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* ''Website/OrionsArm'' has a sci-fi take on dragons. They were created by genetic engineering and often using genes of crocodiles or birds. They tend to be on [[{{Lightworlder}} worlds with lower gravity on Earth]], which makes flight easier.
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* ''WebOriginal/CodexInversus'': In the World Before, the Demiurge is said to have tasked the dragons with being the world's historians, and they gathered specimens of everything in existence for their museums. During the War in Heaven, they were torn apart by civil war and their lands were ultimately destroyed by the angels to prevent the dragons' involvement in the War. Nothing is left of them now but sunken ruins among broken islands.

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* ''WebOriginal/CodexInversus'': ''Blog/CodexInversus'': In the World Before, the Demiurge is said to have tasked the dragons with being the world's historians, and they gathered specimens of everything in existence for their museums. During the War in Heaven, they were torn apart by civil war and their lands were ultimately destroyed by the angels to prevent the dragons' involvement in the War. Nothing is left of them now but sunken ruins among broken islands.

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* ''Literature/LoomingGaia'': What counts as a dragon in this world varies depending on who you ask. Mostly they're agreed to be any large reptile, though some of them are actually amphibians or not very large, and some consider crocodiles and sharks dragons. Dragons can look very different and some are magical and some aren't.

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* ''Literature/LoomingGaia'': What counts as a dragon in this world varies depending on who you ask. Mostly they're agreed to be any large reptile, though some of them are actually amphibians or not very large, and some consider crocodiles and sharks dragons. Dragons can look very different (just compare a [[https://loominggaia.tumblr.com/post/619468957983883264/ala-beguzo-sky-donkey-lore-under-cut-overview sky-donkey]] with a [[https://loominggaia.tumblr.com/post/180475087278/kite-dragon-lore-under-cut-overview-native-only kite dragon]]) and some are magical and some aren't.

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* ''Website/SCPFoundation'': [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1779 SCP-1779]] are a species of tiny city-dwelling reptiles who make their nests out of coins and eat valuables. Given the opportunity, though, they can grow really big, and they desire more and more valuables as they grow.

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* ''Website/SCPFoundation'': [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1779 ''Website/SCPFoundation'':
** SCP-682 has been called a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarasque "tarasque"]] in the Lord Blackwood and Bellerverse tales; [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1420 SCP-1420]] seem to be working towards a viable dragon; [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1013 SCP-1013]] is a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockatrice cockatrice]]; [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1779
SCP-1779]] are a species of tiny city-dwelling reptiles who make dragons that eat change (actually, they're [[spoiler:''real'' dragons, which apparently feed on items of monetary value rather than nutritional value, and the more expensive the food, the bigger the dragon]]).
** In the greater Foundation-verse, dragons are a vulnerable population of anomalous organisms whose conservation puts the Foundation at odds with preserving the veil, making
their nests out of coins and eat valuables. Given the opportunity, though, exploitation (e.g. Ambrose Restaurants using hatchlings to cook food) or annihilation inevitable. In [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1762 SCP-1762]], they can grow really big, wither away and die because of humanity's increasing lack of belief in fantasy. In [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-3844 SCP-3844]], Tharnock weakens for the same reasons and is eventually killed, [[spoiler:though more of his kind suddenly show up after his passing]]. In [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-6002 SCP-6002]], they desire more are part of a kingdom of organisms called the aeterns and more valuables as they grow. lack the weaknesses of 1762 or Tharnock, [[spoiler:but are wiped out and erased from history by destroying their corresponding genomes in 6002, hoping the SCP-6002-B infection ravaging the tree would go with them. [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt It does not]]]].

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* TheWikiRule applies here, as for anything else: https://dragons.fandom.com/
** There is an even more extensive wiki about dragons in German: https://drachen.fandom.com/de

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* ''WebOriginal/LoomingGaia'': What counts as a dragon in this world varies depending on who you ask. Mostly they're agreed to be any large reptile, though some of them are actually amphibians or not very large, and some consider crocodiles and sharks dragons. Dragons can look very different and some are magical and some aren't.

