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This list of dragons in fiction is subsidiary to the list of fictional animals and is a collection of various notable draconic characters that appear in various works of fiction. It is limited to well-referenced examples of dragons in literature, comics, film, television, animation and video games.
Western literature tends either to affirm or pointedly subvert the traditional portrait of dragons from Western myth and folklore, as evil and greedy.
| Name | Source | Author | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancalagon the Black | Legendarium | J.R.R. Tolkien | The greatest of the winged dragons. Created by the Dark Lord Melkor. Destroyed by Eärendil during the War of Wrath. |
| Chrysophylax Dives | Farmer Giles of Ham | Tolkien [A 1] | A wily dragon who loses a battle of wills to Farmer Giles. |
| Dagurashibanipal | Grunts! | Mary Gentle | An ancient dragon, whose looted horde provides a tribe of orcs with the means to rise above their cannon-fodder station in the Evil Horde of Darkness. |
| Dragon | Jane and the Dragon | Baynton [A 2] | A friend of Jane. 300 years old. Orphaned. |
| Drogon | A Song of Ice and Fire | George R. R. Martin | A black-red dragon, hatched by Daenerys Targaryen. The largest and most vicious of her three dragons. |
| Errol | Guards! Guards! | Pratchett [A 3] | Small, underdeveloped dragon given to the Watch of Ankh-Morpork as a mascot by Sybil Ramkin. |
| Faranth | Dragonriders of Pern | McCaffrey [A 4] | The last gold dragon hatched from the first dragon hatching on Pern, and the most influential dragon in Pernese history. |
| Fírnen | Inheritance | Paolini [A 5] | A green, young, and kind dragon who has Arya as his rider. |
| Glaedr | Brisingr | Paolini [A 5] | An old, golden, and wise dragon who had Oromis as his rider. |
| Glaurung | The Silmarillion | Tolkien [A 1] | The first of the Dragons, and main antagonist in the tale of The Children of Húrin. Wingless. May manipulate human minds. |
| Icefyre | The Tawny Man | Hobb [A 6] | A black male dragon buried under ice who breaks free to mate with Tintaglia, a blue dragon, to save the dragon race. |
| Igjarjuk | Memory, Sorrow, & Thorn | Williams | An Ancient ice dragon who dwells far in the north of Osten Ard. |
| Katla | The Brothers Lionheart | Lindgren [A 7] | A fictional female dragon from the Swedish children's book. |
| Montague Bunsen-Burner | Dragon Boy | King-Smith [A 8] | A dragon on a human-free diet who finds and raises an orphaned boy John. He has a wife named Albertina and gains a daughter named Lucky. |
| Mnementh | Dragonriders of Pern | McCaffrey [A 4] | A bronze dragon ridden by F'lar, Weyrleader of Benden Weyr. |
| Moon | Baby Unicorn and Baby Dragon | Marzollo [A 9] | A young dragon named to match the crescent mark on his head. Became a great friend of Star after the Eight-Horn Friendship Spell in the prequel The Baby Unicorn . |
| Norberta | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | Rowling [A 10] | Previously named Norbert, she is a Norwegian Ridgeback dragon that Hagrid acquired as an egg from a stranger in the Hog's Head. Hagrid raises Norbert until Harry, Ron, and Hermione finally persuade Hagrid to send the dragon to Ron's older brother Charlie. Hagrid later learns that the dragon is female and has been renamed Norberta. |
| Pyralspite | Homestuck | Andrew Hussie | The companion of Neophyte Redglare. |
| Ramoth | Dragonriders of Pern | McCaffrey [A 4] | The golden queen dragon ridden by Lessa of Benden Weyr and Ruatha Hold. |
| Rhaegal | A Song of Ice and Fire | George R. R. Martin | A green-bronze dragon, recently hatched by Daenerys Targaryen. |
| Ruth | Dragonriders of Pern | McCaffrey [A 4] | A white dragon, one of a kind in Pern, ridden by Lord Jaxom of Ruatha Hold. Ruth has an unusually acute memory. Instrumental in the final end of Thread. |
| Saphira | Eragon | Paolini [A 5] | A kind, fierce, and blue dragon who has Eragon as her rider. |
