- "I recognize you as my enemy, Dragon. And I shall slay you."
- ― Acnologia (Fairy Tail)
- "But there is one they fear. In their tongue, he is Dovahkiin - Dragonborn!"
- ― The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- "In all my ambitions I never hoped to enter the ranks of Dragon Slayers."
- ― Boy Blue to Old Worm (Fables)
- "He is a man who came from Wano Country in the New World!!! Believe it or not, a long time ago he was known as a legendary samurai who killed a dragon!!! And his story is still passed down to this day!!!"
- ― Dr. Hogback explaining Shimotsuki Ryuma's origins to Nami, Usopp, and Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece)
- "Ahh, dragon slaying. Knighthood's highest calling..."
- ― Hawkeye Gough, Dark Souls
The character is a hunter or killer of dragons. Variation of Slayer.
Also Called[]
- Dragon Hunter/Killer/Trapper
- Draconic Hunter/Killer/Slayer/Trapper
- Dracocide
Capabilities[]
The character has an expertise for killing dragons. They are able to go toe-to-toe with even the strongest of dragons and gain resistance to their powers.
Associated Powers[]
- Death Inducement; to dragons.
- Dracology Mastery
- Draconic Immunity
- Draconic Power Negation
- Enhanced/Supernatural Combat Mastery
- Greater Damage Effectivity
Associations[]
- Chivalry
- Draconic Weaponry
- Dragon Physiology
- Dragon Manipulation
- Power Immunity
- Power Negation
- Omnislayer
- Supernatural Hunter
- Supernatural Weapon Proficiency
- True Hero
- Unavertable Death
Limitations[]
- Transcendent Dragon may be difficult to kill.
- May need different skills/powers to kill some types of dragons.
Known Users[]
See Also: The Dragonslayer.
Anime/Manga/Manhua/Manhwa
- BlackWarGreymon (Digimon); via Dramon Destroyers
- WarGreymon (Digimon); via Dramon Destroyers
- Drakers (Drifting Dragons)
- Zephyr (Doom Breaker)
- Kang Han Soo (FFF-Class Trashero)
- Dragon Slayers (Fairy Tail); via Dragon Slayer Magic
- Acnologia
- Elefseria
- Erik/Cobra
- Gajeel Redfox
- God Serena
- Irene Belserion
- Kiria
- Laxus Dreyar
- Madmole
- Natsu Dragneel
- Nebaru
- Rogue Cheney
- Skullion Raider
- Suzaku
- Sting Eucliffe
- Wendy Marvel
- Wraith
- Erza Scarlet (Fairy Tail); via Dragon Slayer Seal
- Issei Hyoudou (Highschool DxD)
- Siegfried (Highschool DxD)
- Shimotsuki Ryuma (Monsters/One Piece)
- Don Quixote (My Girl is a Princess Dragon)
- Roronoa Zoro (One Piece)
- Ragna the Reaper (Ragna Crimson)
- Kumoko/Shiraori (So I'm a Spider, So What?)
