History Literature / TheDragonKnight

* ArcherArchetype: Daffyd, a stoic, slightly-aloof loner with an unacknowledged heritage, who is as noted above, the greatest bowman in the current world, and justifiably proud of being such.

* TheMagnificentSevenSamurai: Let's see, James is a DragonKnight as well as a MagicKnight, Brian is a KnightInShiningArmor, Daffyd is an ArcherArchetype, Aargh is a Talking Wolf who doesn't stand for nonsense, Carolinus is one of the three most powerful mages in the world, Secoh is, initially, a somewhat cowardly dragon, and they, among others, have to defend England, as well as the rest of the world, from the Dark Powers.

** Smrgol, crippled by a stroke, manages to kill Bryagh, though it cost him his life in the attempt.

** In ''The Dragon at War'', James turns [[spoiler: Secoh]] into a human while they are in France. Their reaction to being transformed is a LittleNo, because before, he could rely upon his teeth and claws, but now that he's human, he's physically weak. Still, this doesn't stop him from throwing himself into a fight [[ImprovisedWeapon while using a table leg as a club]] in order to protect his friends.

In the first book (''The Dragon and the George'') Jim Eckert is trapped in the body of the dragon Gorbash, and must rescue his wife from [[EldritchAbomination the Dark Powers]], who are attempting to wreck the fabric of the world's space and time. Along the way, Jim meets [[KnightInShiningArmor Sir Brian]], a valiant knight; [[GrumpyOldMan Silvanus Carolinus]], the world's most powerful and crotchety wizard; Daffyd Ap Hywel, the world's greatest archer and a proud Welshman; Smrgol, Gorbash's great-uncle; Aragh the fearsome yet practical talking English wolf; and [[CuteBruiser Secoh]], a cowardly miniature dragon. Jim poses as a Baron from America to gain the trust of the local Englishmen.

#''The Dragon and the Fair Maid of Kent'' (200) -- Jim helps England fight off the black plague while attempting to sort out Prince Edward's love life with the Fair Maid of Kent.

# ''The Dragon and the George'' -- See above for summary.
# ''The Dragon Knight'' -- Jim and his party must go to France to stop an evil sorcerer from carrying out his plan to manipulate the French government into attacking England and triggering a war.
#''The Dragon on the Border'' -- Jim visits his friend Sir Giles in Northunberland where the Dark Powers are raising an army of Hollow Men to destroy northern England.
#''The Dragon at War'' -- Jim and his friends must fight in a war between the dragons and the English on one side and the French and a navy of sea serpents on the other.
#''The Dragon, the Earl, and the Troll'' -- Jim and Angela adopt a baby while attempting to prevent an army of trolls from assaulting the royal Christmas party.
#''The Dragon and the Djinn'' -- Jim and Brian travel to the middle east to rescue Brian's fiance's father, captured in the crusades, so Brian can be legally married.
#''The Dragon and the Gnarly King'' -- Jim and Angela's son is kidnapped by the "Gnarly King".
#''The Dragon in Lyonesse'' -- Jim and his party travel to the mythical lost kingdom of Lyonesse.
#''The Dragon and the Fair Maid of Kent'' -- Jim helps England fight off the black plague while attempting to sort out Prince Edward's love life with the Fair Maid of Kent.

* AnimatedArmor / DancingPants: The nature of the Hollow Men is along these lines, in that they are spirits that inhabit armor, or clothes, in order to have a body, with the upper ranks having full-plate armor of the current era, on down to those who wear basically the equivalent of a shirt and pants.

In the first book (''The Dragon and the George'') Jim Eckert is trapped in the body of the dragon Gorbash, and must rescue his wife from [[EldritchAbomination the Dark Powers]], who are attempting to wrack the fabric of the world's space and time. Along the way, Jim meets [[KnightInShiningArmor Sir Brian]], a valiant knight; [[GrumpyOldMan Silvanus Carolinus]], the world's most powerful and crotchety wizard; Daffyd Ap Hywel, the world's greatest archer and a proud Welshman; Smrgol, Gorbash's great-uncle; Aragh the fearsome yet practical talking English wolf; and [[CuteBruiser Secoh]], a cowardly miniature dragon. Jim poses as a Baron from America to gain the trust of the local Englishmen.

* ObligatoryWarCrimeScene: In the Medieval period, nonessential prisoners tend to be killed, as James found out in ''The Dragon on the Border''.