The Dragon Stone

This is a list of dragons from stories, poems, plays, songs and other works of literature. The dragons are in alphabetical order. Clicking on the letters that divide the entries will bring you back to the top. Note that sources with very large numbers of dragons will not be here, but will have their own page. See the main Modern index for those pages.

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A

Ankh-Morpork Dragon
This dragon is called up by the Elucidated Brethren to terrorize Anhk-Morpork in 'Guards! Guards!' by Terry Pratchett.

Other Pages: Dracos Nobilis

Artemis
See Lassie

Arzosah Sothy Lorezohaz
Arzosah is one of the great wyrms. Her scales are black, and she is about 30 feet long, excluding tail. She first appears in 'A Time of War' by Katharine Kerr.

Other Pages: Great Wyrms

B

Bad-Tempered Dragon
See The Bad-Tempered Dragon

C

Chubby
Chubby use to be used as a forge in a Blacksmiths, before being taken to the Sunshine Sanctuary for Sick Dragons, from which he goes missing. He appears in 'Men at Arms' by Terry Prachett.

Other Pages: Swamp Dragons

Custard
Custard the dragon is a coward. He is the pet dragon of a girl called Belinda. He appears in some poems written by Ogden Nash. In the first of these 'The Tale of Custard the Dragon' he eats a pirate which comes into the house, then promptly returns to being a coward. In this poem Custard is described...

'Custard the Dragon had big sharp teeth,
And spikes on the top of him and scales underneath,
Mouth like a fireplace, chimney for a nose, br /> And realio, trulio daggers on his toes.'

In 'Custard the Dragon and the Wicked Knight' Belinda is kidnapped by Sir Garagoyle, and Custard flys to her rescue.

Both of these poems can be found in the book 'Custard and Company'. 'The Tale of Custard the Dragon' first appeared in the book 'The Bad Parents' Garden of Verse', and 'Custard the Dragon and the Wicked Knight' first appeared in the book of the same name.

Related Dragons: Puff

D

Dennis
Dennis appears in 'The Dragon Who Was Scared of Flying'. Because he is scared of flying, he has to stay at home in his mountain cave, while his friends and family go off to rescue maidens, and have adventures. He has a collection of bat bones. Dennis is described as having slimy skin.

Related Dragons: Doreen

Dewdrop Mabelline Talonthrust The First
Dewdrop is an old swamp dragon with no fire left. He has brown eyes.

Other Pages: Swamp Dragons

Dexter
Dexter is a young dragon who discovers he can blow smoke rings. He shows off so much that he loses his friends and has to win them back in the 'The Popcorn Dragon' by Jane Thayer. Dexter is described as green, scaly, bat-like wings and with hot breath.

Doreen
Doreen is Dennis's sister.

Related Dragons: Dennis

E

Errol
Errol (also known as Goodboy Bindle Featherstone of Quirm) is a bit of a failure compared to the average swamp dragon. He is out of proportion, with wings too small for flying. He's given to the Night Watch in the book 'Guards! Guards!' by Terry Pratchett.

Other Pages: Swamp Dragons

F

F1, F2, and F3
These are the sisters of M1. F3 is still a little baby dragon.

Related Dragons: M1; M2 and M3; Mr Dragon; Mrs Dragon

Falkor
Falkor is a luckdragon living in Fantastica (note that it is Fantastica in the book... Fantasia is the film only), a world created in the book 'The Never Ending Story' (Die Unendliche Geschichte) by Michael Ende. The book was published in German in 1979. The English translation (by Ralph Manheim) was published in 1983. Falkor is known as Fuchur in the original German.

Firedrake
Firedrake is a young dragon in 'Dragon Rider' by Cornelia Funke. His colony is warned that they must return to the dragon city at the Rim of Heaven or face being destroyed by humans. Firedrake is the only one to listen to the warning. He sets out on the dangerous journey, joined by a number of non-dragon friends.