| Slathborg | Slathborg's Gold | Mark Forman [1] | An evil dragon with a large hoard of gold. Sought to be killed for his evil deeds and to take the hoard by Alex and his company of Adventurers. Alex was able to look him in the eye to prove dominance over him and managed to kill him. |
| Smaug | The Hobbit | Tolkien [A 1] | A greedy and wicked golden-red dragon who slaughtered Thrór's dwarf clan along with the town of Dale and took the dwarves' treasure. While Bilbo Baggins talked with Smaug, he found a weak spot in Smaug's impenetrable scales. Hearing this from the Thrush the archer Bard killed Smaug. |
| Temeraire | Temeraire | Novik [A 11] | A black Chinese Celestial whose captain is William Laurence. |
| Terezi's Lusus | Homestuck | Andrew Hussie | Unborn parent figure and psychic mentor to Terezi Pyrope. |
| Thorn | Eldest | Paolini [A 5] | A red, immature, and vicious dragon who has Murtagh as his rider. |
| Tintaglia | The Liveship Traders | Hobb [A 6] | A female blue dragon, believed to be the last of her kind. She ultimately mates with Icefyre and saves the dragon race. |
| Eldrax | The Paper Bag Princess | Munsch [A 12] | A dragon who destroys Princess Elizabeth's kingdom and kidnaps her beloved Prince Ronald. Princess Elizabeth defeats the dragon by getting him to show off his full skills, exhausting him. |
| Viserion | A Song of Ice and Fire | George R. R. Martin | A cream-white dragon, recently hatched by Daenerys Targaryen. |
Dragons appear in various manga and american comics, in the form of comic books, comic strips and webcomics.
| Name | Origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Acnologia | Fairy Tail | Acnologia, also known as The Black Dragon, and fearsomely reputed as The Black Dragon in the Book of Apocalypse and the Herald of New Ages, is a cataclysmically powerful Dragon Slayer that can take the form of a Dragon, that assaulted the Fairy Tail core Mages on Tenrou Island in the Year X784. |
| Albion | High School DxD | Albion is one of the Two Heavenly Dragons and the arch-rival of Ddraig. He is called the White Dragon, also known as the Vanishing Dragon, Dragon Gwiber, White Dragon Emperor and White Dragon Emperor of Supremacy. He is currently residing within the Longinus, Divine Dividing, wielded by Vali Lucifer. Like his arch-rival Ddraig, he is also feared among Angels, Fallen Angels, Devils and the various factions in the world for his destructive powers, which are said to be able to kill both Gods and Satans. |
| Alfred | XDragoon | In this webcomic, Rocky and Alfred are humanoid dragons, coming from the planet Gan-Mah |
| Chibisuke | Dragon Drive | Chibisuke and various other dragons in this manga series. |
| Cordelia | Angel | |
| Dragon | Slylock Fox & Comics for Kids | An unnamed dragon appears in the strips "How to Draw", "Six Differences", "True or False", etc. |
| The Dragon | Sinfest | Created by Tatsuya Ishida |
| Dragon Man | Fantastic Four | Marvel Comics |
| Ddraig | High School DxD | Ddraig is one of the Two Heavenly Dragons and the arch-rival of Albion. He is called the Red Dragon is known as the Welsh Dragon, Dragon Goch, Red Dragon Emperor and Red Dragon Emperor of Domination, who resides within the Longinus, Boosted Gear, wielded by Issei Hyoudou. He is feared among the Angels, Fallen Angels, Devils and the various other factions in the world for his destructive powers, which are said to be able to kill both Gods and Satans. |
| Dragon of the Moon | Defenders | Marvel Comics |
| Dulcy | Sonic the Hedgehog | |
| Fafnir | Thor #134 (Nov. 1966) | First encountered in the guise of an old man by the warrior Volstagg. Drinks magical water which transforms him into a dragon. Powers of illusion. Intends to devour the Asgardians. Defeated by Odin's son Thor. [2] |
| Fin Fang Foom | Strange Tales #89 (Oct. 1961) | Member of a race of alien dragons, the Kakaranatharans. |
| Grandeeney | Fairy Tail | A sky dragon. Foster parent of Wendy Marvell, the sky dragon slayer. |
| The Great Red Dragon | Bone | Created by Jeff Smith |
| Igneel | Fairy Tail | Foster father of Natsu Dragneel. Taught Natsu a rare ancient magic called 'fire dragon slayer magic'. |
