden)
Gobblegut (Super Mario Galaxy 2)
Lord of Lightning/Ruined Dragon (Super Mario Odyssey)
Yoshi (Super Smash Bros.); via Super Dragon
Snowdrake (Undertale)
Chilldrake (Undertale)
Amphis And Baena (Valkyrie Crusade)
Dragon Princess (Valkyrie Crusade)
Dragons (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Azure Dragon
- Red Dragon
- Huang Long
- White Dragon
- Black Dragon
Dragons (Warcraft)
Dragon Aspects (Warcraft)
Tianhuo (Them's Fightin' Herds)
Puff! Users (Dragon Quest series)

Anime/Manga

Drago (Bakugan)
Apollonir (Bakugan)
Helios (Bakugan)
Dharak (Bakugan)
Grunbeld (Berserk)
Hyōrinmaru (Bleach)
Dai (Dai's Great Adventure)
Baran (Dai's Great Adventure)
Dragon Knights (Dai's Great Adventure)
Dramon-type Digimon (Digimon)
Mafuga (Doraemon)
Dragons (Dragonaut The Resonance)
Shenron (Dragon Ball)
Porunga (Dragon Ball Z)
Shadow Dragons (Dragon Ball GT)
Paccalachi/Drago (Eto Rangers)
Dragons (Fairy Tail)
Dragon Slayers (Fairy Tail) via Dragon Seed
- Acnologia
- Irene Belserion
- Elefseria
Yui Hongo (Fushigi Yûgi)
Ice Dragon Robot (Kirby Right Back at Ya!)
Ozone Hole Monster (Kirby Right Back at Ya!)
Tornadon (Kirby Right Back at Ya!)
Seiryuu (Fushigi Yûgi)
Shōryūki (Ghost Sweeper Mikami)
Issei Hyoudou (High School DxD)
Dragons (Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon)
Vritra (Kubera)
Sura from the Vritra clan (Kubera)
Kasak Rajof (Kubera)
Guardian ÄRM, V (Fünf) - Dead Dragon (Marchen Awakens Romance)
Ryukyu (My Hero Academia)
Kozuki Momonosuke (One Piece); via Artificial Devil Fruit
Kaido (One Piece)
Lugyao (One Piece: Mugiwara Theatre)
Dragon Race (Rave Master)
- Let Dahaka
- Julia
Dragons (Seikoku no Dragonar)
Echo (Seikoku no Dragonar)
Haku (Spirited Away)
Sigmund (Unbreakable Machine-Doll)
Derous (Toriko)
Dragons (While Killing Slimes for 300 Years, I Became the MAX Level Unknowingly)
- Leica
Dragon Archetype (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Bago (Zatch Bell!)
Ashuron (Zatch Bell!)
Elzador (Zatch Bell!)

Cartoons/Comics

Dragons (The 7D)
Neddy (Adventure Time)
Blanket Dragon (Adventure Time)
Flame Princess (Adventure Time) via Elemental Purification spell
Dragons (American Dragon: Jake Long)
Alien Dragons (Ben 10: Alien Force)
Anthropomorphic dragons (Blazing Dragons)
Dragons (Bone)
- The Great Red Dragon
- Mim
- Stillman
- The Nacht
- Balsaad
Professor Thurdigree Burns (Casper's Scare School)
Prince Aragon (Danny Phantom); via Amulet of Aragon
Princess Dorathea (Danny Phantom); via Amulet of Aragon
Dragons (The Dragon Prince)
Dragons (Dragon Tales)
Dragonlord (Dragon Warrior)
Clarathea (Fables)
Trogdor the Burninator (Homestar Runner)
Duncan Rosenblatt (Image Comics)
Drago (Jackie Chan Adventures)
Shendu (Jackie Chan Adventures)
Dragon (Jane and the Dragon)
Dragons (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
- Firstbourne (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjuitzu)
The Overlord (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjuitzu)
Experiment 228/Melty (Lilo and Stitch)
Dragon Man (Marvel Comics)
Makluans (Marvel Comics)
- Fin Fang Foom
Lockheed (Marvel Comics)
Puff (Marvel Comics)
Shou-Lao (Marvel Comics)
Dragonwing (Marvel Comics)
Fang (Miraculous Ladybug)
Dragons (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
Tong Tong (Pororo the Little Penguin)
Dragon (Pororo the Little Penguin)
Dragon (Potatoes and Dragons)
- Master Chem
Pongo (Oswald)
Princess Kyra (Reversal of the Heart); via dragon heart
Dragons (Sofia the First)
Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty)
Mobian dragons (Sonic SatAM/Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
Dragons (Tara Duncan)
Drako (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 TV series)
Ninja Tribunal (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 TV series)
Oroku Saki (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003 TV series)
Ice dragons (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 TV series)
Malchior (Teen Titans)
Dojo Kanojo Cho (Xiaolin Showdown)
The Sapphire Dragon (Xiaolin Showdown)
Chase Young (Xiaolin Showdown)

