History OurDragonsAreDifferent / Literature

* The dragons in ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'' are western dragons with the added bonus of an ''incredibly'' complex breeding process and rather ... annoying upkeep.

* ''Literature/TheSoddit'' (a parody of ''Literature/TheHobbit'') has dragons that are the final stage of the [[OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame dwarven]] life-cycle, with wizards being the ''instar'' between the two.

* ''Literature/WrongTimeForTheDragons'': The actual dragons show up very little, despite the name of the book. They are the masters of the [[MagicalLand Trueborn world]] and every so often attempt to conquer the Middle world (where most of the book takes place). There's also the Outworld, a world of humans, where magic doesn't exist (i.e. our Earth), where the protagonist is from. The dragons in the book are [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifters]], able to assume human form and, as revealed later, capable of [[HalfHumanHybrid interbreeding with other races]]. Each time the dragons invade the Middle world, a Dragon Slayer is summoned to stop them. The protagonist is believed to be the next Slayer, who must master the four ElementalPowers in order to be strong enough. At the end of the book, it is revealed that [[spoiler:he is himself a quarter dragon by way of his maternal grandmother, who was raped by the last Dragon Slayer before being banished to the Outworld; he is then able to turn into a dragon to fight the invaders]].

** ''Literature/TheGame2005'': There's a dragon constellation that breathes fire at the protagonist in passing.

** ''Literature/TheGame'': There's a dragon constellation that breathes fire at the protagonist in passing.

* ''Literature/{{Dragonlord}}'': Wild magic long ago split all the dragon's [[OurSoulsAreDifferent souls]] in twain. They are now born within human bodies, and at some point in the human's life they discover that they are an [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent immortal were-dragon]] (called a Dragonlord), and are compelled to seek out their "soultwin", the person who has the other half of their dragon soul. When they grow tired of life, the human soul seeks oblivion, and the dragon soul, long dormant, comes to the fore. They lose their ability to [[VoluntaryShapeshifter shapeshift]] and become "truedragons". They are nearly point-for-point classical Western dragons, except for the ability to breathe "Healing Fire", which is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

* In ''Literature/{{Dragonvarld}}'' Dragons (of the western variety) have laws which prevent them from having much to do with humanity.

* In ''Literature/Dragonvarld'' Dragons(of the western variety) have laws which prevent them from having much to do with humanity.

* In ''Literature/Dragonvarld'' Dragons(of the western variety)have laws which prevent them from having much to do with humanity.

* In ''Literature/Dragonvarld'', Dragons(of the western variety)have laws which prevent them from having much to do with humanity.

* In ''Literature/Dragonvarld'', Dragons (of the western variety)have laws which prevent them from having much to do with humanity.

** Blue drakes inhabit the oceans east and south of arradsia, and can grow to a massive 60 feet. They resemble giant sea serpents, and use their serpent bodies to coil around prey which they then kill with their white firebreath. Drinking the blood of blue drakes puts the bloodblessed in a state called Bluetrance, in which they can telepathically communicate over large distances and recall and share their memories with almost photographical precision.

** Python from ''Literature/TheTrialsOfApollo'' is not only an [[DragonsAreDemonic evil dragon]], but a pretty dam powerful one too. Not only is he as smart as any human, he can grow and discard wings, limbs, and extra heads on a whim, making his appearance variable. He works with [[BigBadDuumverate Triumvirate Holdings]] and later [[spoiler:is revealed to be [[TheManBehindTheMan The Dragon Behind the Triumvirate]], and is killed in a final battle with the god Apollo]].

* ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'': Festus is an automaton dragon made of [[FantasyMetals celestial bronze.]] Though there are other examples of real dragons through out the series, such as Peleus, the young dragon that lives at Camp Half-Blood and guards the golden fleece that currently resides on the property. There are also drakons, which are a separate species from dragons and implied to be even more fearsome. What distinguishes a dragon from a drakon is that drakons are an older species, are longer, more snake like and typically lack wings or fire breath, but do have scales tougher than titanium, spit/breath acidic venom that can corrode metal, and eyes that can paralyze people with fear. A drakon's only weakspots appear to be its eyes or inside its mouth, making killing one no easy task.