| Lockheed | X-Men | The pet dragon of Kitty Pryde, or Shadowcat. |
| Kozuki Momonosuke | One Piece | A young samurai who can turn into a dragon. |
| Llewellyn | Ozy and Millie | Created by D.C. Simpson |
| Long | DC Comics | The leader of a Chinese gang with ties to the Penguin. When Batwing (DC Comics) and Nightwing arrived in Beijing to investigate a conspiracy related to one of Penguin's black market dealings, Long ambushed them, transforming into a dragon. |
| Metalicana | Fairy Tail | An iron dragon. Foster parent of Gajeel Redfox, the iron dragon slayer. |
| Nid Hogg | Angel Sanctuary | |
| Porunga | Dragon Ball | Porunga is a dragon created by the grand Namekian elder to grant three wishes to anyone who can gather seven spheres known as the Dragon Balls. May revive only one deceased person per wish and cannot grant the same wish twice. |
| Pyralspite | Homestuck | The companion of Neophyte Redglare. Created by Andrew Hussie |
| Rocky | XDragoon | |
| Sennenryu | One Piece | Sennenryu appear in the anime on the Warship Island Arc. |
| Shenron (Shenlong) | Dragon Ball | Created by Kami, the god of Earth, to grant a single wish to anyone who can gather seven spheres known as the Dragon Balls. Limited to only one wish per person (later expanded to two). Cannot grant the same wish twice, or resurrect those who have died of natural causes. Also known as Shenlong. |
| Shou-Lao | Iron Fist | An immortal Chinese red dragon who is the final test for an Iron Fist candidate. Those who defeat the dragon in combat are allowed to absorb his power by touching his molten heart, which is contained in a brazier. |
| Skiadrum | Fairy Tail | An shadow dragon and foster father of Rouge Cheney, the shadow dragon slayer. |
| Tohru | Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid | Tohru fell in love with and became the maid of Miss Kobayashi after being saved from a near-fatal injury by the latter; her presence in Kobayashi's world ends up attracting more dragons from Tohru's native realm, all of whom go on to befriend Kobayashi and company despite harboring racist beliefs towards humans. |
| Weisslogia | Fairy Tail | A white dragon and foster father of Sting Eucliffe, the white dragon slayer. |
| Wormy | Wormy | Created by David A. Trampier |
Dragons have been portrayed in film and television in many different forms. They may terrorize human towns, or save human lives, even taking the role of passionate protectors.
| Name | Film | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Buraki | Dragon Wars | Main antagonist of Dragon Wars (2007). Leader of an army of dragons, dinosaurs and frog-like creatures. Ruthless, despised and malevolent. |
| Bio Dragon | Dragon Fighter | No official name; fans refer to this fire-breathing dragon as Bio Dragon or Genetic Dragon. Horned and spined, with dark grey coloring. |
| Draco | Dragonheart | The last remaining dragon. Voiced by Sean Connery. |
| Drake, Griffin | Dragonheart: A New Beginning | Voiced by Robby Benson and Harry Von Gorkum. |
| Drago | Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse , Dragonheart: Battle for the Heartfire | Voiced by Ben Kingsley and Patrick Stewart. |
| Dagahra | Rebirth of Mothra II | Battles Mortha Leo. Transforms into Rainbow Mothra. |
| Desghidorah | Rebirth of Mothra | Desghidorah is another Japanese fiction monster that resembles King Ghidorah, but is different from his counterpart. Desghidorah is a main antagonist who tries to destroy everything in his sight and wipe out the planet. But Mothra battles the monster, then she defeats Desghidorah and seals him back in the Earth. |
| Fafnir | Die Nibelungen | An adaption of the Nibelung legend. The dragon is notable for being one of the first dragons in film, ever. |
| Falkor | The Neverending Story | A Luckdragon and friend of Atreyu and Bastian. He is the only luckdragon to appear, although five others are mentioned in passing. he has an elongated, winged body and many white scales and hairs on the length of his body that can appear pink. The form of his head is described less precisely, though his eyes are mentioned as being the color of rubies. Falkor has distinctive canine features. |
