They can also have seizures and hiccups, as well as medical conditions such as deformities, tumors, or mental illnesses. Dragons are able to have allergies and become intoxicated. Some can also hatch with freckles on their bodies, usually at various amounts.ĭragons can faint, sweat, and cry. All dragons can fly, although SilkWings are hatched without wings and cannot fly until six years of age when their wings grow after their metamorphosis, as were BeetleWings. ĭragons typically have large claws at the base of each foot, with five on the forelegs and five on the hind legs, though polydactylism may occur. Their bones are difficult to break - almost as hard as diamonds - though they can be dislocated. Pyrrhian dragons have a vulnerable spot at the base of their tail. Dragons require their tails for flight, and severe tail injuries may ground a dragon for life. Dragons have overlapping scales that vary in color and shape from tribe to tribe. A larger claw is attached to the front of the third digit. Wings are attached to a dragon's shoulders and have a slightly transparent wing membrane stretched between five small bone digits, each of which has one small claw on the tip. HiveWings and SilkWings have eight limbs, consisting of four wings and four legs.
All Pyrrhian dragons possess six limbs, as do LeafWings - these consist of two wings and four legs. The BeetleWings were the ancestors of the HiveWings and SilkWings, but are now extinct.Īll dragons are primarily quadrupedal. There are three known Pantalan tribes: SilkWings, LeafWings, and HiveWings. Dragons also do not have sexual dimorphism. Dragonets molt their scales upon growth, at least so in the case of SkyWings.
Dragons grow rapidly for the first eight to ten years of their life, then grow at a much slower rate for the rest of their lives. Dragons have been confirmed to continuously grow as they age, as shown with Grandeur, Morrowseer, and Darkstalker, with the oldest dragons typically being the largest.
SkyWings have a larger wingspan than most tribes. Hybrids between these tribes are possible but uncommon.Īll tribes are roughly the same size except for MudWings, who are generally larger and stronger than dragons from the other tribes. There are seven known Pyrrhian tribes: RainWings, SandWings, SeaWings, NightWings, SkyWings, MudWings, and IceWings. Tui herself considers dragons from four to seven years old teenagers, with seven being approximately fourteen through sixteen in human years. Dragonets stop growing rapidly at seven years old, and this is considered adulthood or maturity in most tribes. The average dragon lifespan is roughly one hundred fifty years, though the oldest a dragon has been known to live without magic before his death is one-hundred-ten years. Most dragons have tribe-typical powers.ĭragons have lengthy natural lifespans, though they can be killed by injury, illness, and poison, among other causes.
Dragons with special powers abnormal for their species, such as flamesilk or firescales, also exist in sparse numbers. Animus dragons, those with the magical power to do almost anything, exist, though they are exceedingly uncommon. Scavengers once ruled Pyrrhia, but dragons overthrew them in an event known as the Scorching.ĭragons are intelligent, as they are capable of speaking both the dragon and human language, making tools, literacy, and complex thought. You may be looking for the language, or Dragon, the cat owned by Undauntable, instead.)ĭragons are currently the dominant species of both Pyrrhia and Pantala. (This is the page for the dragon species.