- Sung Jinwoo (Solo Leveling)
- Hayate (Overgeared); via Dragon Killing Sword
Cartoon
- The Huntsclan (American Dragon: Jake Long)
- Rose/Huntsgirl
- The Huntsmaster/The Huntsman
- Fire Lord Sozin (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
- Various Characters (How To Train Your Dragon)
- Dragon Hunters (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
Comics
- Bigby Wolf (Fables)
- Little Boy Blue (Fables)
- Sigurd the Everglorious (Marvel Comics)
Literature
- Beowulf (Beowulf)
- King Galbatorix (The Inheritance Cycle)
- Bard (The Hobbit); via Black Arrow
- Eärendil (The Silmarillion)
- Túrin Turambar (The Silmarillion)
- Fram (Tolkienverse)
Live Television/Movies
- Sam Winchester (Supernatural)
Folklore/Mythology
- Ichneumon (Greek/Roman mythology)
- Lancelot (Arthurian Legend)
- Saint George (Christian Mythology)
- Cadmus (Greek Mythology)
- Beowulf (Norse Mythology)
- Sigurd/Siegfried (Norse Mythology)
Tabletop Games
- Felix Jaeger (Warhammer Fantasy); via Karaghul
Video Games
- Chosen Undead (Dark Souls)
- Dragon Slayer Ornstein (Dark Souls); via Dragonslayer Spear
- Various Characters (Dragon Age)
- Cassandra Pentaghast
- Hawkeye Gough (Dark Souls); via Gough's Greatbow
- Bearer of the Curse (Dark Souls II)
- Ashen One (Dark Souls III)
- The Nameless King (Dark Souls III); via Dragonslayer Swordspear
- Dragon Slayers (Gate of Nightmares)
- Manatsu
- Elena-Maria
- Dragonborn (The Elder Scrolls series)
- Kratos (God of War)
- Link (The Legend of Zelda series)
- Dragon-type Pokémon (Pokémon)
- Ice-type Pokémon (Pokémon)
- Lancelot (TYPE-MOON); via Arondight
- Saber of Black/Siegfried (TYPE-MOON); via Balmung
- Dragon Slayer (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Dragon Slayer (Old) (Valkyrie Crusade)
Web Animation/Comics/Series
- Vaarsuvius (The Order of the Stick)
Known Items[]
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
- Dramon Destroyers (Digimon)
- Dragon Slayer Magic (Fairy Tail)
- Dragon Slayer Seal (Fairy Tail)
- Dragon Slayer Swords (Highschool DxD)
Cartoons
- Jane's and Sir Theodore's swords (Jane and Dragon)
Live-Television
- Sword of Bruncvik (Supernatural)
Tabletop Games
- Dragon Slayer Longsword (Critical Role)
- Dragonlances (Dragonlance)
- Dragonbane amber (Forgotten Realms)
- Karaghul (Warhammer Fantasy)
Video Games
- Dragon's Bane (Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn)
- Dragonslayer Greatbow (Dark Souls/Dark Souls II/Dark Souls III)
- Dragonslayer Spear (Dark Souls/Dark Souls II/Dark Souls III)
- Dragonslayer's Crescent Axe (Dark Souls II)
- Dragonslayer Greataxe (Dark Souls III)
- Dragonslayer Swordspear (Dark Souls III)
- Dragonslayer's Axe (Dark Souls III)
- Axameter (Dragon Age: Origins)
- Dragonbrand (Dragon Age: Origins)
- Dragonspite (Dragon Age: Origins)
- Duncan's Dagger (Dragon Age: Origins)
- Yusaris (Dragon Age: Origins)
- Dragon-slaying Runes (Dragon Age: Inquisition)
- Dragonbane (The Elder Scrolls series)
- Arondight (TYPE-MOON)
- Ascalon (TYPE-MOON)
- Balmung (TYPE-MOON)
- Gram (TYPE-MOON)
Gallery[]
Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]
WarGreymon (Digimon) is equipped with Dramon Killers on each of its arms, which are weapons designed to kill beings with dragon attributes.
BlackWarGreymon (Digimon)
An extremely ruthless Dragon Slayer, Acnologia (Fairy Tail) slaughtered countless Dragons to satisfy his thirst for revenge.
Erik/Cobra (Fairy Tail) is the poison dragon slyer.
Gajeel Redfox (Fairy Tail) is the iron dragon slayer.
God Serena (Fairy Tail) wields 8 different dragon slaying magics.
Irene Belserion (Fairyt Tail) is the first dragon slayer.
Kiria (Fairy Tail) is the blade dragon slayer.
Laxus Dreyer (Fairy Tail) is the lightning dragon slayer.
Natsu Dragneel (Fairy Tail) is the fire dragon slayer.
Rogue Cheney (Fairy Tail) is the shadow dragon slayer.