| Golden Dragon | Beowulf | Born from Grendel's mother and son of Beowulf. |
| Grand King Ghidorah | Rebirth of Mothra III | Giant three-headed winged dragon. Battles Mothra Leo; destroyed by Armor Mothra. |
| Keizer Ghidorah | Godzilla: Final Wars | Giant quadrupedal three-headed winged dragon. The last monster to be encountered by Godzilla. First appeared as a bipedal skeleton monster known as Monster X. |
| King Ghidorah | Godzilla | A kaiju , a fictional Japanese monster featured in several of Toho Studios' Godzilla films. King Ghidorah appears as an armless, three-headed, two-tailed, bipedal dragon with large bat-like wings. |
| Smaug | The Hobbit film series | A powerful, fearsome black dragon who terrorizes the people of Dale, Lake-town and the Dwarves of Erebor. |
| Vermithrax Pejorative | Dragonslayer | A flying red dragon who demands tribute from the Kingdom of Urland. Hero Galen Bradwarden learns, however, that Vermithrax is using the sacrifices to feed its young—three red dragon hatchlings. |
| Unnamed dragons | Reign of Fire | Various dragons feature prominently as dangerous animals throughout the film. |
| Unnamed dragons | Dungeons & Dragons | A failed attempt to control a gold dragon with a "rod" created by Profion is shown at the beginning of the film and two "dragon armies"-one of which is gold-the other-red-are featured in the Battle of Sumdall and The Empire of Izmir during the climax of the film. |
| Name | Series | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Pufnstuf | Pufnstuf | The mayor of Living Island, and a creation of Sid & Marty Kroft. |
| Aithusa | Merlin | A young white dragon that is rescued, hatched and named by Merlin. It later saves Morgana's life by healing her wounds. |
| Drogon | Game of Thrones | A black-red dragon, recently hatched by Daenerys Targaryen. It is the largest and most vicious of her three dragons. |
| Kilgharrah | Merlin | An ancient dragon (voiced by John Hurt) imprisoned by Uther Pendragon below Camelot. Thought to be the last of its kind. |
| Mizunoeno Dragon | Ultraman Gaia | Mizunoeno Dragon (ミズノエノリュウ, Mizunoeno Ryū) also known as "Mizunoeryu," is a monster that appeared in the TV series, Ultraman Gaia. He appeared in episodes 11, 50, and 51. |
| Pyre | Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog | An ancient Dragon associated with the Mystic Knight of Fire. Intolerant to human presence at first, he soon comes to admire Rohan, and later recognizes the Knight as Draganta, the legendary hero. Fiercely the rival of Tyrune the Hydra. Pyre wears a gemmed cuirass, through which he presumably makes contact with his rider's Dragon's Breath Dagger. His likeness is worked into the Mystic Knights armor. |
| Natsunomeryu | Ultraman Max | Natsunomeryu (ナツノメリュウ Natsunomeryuu), also known as Natsunome Dragon is a peaceful dragon kaiju that slept in Lake Natsukawa for centuries. |
| Scorch | Scorch | Scorch, a 1,300-year-old puppet dragon created and controlled by Ronn Lucas, main character of a television series that aired on CBS in the early 1990s. |
| Tamba | Tikkabilla | A small dragon puppet, who resembles Spyro the Dragon in colouration. |
| Name | Film | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Devon & Cornwall | Quest for Camelot | A conjoined two-headed dragon - the sophisticated and intelligent Devon and the boorish but loyal Cornwall. Thanks to the bullying from the rest of the dragons due to their differences and their inability to fly, they want nothing more than to be apart from one another |
| Dragon | Shrek | A nameless fire-breathing female dragon with ruby-colored scales, leathery bat-like wings, long, crested ears, and a prehensile tail. Does not speak; uses body language and noises to communicate. Has a taste for knights, her favorite dish; has a recipe book for preparing them for dinner. |
| Elliott | Pete's Dragon | Friendly dragon. Voiced by Charlie Callas. |