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* ''WebOriginal/LoomingGaia'': ''Literature/LoomingGaia'': What counts as a dragon in this world varies depending on who you ask. Mostly they're agreed to be any large reptile, though some of them are actually amphibians or not very large, and some consider crocodiles and sharks dragons. Dragons can look very different and some are magical and some aren't.
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* ''WebOriginal/CodexInversus'': In the World Before, the Demiurge is said to have tasked the dragons with being the world's historians, and they gathered specimens of everything in existence for their museums. During the War in Heaven, they were torn apart by civil war and their lands were ultimately destroyed by the angels to prevent the dragons' involvement in the War. Nothing is left of them now but sunken ruins among broken islands.
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* Korean webnovel ''The Bird That Drinks Tears'' has dragons as plant-like creatures that reproduce through spores and can grow into different forms depending on their surrounding, for example a dragon that grew up near a herd of horses may grow into a winged horse.

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* ''WebOriginal/LoomingGaia'': What counts as a dragon in this world varies depending on who you ask. Mostly they're agreed to be any large reptile, though some of them are actually amphibians or not very large, and some consider crocodiles and sharks dragons. Dragons can look very different and some are magical and some aren't.



* ''WebOriginal/LoomingGaia'': What counts as a dragon in this world varies depending on who you ask. Mostly they're agreed to be any large reptile, though some of them are actually amphibians or not very large, and some consider crocodiles and sharks dragons. Dragons can look very different and some are magical and some aren't.
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* ''WebOriginal/LoomingGaia'': What counts as a dragon in this world varies depending on who you ask. Mostly they're agreed to be any large reptile, though some of them are actually amphibians or not very large, and some consider crocodiles and sharks dragons. Dragons can look very different and some are magical and some aren't.

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* In ''Literature/{{Addergoole}}'' Dragons are evil, shapeshifting faeries who eat people.

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* ''WebOriginal/BosunsJournal'': Literal dragons as such do not appear. Instead there are great dragon sphinxes, posthuman predators descended from hunters adapted to a feline-like niche, and inhabit the deserts and rocky ridges of the Nebu habitat. They grow to the size of train cars, and have elongated, flexible bodies, striped colorations, short horns, tassels of fur at the tip of their long tails, and gigantic trapezoid muscles with which to deliver devastating bites. They are apex predators of megafauna, and have an intense and violent competition with another, theropod-like posthuman species. They also hoard shiny metals and baubles from the ruins of civilization with which to impress potential mates.



* ''{{Literature/Deviant}}'': Draconian and his archnemesis Frostbite are the setting's equivalent of dragons, possessing breath weapons, scales, claws and wings -- though Draconian acts more like a giant puppy than anything else.

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* ''{{Literature/Deviant}}'': ''Literature/{{Deviant}}'': Draconian and his archnemesis Frostbite are the setting's equivalent of dragons, possessing breath weapons, scales, claws and wings -- though Draconian acts more like a giant puppy than anything else.
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* Website/DeviantART: [[http://iririv.deviantart.com/art/Centocephalic-Dragon-99803821 This rendition]] of a multi-headed dragon by artist IRIRIV. Instead of the typical dragon, the Centocephalic Dragon has an almost sauropod-like body with half its 100 long serpentine heads moving and twirling around the rest of the body to aid in balance and efficiency. Along with its normal set of limbs, it also uses its wings to aid in walking (leaving the artist to wonder why normal dragons do not use this mode of locomotion considering their huge size). Instead of fire, it spits molten metal that not only burns but hits hard.

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* Website/DeviantART: ''Website/DeviantART'': [[http://iririv.deviantart.com/art/Centocephalic-Dragon-99803821 This rendition]] of a multi-headed dragon by artist IRIRIV. Instead of the typical dragon, the Centocephalic Dragon has an almost sauropod-like body with half its 100 long serpentine heads moving and twirling around the rest of the body to aid in balance and efficiency. Along with its normal set of limbs, it also uses its wings to aid in walking (leaving the artist to wonder why normal dragons do not use this mode of locomotion considering their huge size). Instead of fire, it spits molten metal that not only burns but hits hard.



* In the story ''[[http://www.guildcompanion.com/scrolls/2001/may/dragon.html Dragon!]]'' as published in the [[http://www.guildcompanion.com Guild Companion]] a dragon extorts cows from a barony. It turns out the dragon does need them for food -- even though meat is poisonous to him. It takes a village girl to make him realize he needs something else than just the cows. [[spoiler: As the dragon feeds on the milk and the cows dry up after a few months, what he ''does'' need is a couple of bulls to keep the cows giving milk...]]