Sting Eucliffe (Fairy Tail) is the white dragon slayer.
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Wendy Marvel (Fairy Tail) is the sky dragon slayer.
A powerful samurai from the Wano Country of the New World, Shimotsuki Ryuma (One Piece) became a legend...
...for his deed of decapitating an enormous dragon with a single slash.
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Wielding the legendary 21 O' Wazamono sword Shusui like his predecessor Ryuma, Roronoa Zoro (One Piece) decapitated and slew Dr. Vegapunk's artificially created dragon guardian of Punk Hazard.
Ragna the Reaper (Ragna Crimson)
Buster Blader (Yu-Gi-Oh!) was designed by Yugi to counter Kaiba's Blue-Eyes White Dragon and dragon type monster, so it gains more power for each dragon on the field or graveyard.
Cartoons/Comics[]
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Rose/Huntsgirl (American Dragon: Jake Long)
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The Huntsmaster/The Huntsman (American Dragon: Jake Long)
Fire Lord Sozin (Avatar: The Last Airbender) began the tradition of hunting dragons for glory.
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During his return journey through the Homelands, Boy Blue (Fables) killed an infamous and deadly dragon known as Old Worm.
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With the aid of his dragon Toothless, Hiccup Haddock (How To Train Your Dragon) was able to kill the tyrannical dragon Queen, the Red Death, in order to free the dragons and Vikings that were enslave and trapped on Dragon Island.
Viggo Grimborn (HTTYD) was a successful leader of his tribe the Dragon Hunters, who capture and often kill dragons for profit and sport. They are also the creators of the dragon knowledge device the Dragon Eye.
Grimmel the Grisly (HTTYD) is a successful merciless dragon hunter who believes that all dragons must be exterminated, having already hunted the legendary Night Furies to near extinction, leaving Toothless the last of his kind, long before he first encounters Hiccup and Toothless.
The Dragon Hunters (Ninjago) used Vengestone weapons to hunt and killed dragons to ate them as food or use them for protection from Oni. They also successfully killed the Ultra Dragon and used its skeleton to build a throne for their leader Iron Baron.
Literature[]
After going insane from the loss of his dragon, King Galbatorix (The Inheritance Cycle) murdered every dragon in existence and their Riders.
Kumoko/Shiraori (So I'm a Spider, So What?)
Live Television/Movies[]
Dragons can only be killed by Dragon-Killing Swords such as the Sword of Bruncvik (Supernatural), a special blade forged in the blood of a dragon by Eve to prevent the natural order between monsters and humans from being disrupted.
Video Games[]
True to his name, Dragon Slayer Ornstein (Dark Souls) has slain countless Everlasting Dragons with his signature lightning imbued Dragonslayer Spear.
As one of the Four Knights of Gwyn and the commander of the Dragonslayers, Hawkeye Gough (Dark Souls) used his Greatbow to shoot down numerous Everlasting Dragons from the sky during Gwyn's ancient war against them.
The Nameless King (Dark Souls 3) was a dragon-slaying god of war and the heir to lightning until he chooses to sacrifice everything by allying himself with the ancient dragons he once fought.
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Dovahkiin/Dragonborn (The Elder Scrolls) is a tremendous slayer of dragonkind.
Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy VII) slaying the dragon Bahamut Sin.
Web Comics[]
Vaarsuvius (The Order of the Stick)
Videos[]
The Hobbit- The Battle of the Five Armies - The Fall of Smaug Scene (1-10) - Movieclips-2
Sam & Dean - "Dragons Like Nice Hotels" S6E12-2
Preparing for battle in The Witcher - Preparation
Skyrim VS Dark Souls (Dragonborn VS Chosen Undead) - DEATH BATTLE!-2
Analysis & Discussions[]
The Complete Travels of Túrin Turambar - Tolkien Explained-2
The Life of Eärendil - Tolkien Explained-2
Dale & Lake-town- A History - Tolkien Explained-2