| Maleficent | Sleeping Beauty | Giant evil black dragon. Breathes green fire. Transformed from human female. [3] Ranked #1 in Ultimate Disney's 'Top 30 Disney Villains'. [4] Also features in Kingdom Hearts video-game series. |
| Goliath | Dragon and Slippers | Friendly dragon. Voiced by Dom DeLuise. |
| Haku | Spirited Away | A white dragon who befriends the protagonist, Sen/Chihiro, and eventually aids in her escape from Yubaba's bath house, although he is Yubaba's apprentice. He is able to turn into a human at will, as well as cast spells of unbinding, invisibility, and binding. Haku is the spirit of the Kohaku river, which a young Chihiro fell into as a child. Since then, the river has been paved over to make room for a mall. In smaller pieces of anime by the author concerning Spirited Away, it has been assumed that Chihiro's mother and father despised the river, for almost killing their daughter. |
| Mushu | Mulan | Fa Mulan's closest companion throughout the Mulan series and comic relief. He is a Chinese dragon with ears - his body is a red color and he has orange accents. He seems to be small, but hints that he is bigger in his "real size" He is voiced by Eddie Murphy in his first appearance and Mark Moseley afterward. |
| Spike | My Little Pony | A baby dragon who first met the ponies in Firefly's Adventure and came to live them. In the Friendship is Magic series, he is the assistant of Twilight Sparkle, who raised him from an egg, and has the task of delivering her messages to Princess Celestia. |
| Discord | My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic | Recurring character first appearing as the main antagonist of the two-part Season 2 premiere "The Return of Harmony". Described as the spirit of chaos and disharmony. He is an eccentric ancient draconequus, a serpentine, chimeral creature with "the head of a pony and a body made up of all sorts of things". |
| Predaking | Transformers: Prime - Beast Hunters | An intelligent and powerful robotic dragon. Created by the Decepticons and brought to life by Shockwave. |
| Tabaluga | Tabaluga | Tabaluga lives in the fictional place of Greenland. He is around 7 dragon-years old (700 human years). His father died when he was six. Nothing is known about his mother. After his father's death Tabaluga is the last of the dragons and the crown-prince of Greenland, defending his home from two rival kingdoms on either side of Greenland; a frigid arctic tundra, ruled by the evil snowman Arktos and a searing desert, ruled by an evil sand-spirit Humsin. |
| Tiamat | Dungeons & Dragons | Venger's arch-rival is a fearsome dragon with a screeching, multi-level voice and five heads. Although Venger and the children both avoid Tiamat, the children make a deal with her in "The Dragon's Graveyard" to thwart Venger. |
| Toothless | How to Train Your Dragon | A black, sleek-headed dragon with retractable teeth and green eyes. Became a loyal companion to Hiccup after he helped Toothless regain his flight, when giving him a prostheses tail. His species is known as the "Night Fury" for its appearance and swift combat tactics. Night Furies such as Toothless have the ability to strike quickly and retreat to retaliate, but they are also adept in direct combat as well. |
| Stormfly | How to Train Your Dragon | A large, bipedal, light blue dragon with very large wings and an array of horns sprouting from its crown. Stormfly is Astrid's dragon, and her species is known as the "Deadly Nadder." She, along with the rest of her kind, has the ability to release poisonous spines from her tail. Combined with the momentum of tail-whipping motions, Nadders like stormfly make excellent marksmen (or marksdragons, rather), despite their frontal blind spot. |
| Terezi's Lusus | Homestuck | Unborn parent figure and psychic mentor to Terezi Pyrope. |
| Trogdor | Trogdor | Trogdor the Burninator is an original character created by Strong Bad in the sbemail dragon |
| Whimsey Weatherbe | My Little Pony: Twinkle Wish Adventure |
Dragons appear in numerous games with fictional setting as bosses, final bosses, and enemies, as well as player characters, companions, units, and supporting characters.