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* In the story ''[[http://www.guildcompanion.com/scrolls/2001/may/dragon.html Dragon!]]'' as published in the [[http://www.guildcompanion.com Guild Companion]] Companion]], a dragon extorts cows from a barony. It turns out the dragon does need them for food -- even though meat is poisonous to him. It takes a village girl to make him realize he needs something else than just the cows. [[spoiler: As the dragon feeds on the milk and the cows dry up after a few months, what he ''does'' need is a couple of bulls to keep the cows giving milk...]]
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* Website/DeviantART [[http://iririv.deviantart.com/art/Centocephalic-Dragon-99803821 This rendition]] of a multi-headed dragon by artist IRIRIV. Instead of the typical dragon, the Centocephalic Dragon has an almost sauropod-like body with half its 100 long serpentine heads moving and twirling around the rest of the body to aid in balance and efficiency. Along with its normal set of limbs, it also uses its wings to aid in walking (leaving the artist to wonder why normal dragons do not use this mode of locomotion considering their huge size). Instead of fire, it spits molten metal that not only burns but hits hard.

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* Website/DeviantART Website/DeviantART: [[http://iririv.deviantart.com/art/Centocephalic-Dragon-99803821 This rendition]] of a multi-headed dragon by artist IRIRIV. Instead of the typical dragon, the Centocephalic Dragon has an almost sauropod-like body with half its 100 long serpentine heads moving and twirling around the rest of the body to aid in balance and efficiency. Along with its normal set of limbs, it also uses its wings to aid in walking (leaving the artist to wonder why normal dragons do not use this mode of locomotion considering their huge size). Instead of fire, it spits molten metal that not only burns but hits hard.
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* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1779 SCP-1779]] are a species of tiny city-dwelling reptiles who make their nests out of coins and eat valuables. Given the opportunity, though, they can grow really big, and they desire more and more valuables as they grow.

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* ''WebAnimation/AlternateHistoryHub'' had [[https://youtu.be/v8yWU_urRDw an episode focusing on what would happen if dragons were real]]. They note that Asian dragons would more or less reenact the myths they're associated with. However, European dragons would be so dangerous that humanity would hunt them to extinction.

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* In ''Literature/{{Addergoole}}'' Dragons are evil, shapeshifting faeries who eat people.
* ''Literature/AngelOfDeath'' features talking, Western Dragons as servants of the Underworld. These dragons have the ability to effect the weather of the entire planet they visit, with an ice-breathing dragon cooling the Earth so rapidly that homeless people are seen freezing to death outside after two weeks... in California.
* ''Literature/ChaosFighters'': A ''skull'' eastern dragon appears, and it spits ''acid''. It is the only animal that has its own type of aura element.
* ''{{Literature/Deviant}}'': Draconian and his archnemesis Frostbite are the setting's equivalent of dragons, possessing breath weapons, scales, claws and wings -- though Draconian acts more like a giant puppy than anything else.



* In the story ''[[http://www.guildcompanion.com/scrolls/2001/may/dragon.html Dragon!]]'' as published in the [[http://www.guildcompanion.com Guild Companion]] a dragon extorts cows from a barony. It turns out the dragon does need them for food -- even though meat is poisonous to him. It takes a village girl to make him realize he needs something else than just the cows. [[spoiler: As the dragon feeds on the milk and the cows dry up after a few months, what he ''does'' need is a couple of bulls to keep the cows giving milk...]]
* ''Website/DragonCave'': The entire point of this ite. Besides the fact that they need views to hatch, which is a medium restriction, they have a variety of general styles: Easterns, Westerns, Wyverns, Serpents and more. Breeds range from relatively tame concepts such as 'White' and 'Red' to 'Guardian of Nature', 'Terrae' and 'Sweetlings'.
* ''[[http://armorgames.com/play/4046/how-to-raise-a-dragon How to Raise a Dragon]]'', a flash game, has players control a Dragon through various stages of life, determining its breath powers, its morality and the relationship between the Dragon and a "Hero". The Dragon can either be some kind of EvilOverlord, Good/Neutral Overlord or some kind of HeroicNeutral, using its powers in various different ways (Using its healing to help humans or raise a Zombie Army, for one).
* ''Literature/TheJournalEntries'': Courtesy of Ken Shardik, dragons exist in both sentient and non-sentient varieties on Pendor. They apparently outwardly follow the "Western" model, but are genetically engineered lifeforms with likely a hefty side order of nanotechnology like most Pendorians and are at least somewhat solar-powered; in one story, a fairly newly-decanted sentient dragon not yet really aware of that ''crashes'' when pushing his limits too far by trying to fly at night.



