Dragons

Dragons are highly-intelligent reptilian creatures that—from a human perspective, at least—appear to live forever. Many different varieties of dragon exist, each with their own unique qualities, habitats, and behavior.

Two-Headed Dragons

Two-headed dragons are unique enough to deserve a separate classification from ordinary dragons. They have two necks, two brains, two mouths, but one stomach and one main body. The two heads usually work together, but there are times when they will fight each other, snapping back and forth.

Pygmy Dragons

Pygmy dragons are the smallest category of dragons, being on the same scale as domesticated animals. They are often found around concentrated populations of dragons, relying on their larger brethren to ward away potential predators and leave scraps. As such, the majority of a pygmy’s diet is scavenged.

Drakes

Despite a strong resemblence to dragons, Drakes are actually a completely different species. Drakes are smaller and less intelligent than their cousin species, though both dragons and drakes sit comfortably near the top of the food chain. They are always found bearing antlers and leathery wings. Drakes share many of the same habitats that dragons do, and typically hunt in packs.

Western

The most common form dragons take unofficially dubbed “Western” due to the Real World origins of this type in European legend and folklore.

Western dragons have four legs in a typical quadrupedal arrangement, and two wings that attach near the shoulders of the front limbs. Other wings may be present as well.

Wingless

Wingless dragons are similar to Western dragons except, as one might expect, they lack wings. Often, these dragons make up for the lack of aerial mobility in other ways, such as being large and intimidating, or quick and fleet of foot.

Eastern

Eastern dragons, like their European counterparts, get their name from the Real World—they are loosely based off a style of dragon that originates in East Asian mythology.

Easterns have long, serpentine bodies and lack wings but are not flightless. They utilize magic in in order to propel themselves through the air. This ability is innate and comes as naturally to an Eastern dragon as walking or running.

Wyvern

Wyverns are a form of dragon that have wings but only two back legs. The primary set of wings may have claws, enabling some amount of prehensile control.

Leviathan

Leviathans are waterfaring dragons; they lack wings and often (but not always) have fins in place of legs or claws. They are usually distinguished from Eastern dragons by their ability to breathe underwater, and do not typically possess the ability to fly.

Wyrm

Wyrms are dragons with no limbs whatsoever. They are sometimes flightless, but more commonly they fly through the same magical means as Eastern dragons.

Lindwyrm

Lindwyrms have a comparable body plan to wyverns—wings and two limbs. What sets the two apart is that Lindwyrms have forelimbs as compared to the wyvern’s hindlimbs. This means that lindwyrms typically do not stand on the ground, and may often use a combination of flying and slithering to navigate.

Amphiptere

Amphipteres are dragons whose only limbs are their wings. Like Lindwyrms they may combine flying and slithering in order to get around, though a number of Amphipteres have fin-like wings more adapted for swimming.