| Name | Game | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Alduin | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | A fearsome, powerful, black dragon. Also known as "The World Eater", "Nordic God of Destruction" and "Bane of Kings". Claimed as first-born of Akatosh (the Dragon God of Time). Ambitions of world-domination. |
| Alexstrasza, The Life Binder | Warcraft , Heroes of the Storm | Aspect of the Red Dragon Flight. The guardian of all life in the world of Azeroth. She was one of five great dragons chosen by the titans to be empowered with a portion of the Pantheon's power and rule over her flight while they watched over Azeroth and its inhabitants. The titans also appointed her queen of all dragons |
| Archdemons | Dragon Age: Origins | Archdemons possess an intelligence far beyond the average dragon and are purely evil creatures. |
| Bahamut | Final Fantasy Series | Known by many titles, he is revered as the lord of the sky in Final Fantasy. His destructive MegaFlare can consume multiple cities in one attack. |
| Darby | Darby the Dragon | A green dragon who bears the title Dragon Prince and goes on a quest to restore his shrunken sister Sparkle. |
| Dracolich | Dungeons & Dragons | An undead dragon called Dragotha, [5] formerly consort to Tiamat, who was given his undead powers by the deity Kyuss. It is unknown whether other dracoliches exist in Greyhawk. |
| Draigoch | Lord of the Rings Online | An evil red dragon found in the mountains of the Enedwaith. He has Arch-Nemesis rank and approximately 9,000,000 hit points. A raid party of 12 - 24 is required. Pictures of him put him at about the same size as Smaug. He speaks, has wings and breathes fire. |
| Deathwing, The Destroyer | World of Warcraft: Cataclysm , Heroes of the Storm | Known as 'the Destroyer' and originally as 'Neltharion the Earth-Warder'. Once a kind benevolent dragon, but was driven mad by the Old Gods and came to inspire fear and contempt. |
| Dragon Knight | Heroes of the Storm | Dragon Knight is a Playable Character Transformation on the Dragon Shire battleground. Heroes can liberate the Dragon Knight by activating the shrines and interacting with the Knight's statue in the middle lane of the battleground, taking control of him temporarily. |
| Elvarg | Runescape | Elvarg is a female green dragon and is considerably stronger than most others of her kind. Elvarg lives on the island of Crandor and is found underground, in a cave that is connected to Karamja through a series of tunnels. During the quest Dragon Slayer, players must slay her and bring her head to Oziach in order to earn the right to wear the rune platebody, blue d'hide body and mystic top. |
| Ender Dragon Zinzi,Matutu | Minecraft | A giant black dragon with glowing purple eyes that lives in The End Dimension. |
| Enywas | Darkmere | An evil destructive dragon who constantly slaughtered villagers until Prince Ebryn killed her for good. |
| Feyrbrand | Legend of Dragoon | A dragon that appears as you start the game that is controlled by Emperor Doel. Known as "The Green-Tusked Dragon," it chases the protagonist at the start of the game until saved by another character known as Rose. |
| Flammie | Secret of Mana | A white dragon that is found and rescued by the main characters early in the game, and rapidly grows into a full-size dragon capable of carrying at least three people on its back. Later in the game, Flammie is revealed to be the legendary "Mana Beast", and battles the characters in the game's finale. |
| Grigori | Dragon's Dogma | An enormous red dragon who gruesomely tears out the heart of the "chosen one" who is known as an Arisen and steals it in Dragon's Dogma . The Arisen is destined to destroy the dragon to regain his/her heart. He takes refuge in the Tainted Mountain, waiting for the current Arisen to challenge him. He and his dragon apprentices appear without warning, ferociously terrorizing villages and the people of Cassardis. There isn't enough evidence to make any sort of theory about the dragons’ purpose. It's possible to think that the dragons are fulfilling some sort of role or duty. |
| Grima | Fire Emblem Awakening | Also known as the "fell dragon," Grima is the manifestation of the corrupted earth dragon tribe seeking the genocide of all living creatures. He was sealed away in what is referred to as "The Dragon's Table" by the manakete queen, Naga. He is revered by a cult of fanatics known as "The Grimleal" who long for nothing more than his return. However, returning him to the world is not as easy as it sounds as he requires one particular person to serve as his vessel... |
| Kalameet | Dark Souls | One of the remaining ancient dragons, one fearsome enough to be feared by Anor Londo the city of the gods, found in the skies of ancient Oolacile. |
| Minerva | Fire Emblem | Minerva is a name that appears more than once in Fire Emblem Lore, most recently in Fire Emblem Awakening, which is ridden by the recruitable character Cherche and her son. |
| Malygos, The Spellweaver | Warcraft | He was the Aspect of the Blue Dragon Flight and one of the most ancient creatures living on Azeroth and the eldest of the Aspects. Norgannon, the titan master-magician and keeper of lore, granted Malygos a portion of his vast power. From then on, Malygos would be known as the Spell-weaver, the guardian of arcane magic and hidden arcanum. |