* Website/{{Neopets}} has four dragon-like Neopets: The eastern/western mix Draik, the ExtremeOmnivore Skeith, the non-fire-breathing Shoyru, and the Scorchio, which are more heat-resistant than the aforementioned three. There are also various dragon-like Petpets like the Kazeriu, which is based on eastern dragons.



* Although ''Literature/TheQuestportChronicles'' has "standard" dragons as well, one of the main characters is a human who was [[ShapeShifterModeLock permanently transformed]] [[CursedWithAwesome into a dragon]] by an evil wizard.
* ''Literature/RaisingAngels'': Ever heard of a dragons invading your dreamscape and turning you into an angel? No? Well, Lisbeth have.
* There is LetsPlay/RoahmMythril, though he's just a dragon [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furry]].
* ''A Scientific Fantasy'': Wyverns exist, although they are called Draks. Many other species fall into the Drak family including Hydra and Kasai Rex. Only True Draks can breath fire, although this ability is only ever really used in courtship rituals. Draks are not sophonts and they only have four limbs, for hexapodal vertebrates never evolved upon Omnia Sanatem.
* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1779 SCP-1779]] are a species of tiny city-dwelling reptiles who make their nests out of coins and eat valuables. Given the opportunity, though, they can grow really big, and they desire more and more valuables as they grow.
* In Joschua Knuppe's [[http://hyrotrioskjan.deviantart.com/ Skuntabria]] project, dragons are non-sophont monitor lizards with wings. Due to the standpoint that the author about myth vs. reality, they're only marginally like the dragons of myth. They all have two legs, but can walk on all fours, using their wings as forelimbs. Instead of fire-breath, they have a cytotoxic venom that causes chemical burns. They're relatively small, with the largest one being about the size of a horse.



* In ''Literature/{{Addergoole}}'' Dragons are evil, shapeshifting faeries who eat people.
* ''[[http://armorgames.com/play/4046/how-to-raise-a-dragon How to Raise a Dragon]]'', a flash game, has players control a Dragon through various stages of life, determining its breath powers, its morality and the relationship between the Dragon and a "Hero". The Dragon can either be some kind of EvilOverlord, Good/Neutral Overlord or some kind of HeroicNeutral, using its powers in various different ways (Using its healing to help humans or raise a Zombie Army, for one).
* ''Literature/AngelOfDeath'' features talking, Western Dragons as servants of the Underworld. These dragons have the ability to effect the weather of the entire planet they visit, with an ice-breathing dragon cooling the Earth so rapidly that homeless people are seen freezing to death outside after two weeks... in California.
* ''Website/DragonCave'': The entire point of this ite. Besides the fact that they need views to hatch, which is a medium restriction, they have a variety of general styles: Easterns, Westerns, Wyverns, Serpents and more. Breeds range from relatively tame concepts such as 'White' and 'Red' to 'Guardian of Nature', 'Terrae' and 'Sweetlings'.
* ''Literature/ChaosFighters'': A ''skull'' eastern dragon appears, and it spits ''acid''. It is the only animal that has its own type of aura element.
* Website/{{Neopets}} has four dragon-like Neopets: The eastern/western mix Draik, the ExtremeOmnivore Skeith, the non-fire-breathing Shoyru, and the Scorchio, which are more heat-resistant than the aforementioned three. There are also various dragon-like Petpets like the Kazeriu, which is based on eastern dragons.
* Although ''Literature/TheQuestportChronicles'' has "standard" dragons as well, one of the main characters is a human who was [[ShapeShifterModeLock permanently transformed]] [[CursedWithAwesome into a dragon]] by an evil wizard.
* ''Literature/RaisingAngels'': Ever heard of a dragons invading your dreamscape and turning you into an angel? No? Well, Lisbeth have.
* ''A Scientific Fantasy'': Wyverns exist, although they are called Draks. Many other species fall into the Drak family including Hydra and Kasai Rex. Only True Draks can breath fire, although this ability is only ever really used in courtship rituals. Draks are not sophonts and they only have four limbs, for hexapodal vertebrates never evolved upon Omnia Sanatem.
* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1779 SCP-1779]] are a species of tiny city-dwelling reptiles who make their nests out of coins and eat valuables. Given the opportunity, though, they can grow really big, and they desire more and more valuables as they grow.
* In Joschua Knuppe's [[http://hyrotrioskjan.deviantart.com/ Skuntabria]] project, dragons are non-sophont monitor lizards with wings. Due to the standpoint that the author about myth vs. reality, they're only marginally like the dragons of myth. They all have two legs, but can walk on all fours, using their wings as forelimbs. Instead of fire-breath, they have a cytotoxic venom that causes chemical burns. They're relatively small, with the largest one being about the size of a horse.
* ''Literature/TheJournalEntries'': Courtesy of Ken Shardik, dragons exist in both sentient and non-sentient varieties on Pendor. They apparently outwardly follow the "Western" model, but are genetically engineered lifeforms with likely a hefty side order of nanotechnology like most Pendorians and are at least somewhat solar-powered; in one story, a fairly newly-decanted sentient dragon not yet really aware of that ''crashes'' when pushing his limits too far by trying to fly at night.
* In the story ''[[http://www.guildcompanion.com/scrolls/2001/may/dragon.html Dragon!]]'' as published in the [[http://www.guildcompanion.com Guild Companion]] a dragon extorts cows from a barony. It turns out the dragon does need them for food -- even though meat is poisonous to him. It takes a village girl to make him realize he needs something else than just the cows. [[spoiler: As the dragon feeds on the milk and the cows dry up after a few months, what he ''does'' need is a couple of bulls to keep the cows giving milk...]]
* There is LetsPlay/RoahmMythril, though he's just a dragon [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furry]].