Fuchur
See Falkor

G

Gayheart Talonthrust of Ankh
Gayheart was an unusually large swamp dragon, who grew to the height of 3 foot 6 inches.

Other Pages: Swamp Dragons

Goodboy Bindle Featherstone of Quirm
See Errol

Gorgon
A quicksilver dragon, appearing in the book 'Dragon Wing' by Weis and Hickman. Gorgon is controlled by the mysteriarch Sinistrad - a control that it continually tries to break.

Other Pages: Quicksilver Dragons

Greater-than-Great-Grandmama
Greater-than-Great-Grandmama is actually a dinosaur, whose descendants presumably evolved into dragons. She appears in 'The Bad-Tempered Dragon' by Joan Lennon.

Related Dragons: The Bad-Tempered Dragon

K

Kalessin
Kalessin is a large, steel coloured dragon. He is the oldest dragon in Earthsea. He befriended Archmage Ged, and returned Ged in a half-dead state from the Western Realms. He is also known to Tenar, former High Priestess of the Tombs of Atuan. He appears in the books 'Tehanu' and 'The Farthest Shore' by Ursula Le Guin.

L

Laolith
Laolith appears in the 'The Colour of Magic' by Terry Practchett. He is a gold dragon from Wyrmberg. His rider is Liessa Dragonlady.

Related Dragons: Ninereeds; Psepha

Other Pages: Wyrmberg Dragons

Lassie
Lassie is a emerald green dragon, with amber eyes and golden claws. As a baby dragon, he is left in the care of a boy called James Alastair. Due to a magic spell on the dragon, James thinks that the dragon is a greyhound, hence calling it Lassie. Lassie eats flowers. He appears in the story 'The Little Pet Dragon' by Philippa Gregory.

Lord Mountjoy Gayscale Talonthrust III of Ankh
This is the first swamp dragon that Captain Vimes meets in 'Guards! Guards!'.

Other Pages: Swamp Dragons

Lord Mountjoy Quickfang Winterforth IV
Lord Mountjoy is a golden swamp dragon, who is used as a weapon in 'Guards! Guards!'.

Other Pages: Swamp Dragons

M

M1
M1 is a little dragon that wants to learn to read. M stands for male, and 1 is because he is the first male. He appears in the story 'School For Dragons' by Ann Jungman. At one point, M1 writes this poem:

"Not to make flames,
Is one of my aims.
But when I do,
They're red, orange and blue."

Related Dragons: M2 and M3; Mr Dragon; Mrs Dragon; F1, F2, F3

M2 and M3
These two are the younger brothers of M1.

Related Dragons: M1; Mr Dragon; Mrs Dragon; F1, F2, F3

Moonmist Talonthrust II
Moonmist has won the 'Best of Breed' prize for swamp dragons at Pseudopolis.

Other Pages: Swamp Dragons

Moonpenny Duchess Marchpaine
Moonpenny is one of the swamp dragons introduced to Captain Vimes in 'Guards! Guards!'. At the time, she is pregnant.

Other Pages: Swamp Dragons

Mr Dragon
Mr Dragon is the father of M1. He thinks education is a waste of time for dragons.

Related Dragons: M1; M2 and M3; Mrs Dragon; F1, F2, F3

Mrs Dragon
Mrs Dragon is the mother of M1.

Related Dragons: M1; M2 and M3; Mr Dragon; F1, F2, F3

N

Ninereeds
Ninereeds was created by Twoflower's imagination in Wyrmberg, in 'The Colour of Magic' by Terry Pratchett. It is multi-coloured, with green eyes.

Related Dragons: Laolith; Psepha

Other Pages: Wyrmberg Dragons

P

Prothero
Prothero lives in the castle of the King of Fallond. Many years before the wizard had found a dead female dragon, with her clutch of eggs. He rescued one, which was Prothero. Prothero appears in the book 'Looking For Ilyriand' by Jay Ashton. At the start of the book he is wingless, and about 20 feet long, though he appears to not be fully grown.

