History Main / DragonRider

** ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy'':
*** Many high-level characters have the option of riding dragons into battle, with each race getting their own type of dragon mount. There is only one dragon available to the Empire, so only the Emperor gets to ride it. Undead generals can ride zombified dragons, while Chaos lords sometimes take to the skies on horribly mutated two-headed dragons or, as in the case of Tamurkhan the Maggot Lord, squat and wingless toad dragons. Orcs have access to wyverns, which are more vicious but stupider and ignoble dragon offshoots, and [[LizardFolk Lizardmen]] generals instead get to ride [[TRexpy T-Rexpies]].

* ''Literature/WraithKnight'': The Shadowguard, Annessian Empire, and armies of the King Below breed clutches of dragons that they proceed to ride into battle as the settings version of WMDs. The lesser dragons can be domesticated normally but greater dragons are intelligent so have to be dealt with on an individual level.

* In ''ComicBook/Supergirl2011 #10: Rescuer'', ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} rides a Kryptonian black Flamedragon when facing the Black Banshee in a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind.
* ''Franchise/XMen'':
** Colossus once pulled this off, in order to provide ComicBook/{{Cyclops}} and Wolverine with a flying rescue. How did he obtain a dragon? Well, he waited until it attacked him... but he's literally MadeOfIron, so it's okay.
** ComicBook/KittyPryde also has a pet alien dragon named Lockheed that occasionally has the ability to grow large enough to carry her and the other X-men.

*** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'': Anyone who receives the necessary training can class into the Wyvern Rider class, but of those who do so in the story itself that goes to Claude, Cyril and Seteth, [[spoiler:who ironically enough is actually a [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Nabatean stuck in his human form]], making him a dragon riding dragons]]. Characters that the game indicates can canonically do so due to retaining their unique clothing choices include Petra. The nation of Almyra noticeably employs Wyvern Riders into their armies, most notably the general Nader, [[spoiler:which makes it fitting that Cyril and Claude do so themselves since they have Almyran ancestry]].

** The ''Dragonflight'' expansion added the new Dragonriding mechanic, allowing players to choose from five customisable dragons to navigate the Dragon Isles. It has a bit more of a physics engine than a typical flying mount, requiring players to account for things like momentum, winds and how tired their dragon is before they can get to a particular spot, but can reach ''much'' higher speeds with the right technique and winds hopping. The more the player achieves in the game (through raiding, Mythic+ dungeons and so on) the more appearance customisations become available for the rideable dragons.

* ''Literature/{{Temeraire}}'' features dragon riders in an AlternateHistory version of the Napoleonic Wars. In contrast to the usual single-rider form that this trope takes, the dragons are used as living military airplanes or airships, with crews of up to thirty men led by a captain. Extremely maneuverable and [[SapientSteed self-aware]] airships, with [[BreathWeapon flamethrowers, water cannons, acid bombs]] or [[MakeMeWannaShout sonic generators]] (different dragon breeds have different military uses), in addition to whatever ordnance and rifles the crew is carrying -- specialized sections of a dragon's crew include bombers for attacking targets on the ground and riflemen for strafing enemy dragons and crews.