* ''{{Literature/Deviant}}'': Draconian and his archnemesis Frostbite are the setting's equivalent of dragons, possessing breath weapons, scales, claws and wings - though Draconian acts more like a giant puppy than anything else.

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* ''WebAnimation/OverlySarcasticProductions'': In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eXAPwjASEQ Trope Talk: Dragons]], Red discusses both the mythical origins of dragons, including the extremely common theme of a draconic or serpentine monster being fought by a storm deity, as well as their uses in modern media.
** Firstly, she identifies and discusses a number of common types of dragons and of narrative themes they tend to be matched with:
*** "Apocalyptic dragons" are disproportionately huge creatures, often based on mythical entities such as Tiamat or the Leviathan. They're plot devices more than characters and tend to be relegated to the backstory or epic end-of-story battles -- unless it's a {{Kaiju}} movie, in which case they're gonna be central parts of the story.
*** "[[DragonsAreDivine Divine dragons]]" tend to be based on the Chinese kind, and range from powerful and benevolent creatures to literal gods. They are usually mentor figures, distant protectors or imparters of missions and information, and don't usually figure as central characters. This can combine with the apocalyptic dragon variant to form evil and destructive draconic deities, such as ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''[='=]s Tiamat.
*** "[[WereDragon Dragon shifters]]" are characters who can shift between a draconic and humanoid form. Some appear in mythology, but the concept was mostly popularized by Dungeons & Dragons'', where all dragons can do this. This may be used to explain where half-dragons come from, and it's not uncommon for a villain to [[ScaledUp turn into a dragon]] during a final confrontation.
*** Draconic curses are a similar concept where someone is quickly or gradually turned into a dragon, and tend to be inspired by Fafnir. Often, this is a karmic punishment for extreme greed. Sometimes the transformation is more mental than physical.
*** {{Dragon Hoard}}s draw from both Germanic and Greek myth, and although they fell from favor in the middle ages they're extremely common in modern fiction. A dragon's motives for hoarding treasure vary based on its characterization and intelligence.
*** Dragons kidnapping damsels got into its stride in the middle ages, as the usual motivation for dragonslaying -- getting the dragon's gold -- was seen as too base and greedy a motivation for a noble hero, so a more righteous goal was substituted. Nowadays it's seen as very cliched, so it's typically inverted, subverted, and otherwise messed around with.
*** Non-evil, misunderstood dragons are increasingly popular. Intelligent ones can usually be talked to in order to get their side of things; more animalistic ones requite more careful handling.
*** {{Dragon Rider}}s are a very recent development, and were by and large invented by Anne [=McCaffrey=] for her ''Literature/DragonridersOfPern'' novels. These dragons are noble steeds, sometimes intelligent and sometimes not, and have become popular on the basis that dragons are awesome and, ergo, riding one makes you awesome as well.
** She also analyzes the weight and importance stories tend to give to dragons and the sheer breadth of different shapes, traits and characteristics something can have while still being a dragon -- overall, "dragon" as a term is much more flexible than other mythical creatures, which vary only slightly from their base form before not reading as that thing anymore, and is more of a loose category bound by certain common themes rather than a single specific thing. The only thing dragons really share, besides being at least somewhat reptilian, is being very powerful, very important and usually very big. Modern fiction's occasional use of [[ShoulderSizedDragon tiny, weak dragons]] is almost always a deliberate subversion of a well-known expectation. Even then, fictional dragons tend to bring with them a considerable amount of cultural baggage and the expectation that they are going to be an important part of the narrative.