* ''Literatre/TheCampHalfBloodSeries'', being based on Myth/ClassicalMythology, has plenty of draconic beings. Dragons and drakons are depicted as two different albiet very similar species (despite "drakon" just being Greek for "dragon"). Most of them actually have venom as their main weapon.

*** Also speculated about in the ''The Last Hero'' is a space-faring dragon, hundreds of meters long, that looks suspiciously like a [[SpaceWhale certain popular space-faring cetacean...]]

** Greater drakes: The rulers of the drake race, they have human-level intelligence and the ability to [[ShapeShifting shape-shift]] between draconic and humanoid ([[DraconicHumanoid armored knights]] for males, [[TheVamp beautiful elven women]] for females) form. All use magic to various degrees of skill and it is an integral part of their lives, from transforming to even flying. [[InterspeciesRomance They can also have children with humans]].

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* ''Literature/TheAldabreshinCompass'' has western-style dragons that are a Franchise/{{Godzilla}}-level threat. Even one can devastate a small nation. They are tied to one of the four classic elements (Earth, Wind, Water or Fire) and while they do hoard the gem associated with that element, it is only so they can meld enough gems into a magic egg. True dragons have such a gem for their heart; illusory dragons, summoned by only the most powerful wizards (or at least only by those who get page time), can become real and self aware if they rip out a true dragon's heart and eat it. Does this [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion remind you of anything?]]. An easy way to tell if there is a true dragon around is to look at the nearest wizard; if they exploded due to their powers going haywire, [[OhCrap it's a real dragon]].

* ''Literature/LegendsOfTheDragonrealm'': The drakes are predominantly of the Western type of dragons, with a small amount of Eastern thrown in, at least among the more intelligent of their kind. They are split into thirteen clans of various colors or elements with their hides denoting their birth clans, each with a ruling "Dragon King" with the leader of clan Gold being the "[[GodEmperor Dragon Emperor]]" of the entire race. Despite ruling over and treating humans as lessers, they're actually not that different from them overall, a fact that becomes clear as their power weakens and they start coexisting with humans rather than ruling them. [[spoiler:In perhaps the greatest irony of all though, drakes and humans actually both have the same common ancestor: [[{{Precursors}} The Vraad]], a powerful race of sorcerers among whom some became drakes due to certain...[[BodyBackupDrive conditions]] arising from when they first arrived in the world ahead of the others]].

** They can be further organized generally by their {{Breath Weapon}}s: Firedrakes breath, well, fire, and airdrakes breath out poisonous mist which is also [[StuffBlowingUp highly flammable]]. Two clans, however, have shown variations on this: The Blue Dragon clan can unleash [[MakingASplash extremely powerful bursts of water to destroy stone]] and the Ice Dragon clan can breath [[KillItWithIce frost]]. The Storm Dragon clan can even use [[WeatherManipulation lightning bolts]].

* The Conclave of Dragons from ''Literature/NightDragon'' is an alliance of seven powerful elemental dragons which have sworn not to interfere with the affairs between humans and dragons, until the awakening of the dreaded titular antagonist forces the Conclave to assemble once more, bringing along the human protagonist who is stated as the first human to witness the conclave's gathering. Amongst the group, there's the Red Fire Dragon, Blue Water Dragon, Green Earth Dragon (who will personally seek the hero and offer him a lift to where the Conclave is gathering and later in the story, pull a HeroicSacrifice to save the human hero) and last but not least, the all-powerful Gold Dragon who controls the Elements, the BigGood of the story who does a BigDamnHeroes towards the ending by saving the hero from the Night Dragon's CollapsingLair once the evil dragon is slain.

* ''Literature/{{Delasangre}}'': Dragons are arrogant, amoral, long-lived [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifters]] who are [[MarySue just too awesome to take seriously]].

* ''Dragon Temple Saga'' is set in a Southeast Asia-like world and dragons are like overgrown monitor lizards and are seen as sacred beasts (when they're not crippled and used as beast of burden). A squicky aspect of the series is that venom from these dragons is a hallucinogenic, narcotic aphrodisiac and [[spoiler: many of the women in the books end up getting oral sex from the dragons and go into orgasm frenzies]].

** In ''Literature/DragonSlippers'', Dragons do not collect gold, jewels, or the standard treasure. Instead, they hoard other things -- for example, dogs, windows, glasswear, poetry, tapestries or shoes.