| Naga | Fire Emblem Awakening | Naga is the queen of the six dragon tribes that ruled over the land 3,000 years before the events of Fire Emblem Awakening. Even after her "suicide," she still watches over humanity to protect them from any threats that are beyond their control. When Grima threatens to destroy the entire world, she changes time itself to help the army of heroes stop the impending holocaust. Even with her divine intervention, the conflict quickly becomes more complex than anyone could have imagined. She had not prevented the world-ending threat like she had hoped, but with her interference, she manages to give mankind a fighting chance against impossible odds. |
| Nightshade | The Palace of Deceit | Nightshade is one of the rare dragons who escapes the Palace dungeons and vows to kill the evil wizard Garth before he can wipe out dragonkind completely. |
| Nozdormu, The Timeless One | Warcraft | Aspect of the Bronze Dragon Flight and guardian of time, is one of the former Dragon Aspects empowered by the titans to watch over Azeroth. He fought against the demons during the War of the Ancients. Following this intervention, he retreated into seclusion, immersing himself in his duties. He emerges only infrequently, when events require his direct presence. He intervened in the defeat of Deathwing at the hands of Krasus and his allies, one of the few times he has been seen in the skies of Azeroth. |
| Paarthurnax | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | A wise old dragon met at the Throat of the World. Alduin's younger brother who helps the player defeat him by helping him to learn the shout, Dragonrend. It is optional in the game to kill Paarthurnax, but doing so is not recommended. He is also the master of the Greybeards and their "Way of the Voice". |
| Ridley | Metroid | Portrayed in different ways in separate Metroid titles, with varying size and sometimes capable of speech. Shown to be male and to have purple skin and glowing eyes, and resembling a pterodactyl in Super Metroid . Also has cyborg and robotic forms. [6] Ridley has been described as the last of his species, native to Zebes. |
| Necrosan | Primal Rage | A deathly, zombie-like dragon with no skin to cover his muscular structure. Little is known about Necrosan other than his design, given that he was going to debut in the sequel to Primal Rage, which ended up being cancelled. However, we do know that he is the God of Death, and supposedly controls massive amounts of the undead as an army rather than the typical natives that willingly worshipped the other Gods. He also supposedly hatches from the "asteroid" which causes the Catyclisms. |
| Kasimir Æthelinde | Warhearts | A smol red wyvern sworn to the Dominion as a Devout. In his juvenile state he takes a humanoid form and is known for chilli and other hot flavoured beverages that soothe his fiery soul |
| Seath the Scaleless | Dark Souls | An albino dragon who helped Gwyn, Nito, and the Witch of Izalith destroy the everlasting dragons. Seath was born without the everlasting scales, making him mortal and an outcast. After the fall of the everlasting dragons he founded sorcery which sparked animosity between him and Havel the Rock. He resides in the Duke's Archives and the crystal caves where he researches and protects the Primordial Crystal. |
| Spyro | Spyro the Dragon | Throughout the original series, Spyro is portrayed as energetic and curious, with little regard for his own safety. He is also described as a courageous hero, despite his small size. Spyro is also known for his cocky attitude and can be stubborn at times. |
| Singe | Dragon's Lair | Captor of Princess Daphne and foe of heroic knight Dirk the Daring. Created by Rick Dyer and animator Don Bluth in 1983. |
| Synn | Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara | A gigantic red wyrm dragon who takes the form of an Incantatrix and hungers to conquer the lands of Darokin. Portrayed as the final boss of the game. |
| Tathamet, The Prime Evil | Diablo | He was a seven-headed dragon of all darkness and vileness. It was known as the Prime Evil and was created as a cast off of all the dark attributes within Anu long before Sanctuary came into existence. Separated from one being, Tathamet and Anu were both trapped within the same place and they battled with each other for an indefinite length of time. Eventually, the evenly matched adversaries destroyed each other, causing the universe to come into being. After its death, Tathamet gave birth to the seven Great Evils, each being formed from one of Tathamet's heads while its body became the foundation of the Burning Hells. |
| Tiamat | Dungeons & Dragons | A multi-headed dragon who heads can breathe Fire, Ice, poison and lightning. Arch enemy of Venger. |
| Tweek the Dragon | Fur Fighters | Tweek is a dragon born in Royston Vasey, Wales to Gwynth the Fur Fighter. He is the youngest of the Fur Fighters at 0.002 years. His special skill is Gliding. |
| Trag'Oul | Diablo | He is a mysterious dragon-like being who guards Sanctuary and maintains the Balance between the High Heavens and the Burning Hells. In Richard A. Knaak's The Sin War trilogy, he is depicted as a constellation of stars, in each of which, a different part of life is shown - past, present, and future choices to be made, so one cannot see a definite future. Trag'Oul's exact origins are unknown, although it is hinted that he is not a unique being, that other worlds have guardians similar to him. He has not been seen since the Sin War ended. He is worshipped by the Necromancers of the Cult of Rathma. |