* While they don't yet seem to have seen a 'real' dragon, the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'' has already featured a few variations on the theme. One student has a pet dragon (named [[Literature/DragonridersOfPern Pern]], of course) who's apparently a product of her manifestation power and can grow quite a bit in a hurry from his normally small-and-cute stature if bothered. At least two characters, one a student, are known to be hosts to dragon ''spirits'', and then there's Tywyswyr...who, if readers can believe his tale, is actually 'just' a very dragon-looking ''alien'' who's nonetheless quite wealthy and apparently a not-so-minor political player living right in the US.

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One student has a pet dragon (named [[Literature/DragonridersOfPern Pern]], of course) who's apparently a product of her manifestation power and can grow quite a bit in a hurry from his normally small-and-cute stature if bothered. bothered.
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At least two characters, one a student, are known to be hosts to dragon ''spirits'', and then ''spirits''.
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there's Tywyswyr...Tywyswyr, who, if readers can believe his tale, is actually 'just' "just" a very dragon-looking ''alien'' who's nonetheless quite wealthy and apparently a not-so-minor political player living right in the US.



* The flash game [[http://armorgames.com/play/4046/how-to-raise-a-dragon How to Raise a Dragon]] has players control a Dragon through various stages of life, determining its breath powers, its morality and the relationship between the Dragon and a "Hero". The Dragon can either be some kind of EvilOverlord, Good/Neutral Overlord or some kind of HeroicNeutral, using its powers in various different ways (Using its healing to help humans or raise a Zombie Army, for one).

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* The flash game [[http://armorgames.''[[http://armorgames.com/play/4046/how-to-raise-a-dragon How to Raise a Dragon]] Dragon]]'', a flash game, has players control a Dragon through various stages of life, determining its breath powers, its morality and the relationship between the Dragon and a "Hero". The Dragon can either be some kind of EvilOverlord, Good/Neutral Overlord or some kind of HeroicNeutral, using its powers in various different ways (Using its healing to help humans or raise a Zombie Army, for one).



* The entire point of ''Website/DragonCave''. Besides the fact that they need views to hatch, which is a medium restriction, they have a variety of general styles: Easterns, Westerns, Wyverns, Serpents and more. Breeds range from relatively tame concepts such as 'White' and 'Red' to 'Guardian of Nature', 'Terrae' and 'Sweetlings'.
* A ''skull'' eastern dragon appears in ''Literature/ChaosFighters'' and it spits ''acid''. It is the only animal that has its own type of aura element.

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* ''Website/DragonCave'': The entire point of ''Website/DragonCave''.this ite. Besides the fact that they need views to hatch, which is a medium restriction, they have a variety of general styles: Easterns, Westerns, Wyverns, Serpents and more. Breeds range from relatively tame concepts such as 'White' and 'Red' to 'Guardian of Nature', 'Terrae' and 'Sweetlings'.
* ''Literature/ChaosFighters'': A ''skull'' eastern dragon appears in ''Literature/ChaosFighters'' appears, and it spits ''acid''. It is the only animal that has its own type of aura element.



* In the online Spec Evo project A Scientific Fantasy, wyverns exist although they are called Draks. Many other species fall into the Drak family including Hydra and Kasai Rex. Only True Draks can breath fire, although this ability is only ever really used in courtship rituals. Draks are not sophonts and they only have four limbs, for hexapodal vertebrates never evolved upon Omnia Sanatem.

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* In the online Spec Evo project A ''A Scientific Fantasy, wyverns exist Fantasy'': Wyverns exist, although they are called Draks. Many other species fall into the Drak family including Hydra and Kasai Rex. Only True Draks can breath fire, although this ability is only ever really used in courtship rituals. Draks are not sophonts and they only have four limbs, for hexapodal vertebrates never evolved upon Omnia Sanatem.



* In Joschua Knuppe's "Skuntabria" project: [[http://hyrotrioskjan.deviantart.com/]], dragons are non-sophont monitor lizards with wings. Due to the standpoint that the author about myth vs. reality, they're only marginally like the dragons of myth. They all have two legs, but can walk on all fours, using their wings as forelimbs. Instead of fire-breath, they have a cytotoxic venom that causes chemical burns. They're relatively small, with the largest one being about the size of a horse.

