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Dragons by Draco Malfoy Dragons come in a great variety of sizes, colors, and shapes, so this'll be decently long. It's hard to say all dragons are even the same genus (step above species) since they're all so dissimilar. For example, many Asian dragons have no wings, but incredibly long serpentine bodies. Some even live in water. On the other hand, European dragons usually have large wings, their wingspan being wider than their bodies are long. Also, unlike the very snakelike Asian dragons, European ones are wider bodied more like legged lizards. Both Asian and European dragons have 4 legs. Africa is home to many smaller types of dragons, such as Wyverns and Chimaeras. Wyverns are two-legged cousins to the large European dragons and have a poisonous stinger on the tip of their long tails, somewhat like a scorpion. They have wings resembling a bat's and talons like a bird of prey. Chimaeras live in both Africa and South America, and are also cousins of the other dragons. Two kinds are known to exist, both 2-headed and 3-headed variations. The two-headed kind has 2 dragon heads, and spits acid and lightning. It is dark purple in color and has very large wings. It is also bipedal. The 3-headed type has a similar body to the 2-headed kind, except it has 4 legs and a lighter body. The 3 heads are usually dragon, panther, and goat, although different possibilities are known. This type breathes fire, lightning, and acid. North America is home to mainly Wyverns, but also some types of rarer dragons. While dragons are almost common in European countries such as Ireland and Sweden, fewer are found in North America, and mainly they live in Canada. Frost dragons and the like make their homes in Canada, breathing frost instead of fire. They have blue scales and are about as large as Hungarian Horntails. Another type of multi-headed dragon that can be found in Europe and the Americas is the Hydra. It can have anywhere from 6 to 12 heads, although most specimens have 9. Three different versions of the typical Hydra exist, the Criohydra, the Pyrohydra, and the Lernean Hydra. The Criohydra has bluish tinged scales, and can breathe cones of frost from its many heads. The Pyrohydra has reddish scales, and can breathe fire. The Lernean Hydra does not breathe fire or frost, but cannot be harmed in any way by physical weapons. It can however be killed with magic. Yet another dragon-type creature is the Couatl. It has a long serpentine body like the Asian dragons, but instead of leathery wings like other winged dragons, it has feathered ones like a large bird. It does not have arms or legs. This type of dragon is very rarely encountered. There is one major distinction between the common dragons of Europe, and that is color. A dragon can usually be instantly classified by its color. The chromatic ones (red, blue, green, black, and white) are commonly associated with evil, and the metallic ones (gold, silver, bronze, brass, and copper) are commonly associated with good. Three other types of dragons that are exceedingly rare are Platinum Dragons, Force Dragons, and Prismatic Dragons. Platinum Dragons are the most powerful of all metallic dragons, easily recognizable by their dark silverish scales and colossal size. They seldom attack other creatures, but are a remarkable sight to behold when angered. Force Dragons are almost never seen, probably because they are invisible to the naked eye and emit no odor. Unlike most dragons, they don't eat much and prefer to just fly around and bask in sunlight. It is possible they derive some energy from the sun. Their "breath weapon" is a wall of invisible force that pushes the target back. Prismatic dragons are essentially physical manifestations of dragon-gods. They are absolutely gigantic, easily five or six times the size of the largest Horntail. They are oddly colored, almost translucent yet still visible. Their scales are a shimmering array of dark red, dark blue, and dark purple. These dragons are basically never seen, and they eat less than dragons a sixteenth their size. They also perhaps get some energy from the sun. A prismatic dragon can attack by breathing forth rays of seven different colors, of which the effects are varying and unpleasant. One last type of "dragon" is the dracolich. A dracolich is what happens when a dragon binds its spirit to the promise of undeath. Once it dies, the scales, muscles, and anything decomposable immediately falls from the dragon, leaving only bone. After about a week, the dragon rises again as a dracolich, a terrible, vampiric version of the majestic creature it once was. A dracolich cannot be killed in any way other than destroying its phylactery, the gem which the dragon bound its spirit to. Dracoliches breathe frost and poison, as well as stealing life energy when they bite. An average large dragon (true dragon) can live up to 1,200 years old, while many live far past that, some even achieving immortality. The risks should be apparent, as they include maiming, dismemberment, slow death by acid, death by being torn to shreds, death by being food, death by burning, death by hypothermia and being shattered (frost attacks), death by lightning, death by being dropped from high altitude, death by crushing, and probably a few others that didn't come to mind. Ah, so you wish to return to the library? And perhaps look at another book?