Dragon

Dragons are, in the Real World at least, mythical beasts with highly variable characteristics, but usually reptilian, winged, and fond of collecting treasure. They frequently breathe fire, and often they are intelligent. In European tradition they are usually evil or at least not kindly disposed to people, whereas in Asia they tend to be more wise guardian-type figures.

Continua
Dragons are commonly found in many different fantasy continua:

Agents Alec and Verra's native continuum
Dragons can assume human form in this 'verse, but with pointed ears. If Verra is any indication, they like to eat those who annoy them.

Dragonriders of Pern
Pernese dragons are telepathic, teleportation-capable sentient animals, genetically engineered from fire-lizards in order to be an aerial defence force against the microorganism Thread. They bond telepathically with a human at hatching. Notably, while technically fire-breathing, this species has to chew a phosphate-bearing rock in order to actually generate fire. More detail may be found in the main article.

Fire Emblem
Dragons in Fire Emblem have varying portrayals&mdash;but all of them are sapient. Sometimes they have been driven mad or controlled, but more often than not in Fire Emblem the player is able to get at least one dragon in the party/army.

Dragons vary from title to title. They are usually shapeshifters (usually called Manaketes) that have a humanoid and a dragon form. In some games, they need a special stone to transform into a dragon to attack. In others, they do not. They have also been called Dragon Laguz (Fire Emblem 9-10).

A dragon has been a final boss more than once. They are long-lived but just as likely to be good or evil as a human would be.

There are also 'wvyverns' which are like nonsapient dragons, but consistently portrayed as more lizardlike or more primitive. There are units that ride these animals into battle. In the world of Archanea (Fire Emblem Games 1-3), these wyverns were actually dragons that had gone mad and lost their sentience. This is nightmarish, but in other games these wyverns are just animals.

Harry Potter
In the Harry Potter-verse, dragons are a magical animal, extremely dangerous, but not sapient or sentient.

How to Train Your Dragon
The dragons from the film How to Train Your Dragon come in various shapes and sizes, but are all fire-breathing and seem to possess a moderate amount of intelligence in that they easily assess their surroundings and, later on, take direction from their human handlers. For more detail, see the main article.

The Inheritance Cycle
The Inheritance Cycle probably stole their dragons from one of the above and/or below.

The Lord of the Rings
Dragons in The Lord of the Rings are very much dragons of the European style, sometimes capable of speech, sometimes winged and sometimes not, but all evil. Many of them are fire-breathers, and the species was created by Morgoth, the first Dark Lord. Dragon-fire is one of the few things capable of melting Rings of Power, except for the One Ring; this information may be of use when dealing with Extra Rings of Power.

Narnia
Dragons in Narnia are cunning, gold-hoarding animals. They are considered evil, and will eat animals and humans, and even other dragons. Eustace Scrubb once transformed into a dragon during the course of events of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.

Minis from Narnia are mini-dragons.

Temeraire
In the Temeraire series, dragons are found across the Earth, and have been since antiquity. During the Napoleonic Wars (when the books are set), they are used for aerial combat in Europe; while they are partnered with captains and crews, these partnerings are not set in stone as with Pernese dragons, and in some places (e.g. China), dragons do not choose their captains until they are several years old. Dragons in this series are sentient and should be treated as such. There are several species, one of which will partner only with women, leading to female presence within the Napoleonic-era military.

Dragons and the PPC
In general, it is agreed upon that large, fire-breathing beasts are not a good idea inside the confined spaces of Headquarters, particularly since the bosses are known to dislike fire rather a lot. However, it's more the size that creates problems than anything else, so as long as the dragon isn't too big, or can change shape or be made smaller such as in the case of Snerri, then exceptions may be made.

As with minis or other pets, agents who keep dragons around are solely responsible for their care and feeding and will certainly be held solely accountable for any damage they cause.

Draconic Agents
Some agents are dragons or part-dragons. All of them are either shapeshifters or humanoid to begin with.


 * Arya Dragon
 * Dustin O'Grady
 * Liz O'Grady
 * Madison O'Grady
 * Verra Rose
 * Voltarmi