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* In Joschua Knuppe's "Skuntabria" project: [[http://hyrotrioskjan.deviantart.com/]], com/ Skuntabria]] project, dragons are non-sophont monitor lizards with wings. Due to the standpoint that the author about myth vs. reality, they're only marginally like the dragons of myth. They all have two legs, but can walk on all fours, using their wings as forelimbs. Instead of fire-breath, they have a cytotoxic venom that causes chemical burns. They're relatively small, with the largest one being about the size of a horse.

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* ''Roleplay/GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'':
** Glaserwyrm and Lord Dragon are both mythical beasts who take part in the "metahuman community" of heroes and villains; Glaserwyrm as a villain, and Lord Dragon as a hero. They are both the last of their kind. Lord Dragon has learned to change into a human being, while Glaserwyrm just doesn't see the need.
** Draco is a mutant hero who can transform into a classic western dragon. The aforementioned Lord Dragon treats him like a favorite nephew.
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* Website/DeviantART [[http://iririv.deviantart.com/art/Centocephalic-Dragon-99803821 This rendition]] of a multi-headed dragon by artist IRIRIV. Instead of the typical dragon, the Centocephalic Dragon has an almost sauropod-like body with half its 100 long serpentine heads moving and twirling around the rest of the body to aid in balance and efficiency. Along with its normal set of limbs, it also uses its wings to aid in walking (leaving the artist to wonder why normal dragons do not use this mode of locomotion considering their huge size). Instead of fire, it spits molten metal that not only burns but hits hard.
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* The Volcanian Dragons of ''Roleplay/WikizillaRolePlay''. Gigantic dragons the size of {{Kaiju}} that have [[Main/ElementalPowers elemental powers]], can speak, and those who have wings have different ones from those of typical dragons. They also live on their own civilized alien planet called Volcania, which was artificially created, with their own pantheon, a [[Main/CivilWar civil war]] that lasted for hundreds of years, and a lot more.
* ''Blog/AskAlistair'': Both types are referenced in one letter.
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*''{{Literature/Deviant}}'': Draconian and his archnemesis Frostbite are the setting's equivalent of dragons, possessing breath weapons, scales, claws and wings - though Draconian acts more like a giant puppy than anything else.
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* TheWikiRule applies here, as for anything else: https://dragons.fandom.com/
** There is an even more extensive wiki about dragons in German: https://drachen.fandom.com/de
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* Website/{{Neopets}} has four dragon-like Neopets: The eastern/western mix Draik, the ExtremeOmnivore Skeith, the non-fire-bbreathing Shoyru, and the Scorchio, which are more heat-resistant than the aforementioned three. There are also various dragon-like Petpets like the Kazeriu, which is based on eastern dragons.

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* Website/{{Neopets}} has four dragon-like Neopets: The eastern/western mix Draik, the ExtremeOmnivore Skeith, the non-fire-bbreathing non-fire-breathing Shoyru, and the Scorchio, which are more heat-resistant than the aforementioned three. There are also various dragon-like Petpets like the Kazeriu, which is based on eastern dragons.
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* The flash game [[http://armorgames.com/play/4046/how-to-raise-a-dragon How to Raise a Dragon]] has players control a Dragon through various stages of life, determining it's breath powers, it's morality and the relationship between the Dragon and a "Hero". The Dragon can either be some kind of EvilOverlord, Good/Neutral Overlord or some kind of HeroicNeutral, using it's powers in various different ways (Using it's healing to help humans or raise a Zombie Army, for one).

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* The flash game [[http://armorgames.com/play/4046/how-to-raise-a-dragon How to Raise a Dragon]] has players control a Dragon through various stages of life, determining it's its breath powers, it's its morality and the relationship between the Dragon and a "Hero". The Dragon can either be some kind of EvilOverlord, Good/Neutral Overlord or some kind of HeroicNeutral, using it's its powers in various different ways (Using it's its healing to help humans or raise a Zombie Army, for one).
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* There is LetsPlay/RoahmMythril, though he's just a dragon [[FurryFandom furry]].