Mythology/Folklore

Xiangliu (Chinese Mythology)
Ladon (Greek Mythology)
Python (Greek Mythology)
Goryrinch (Russian Mythology)
Kiyohime (Japanese Mythology)
Orochi (Japanese Mythology)
Níðhöggr (Norse Mythology)
Fafnir (Norse Mythology)

Television/Movies

Taro (The 7th Voyage of Sinbad)
Ragonas (Ang Panday 2)
Dragons (Barbie as Rapunzel)
Mal (Descendants 2)
Draco (Dragonheart)
Drake (Dragonheart: A New Beginning)
Griffon (Dragonheart: A New Beginning)
Sarah Daniels (Dragon Wars)
Dragons (Game of Thrones)
Dragons (How to Train Your Dragon)
Dragonna (Komiks Presents: Dragonna)
Tagon (Komiks Presents: Dragonna)
Acid spitting mini dragon (Level Up)
Kilgarrah, Dragons, and Wyverns (Merlin)
Emperor Han (The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor)
Maleficent (Once Upon A Time)
Elliot (Pete's Dragon)
Various Zords and Villains (Power Rangers franchise)
Devon and Cornwall (Quest for Camelot)
Dragons (Reign of Fire)
Dragon (Shrek)
Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty)
Various Mecha and Villains (Super Sentai franchise)
Dragonstorm (Transformers: The Last Knight)

Literature

The Dragon (Beowulf)
Dragons (Discworld)
Dragon (Dragon)
The Blood Family (Dragon DelaSange)
Peter DelaSange (Dragon DelaSange)
Don Henri DelaSange (Dragon DelaSange)
Chloe Blood/DelaSange (Dragon DelaSange)
Henri DelaSange (Dragon DelaSange)
Lizzie DelaSange (Dragon DelaSange)
Elizabeth Blood/DelaSange (Dragon DelaSange)
Jim Eckert/Gorbash (The Dragon and the George)
Smaug (The Hobbit)
Dragons (Harry Potter)
- Antipodean Opaleye
- Chinese Fireball
- Common Welsh Green
- Hebridean Black
- Hungarian Horntail
- Norwegian Ridgeback
- Peruvian Vipertooth
- Romanian Longhorn
- Swedish Short-Snout
- Ukrainian Ironbelly
- Catalonian Fireball
- Portuguese Long-Snout
Temperaire (In His Majesty's Service)
Dragons (Inheritance Cycle)
Alucard Lemuel (The Omnia Iunctus Saga)
Perry Gomez (Shadow Falls)
Steve (Shadow Falls)
Glaurung (The Silmarillion)
Ancalagon the Black (The Silmarillion)
Dragons (A Song of Ice and Fire)
Sigmund (Unbreakable Machine-Doll)
Patrick Donovan (The Young Guardians)

Web Original

SCP-111 - Dragon-Snails™ (SCP Foundation)
SCP-1762-2 - Where The Dragons Went (SCP Foundation)
SCP-1779 - Dime Consumers (SCP Foundation)
SCP-3844 - To Slay A Dragon (SCP Foundation)
Wyvern (RWBY)
God of Light and God of Darkness (RWBY)

Other

Makuta Miserix (Bionicle)
Dragons (Dungeons & Dragons)
Dragonborn (Fourth Edition Dungeons and Dragons)
Dragons (Heroscape)
- Mimring
- Charos
- Braxas
- Nelfhim
- Zelrig
Ugin (Magic: the Gathering)
Figment (Journey Into Imagination)
Dragon-family Monster Girls (Monster Girl Encyclopedia)

Known Objects

Path of the Dragon Stones (Dark Souls series)
- Dragon Head Stone
- Dragon Torso Stone
Bag of Dragonite (Earthbound)
Dragon Fullbottle/Sclashjelly/Evolbottle (Kamen Rider Build)
Gaster Blaster (Undertale)

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 * [http://adventuretime.wikia.com/wiki/Neddy Neddy] (''Adventure Time'')
 * Blanket Dragon (''Adventure Time'')
-* Flame Princess (''Adventure Time''); via Elemental Purification spell
+* Flame Princess (''Adventure Time'') via Elemental Purification spell
 * Dragons (''American Dragon: Jake Long'')
 * Alien Dragons (''Ben 10: Alien Force'')