The wizard speaks of the doom of Fallond, and that the people must find the lost land of Ilyriand. He also says that they must take the dragon. Prothero is unwilling, but does go.

Psepha is a bronze Wyrmberg dragon, ridden by K!sdra. He is the dragon that carries Rincewind to Wyrmberg.

Related Dragons: Laolith; Ninereeds | Other Pages: Wyrmberg Dragons

Puff the magic dragon comes from a song (of the same name). It started out as a poem written in 1959 by Leonard Lipton. He was apparently inspired by the Custard the dragon poems by Ogden Nash. A friend of his, Peter Yarrow, wrote extra lyrics and turned the poem into a song.

Puff was first released in 1962 by the group Peter, Paul and Mary (which included Peter Yarrow).

Related Dragons: Custard

Other Dragon Stone Pages: Puff the Magic Dragon Lyrics

R

Reluctant Dragon
See The Reluctant Dragon

Robert the Wretched
Robert is a dragon appearing in the first two books of the Spearwielder's Trilogy, by R. A. Salvatore. The books are 'The Woods Out Back' and 'The Dragon's Dagger'. The story revolves around Gary Leger and his party, who are on a quest to stop the dragon.

S

Saphira
Saphira is a young dragon from the Inheritance trilogy by Christopher Paolini. Her parents are Iormungr (father) and Vervada (mother). She is sapphire colour with white highlights (talons and spikes). She appears in the books 'Eragon' and 'Eldest' (the third book has not yet been released).

Skie
A male blue dragon, ridden by Kitiara in the DragonLance Chronicles by Margaret Weis and Tracey Hickman.

Other Dragon Stone Pages: AD&D Dragons Types - Blue Dragons

Smaug the Magnificent
Smaug appears in 'The Hobbit' by J.R.R. Tolkein. He is red-golden in colour. Smaug has a huge hoard of gold and other precious things. He is also very vain. When Smaug attacked the lake-town Esgaroth (a floating town) he met his death. Bard was the captain of a group of archers in the town. A thrush tells him to shoot Smaug under his left fore-leg. Bard shoots Smaug with his lucky black arrow. Smaug crashes into the town, sinking it beneath the lake. And that was the end of Smaug and Esgaroth.

Spike
Spike is a little baby dragon, who was part of the 1980s My Little Pony collection. He came with 'Dream Castle'. He appeared in many of the My Little Pony books, and animated adventures. He is purple, with green spikes on his back, and a pale front. He has no wings.

T

Talonthrust Vincent Wonderkind of Quirm
Talonthrust is a swamp dragon, being trained to sit on shoulders, appearing in the book 'Guards! Guards!'. He is more commonly refered to as Vinny. Possibly the Vinny who was cruelly used as a paint-stripper for 5 years.

Other Pages: Swamp Dragons

The Bad Tempered Dragon
This dragon arrived in the town of Dull on a boat, and proceeded to go around being bad tempered. He is a greeny-grey colour. He appears in 'The Bad-Tempered Dragon' by Joan Lennon.

Related Dragons: Greater-than-Great-Grandmama

The Reluctant Dragon
'The Reluctant Dragon' is a story written in 1898 by Kenneth Grahame.

The dragon is a peaceful sort who lives near a human town. A young boy befriends the dragon. Unfortunately, the townsfolk discover that a dragon lives nearby. Saint George is called to deal with it, leaving the dragon and the boy to find a solution.

Tosch
Tosch is a male brass dragon who is looking for a red blanket in the short story 'A Painter's Vision', by Barbara and Scott Siegel. This story is set in Krynn (DragonLance).

Treebite Brightscale
A swamp dragon owned by Brenda Rodley. He is the father of Errol.

Related Dragons: Errol Other Pages: Swamp Dragons

V

Vinny
See Talonthrust Vincent Wonderkind of Quirm