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* ''Roleplay/DestroyTheGodmodder'': The secret of the void is not your average dragon...
* In ''Roleplay/DinoAttackRPG'', the dragons of Castle Cove are primarily Western Dragons, although Valencia depicts dragons as more civilized than the average wild dragon encountered in the Fright Knights region. There are also Maelstrom Dragons, which were corrupted by the Maelstrom and appeared to serve the Fright Knights.
* The Volcanian Dragons of ''Roleplay/WikizillaRolePlay''. Gigantic dragons the size of {{Kaiju}} that have [[Main/ElementalPowers elemental powers]], can speak, and those who have wings have different ones from those of typical dragons. They also live on their own civilized alien planet called Volcania, which was artificially created, with their own pantheon, a [[Main/CivilWar civil war]] that lasted for hundreds of years, and a lot more.



* {{Website/Neopets}} has four dragon-like Neopets: The eastern/western mix Draik, the ExtremeOmnivore Skeith, the non-fire-bbreathing Shoyru, and the Scorchio, which are more heat-resistant than the aforementioned three. There are also various dragon-like Petpets like the Kazeriu, which is based on eastern dragons.

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* {{Website/Neopets}} Website/{{Neopets}} has four dragon-like Neopets: The eastern/western mix Draik, the ExtremeOmnivore Skeith, the non-fire-bbreathing Shoyru, and the Scorchio, which are more heat-resistant than the aforementioned three. There are also various dragon-like Petpets like the Kazeriu, which is based on eastern dragons.



* Courtesy of Ken Shardik, dragons exist in both sentient and nonsentient varieties on [[Literature/TheJournalEntries Pendor]]. They apparently outwardly follow the 'Western' model, but are genetically engineered lifeforms with likely a hefty side order of nanotechnology like most Pendorians and are at least somewhat solar-powered; in one story, a fairly newly-decanted sentient dragon not yet really aware of that ''crashes'' when pushing his limits too far by trying to fly at night.
* In the story ''[[http://www.guildcompanion.com/scrolls/2001/may/dragon.html Dragon!]]'' as published in the [[http://www.guildcompanion.com Guild Companion]] a dragon extorts cows from a barony. It turns out the dragon does need them for food - even though meat is poisonous to him. It takes a village girl to make him realize he needs something else than just the cows. [[spoiler: As the dragon feeds on the milk and the cows dry up after a few months, what he ''does'' need is a couple of bulls to keep the cows giving milk...]]

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* ''Literature/TheJournalEntries'': Courtesy of Ken Shardik, dragons exist in both sentient and nonsentient non-sentient varieties on [[Literature/TheJournalEntries Pendor]]. Pendor. They apparently outwardly follow the 'Western' "Western" model, but are genetically engineered lifeforms with likely a hefty side order of nanotechnology like most Pendorians and are at least somewhat solar-powered; in one story, a fairly newly-decanted sentient dragon not yet really aware of that ''crashes'' when pushing his limits too far by trying to fly at night.
* In the story ''[[http://www.guildcompanion.com/scrolls/2001/may/dragon.html Dragon!]]'' as published in the [[http://www.guildcompanion.com Guild Companion]] a dragon extorts cows from a barony. It turns out the dragon does need them for food - -- even though meat is poisonous to him. It takes a village girl to make him realize he needs something else than just the cows. [[spoiler: As the dragon feeds on the milk and the cows dry up after a few months, what he ''does'' need is a couple of bulls to keep the cows giving milk...]]
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* Although ''TheQuestportChronicles'' has "standard" dragons as well, one of the main characters is a human who was [[ShapeShifterModeLock permanently transformed]] [[CursedWithAwesome into a dragon]] by an evil wizard.

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* Although ''TheQuestportChronicles'' ''Literature/TheQuestportChronicles'' has "standard" dragons as well, one of the main characters is a human who was [[ShapeShifterModeLock permanently transformed]] [[CursedWithAwesome into a dragon]] by an evil wizard.
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* {{Neopets}} has four dragon-like Neopets: The eastern/western mix Draik, the ExtremeOmnivore Skeith, the non-fire-bbreathing Shoyru, and the Scorchio, which are more heat-resistant than the aforementioned three. There are also various dragon-like Petpets like the Kazeriu, which is based on eastern dragons.

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* {{Neopets}} {{Website/Neopets}} has four dragon-like Neopets: The eastern/western mix Draik, the ExtremeOmnivore Skeith, the non-fire-bbreathing Shoyru, and the Scorchio, which are more heat-resistant than the aforementioned three. There are also various dragon-like Petpets like the Kazeriu, which is based on eastern dragons.

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