| Ur Dragon | Dragon's Dogma | A dragon with a gray/lavender palette. However, unlike The Dragon, the Ur-Dragon has thirty "hearts" located all over his body, which will glow as the Arisen or their Pawns approach the area. Each time a heart is destroyed, the area around it will rot and fall, revealing the Ur-Dragon's true form. |
| Ysera, The Dreamer | Warcraft | Aspect of the Green Dragon Flight, charged with keeping watch over the flowering wilds of Azeroth from within the Emerald Dream. Bound to this ethereal realm, she descended into an endless trance and became known thereafter as the Dreamer. She would later fight off the Emerald Nightmare and the corruption of her children. |
| Volvagia | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | A corrupt dragon, who previously slept in the Fire Temple, whom Ganondorf awoke and unleashed. Killed by the hero Link. |
| Aurene | Guild Wars 2 | A crystal dragon, scion of Glint, player's character companion. |
In fantasy fiction, a lich is a type of undead creature. Often such a creature is the result of a transformation, as a powerful magician skilled in necromancy or a king striving for eternal life using spells or rituals to bind his intellect and soul to his "phylactery" and thereby achieving a form of immortality. Liches are depicted as being clearly cadaverous, bodies desiccated or completely skeletal. Liches are often depicted as holding power over hordes of lesser undead creatures, using them as soldiers and servants. Unlike zombies, which are often depicted as mindless, a lich is sapient, retaining independent thought and is as intelligent as it was prior to its transformation.
Werewolf fiction denotes the portrayal of werewolves and other shapeshifting man/woman-beasts, in the media of literature, drama, film, games, and music. Werewolf literature includes folklore, legend, saga, fairy tales, Gothic and Horror fiction, fantasy fiction and poetry. Such stories may be supernatural, symbolic or allegorical. A classic American cinematic example of the theme is The Wolf Man (1941) and in later films joins with Frankenstein's monster and Count Dracula, as one of the three famous icons of the modern day horror. However, werewolf fiction is an exceptionally diverse genre with ancient folkloric roots and manifold modern re-interpretations.
Maleficent is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Productions' 16th animated feature film, Sleeping Beauty (1959). She is an evil fairy and the self-proclaimed "Mistress of All Evil" who, after not being invited to a christening, curses the infant Princess Aurora to "prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die" before the sun sets on Aurora's sixteenth birthday.
There are a number of lists of fictional species:
A crossover is the placement of two or more otherwise discrete fictional characters, settings, or universes into the context of a single story. They can arise from legal agreements between the relevant copyright holders, unauthorized efforts by fans or common corporate ownership.
In fiction, canon is the material accepted as officially part of the story in the fictional universe of that story. It is often contrasted with, or used as the basis for, works of fan fiction. The alternative terms mythology, timeline, universe and continuity are often used, with the first of these being used especially to refer to a richly detailed fictional canon requiring a large degree of suspension of disbelief, while the latter two typically refer to a single arc where all events are directly connected chronologically. Other times, the word can mean "to be acknowledged by the creator(s)".
An ogre is a large, hideous monster of mythology, folklore and fiction.
Fantasy tropes are a specific type of literary tropes that occur in fantasy fiction. Worldbuilding, plot, and characterization have many common conventions. Literary fantasy works operate using these tropes, while others use them in a revisionist manner, making the tropes over for various reasons such as for comic effect, and to create something fresh.
There are numerous video games featuring the popular Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man that have been released. To date, Spider-Man has made appearances on over 15 gaming platforms, which also includes mobile games on mobile phones operating systems like Android and iOS. There are several online web games available on MarvelHQ website. These games can run on any internet browser.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to fiction:
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction set in a fictional universe, often inspired by real world myth and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became literature and drama. From the twentieth century it has expanded further into various media, including film, television, graphic novels, manga and video games.
Jiangshi fiction or goeng-si fiction in Cantonese, is a literary and cinematic genre of horror based on the jiangshi of Chinese folklore, a reanimated corpse controlled by Taoist priests that resembles the zombies and vampires of Western fiction. The genre first appeared in the literature of the Qing Dynasty and the jiangshi film is a staple of the modern Hong Kong film industry. Hong Kong jiangshi films like Mr. Vampire and Encounters of the Spooky Kind follow a formula of mixing horror with comedy and kung fu.