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'''[[File:Wingwatcher_Dragon_Guide.jpg|300px|center|thumb|The cover page of ''A Wingwatcher's Guide to [[Dragons]]'' from ''[[Dragonslayer]]''.]]''' | '''[[File:Wingwatcher_Dragon_Guide.jpg|300px|center|thumb|The cover page of ''A Wingwatcher's Guide to [[Dragons]]'' from ''[[Dragonslayer]]''.]]''' | ||
'''A Wingwatcher's Guide to Dragons''' is a [[Scrolls|scroll]] written by [[scavengers]], presumably the [[Wingwatchers]] of [[Valor]]. It is included at the beginning of ''[[Dragonslayer]]'' in a similar manner to the inclusion of the [[A NightWing Guide to the Dragons of Pyrrhia|NightWing Guide to the Dragons of Pyrrhia]] at the beginning of [[The Dragonet Prophecy (Book)|The Dragonet Prophecy]] through [[The Brightest Night]]. The dragon illustrations are drawn by [[Joy Ang]]. It is a scroll accessible to scavengers through libraries, and copies have been found in Valor. It is the first known scroll published by scavengers to have a title. | '''A Wingwatcher's Guide to Dragons''' is a [[Scrolls|scroll]] written by [[scavengers]], presumably the [[Wingwatchers]] of [[Valor]]. It is included at the beginning of ''[[Dragonslayer]]'' in a similar manner to the inclusion of the [[A NightWing Guide to the Dragons of Pyrrhia|NightWing Guide to the Dragons of Pyrrhia]] at the beginning of [[The Dragonet Prophecy (Book)|The Dragonet Prophecy]] through [[The Brightest Night (Book)|The Brightest Night]]. The dragon illustrations are drawn by [[Joy Ang]]. It is a scroll accessible to scavengers through libraries, and copies have been found in Valor. It is the first known scroll published by scavengers to have a title. | ||
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A Wingwatcher's Guide to Dragons is a scroll written by scavengers, presumably the Wingwatchers of Valor. It is included at the beginning of Dragonslayer in a similar manner to the inclusion of the NightWing Guide to the Dragons of Pyrrhia at the beginning of The Dragonet Prophecy through The Brightest Night. The dragon illustrations are drawn by Joy Ang. It is a scroll accessible to scavengers through libraries, and copies have been found in Valor. It is the first known scroll published by scavengers to have a title.
Description:
Purplish-black scales and scattered silver scales like a night sky full of stars; forked black tongues.
Abilities:
Can breathe fire, disappear into dark shadows.
Habitat:
Unknown
Watch Out For:
These rarely seen dragons could be mutations of other types or a nearly extinct species; probably not very important.
Description:
Thick, armored brown scales, sometimes with amber and gold underscales; large flat heads with nostrils on top of the snout.
Abilities:
Can breathe fire, hold their breath for up to an hour, blend into large mud puddles.
Habitat:
The swamps, marshes, and boiling mud pools between the mountains and the sea.
Watch Out For:
Often found hiding under the mud; also their teeth, claws, fire, the usual.
Description:
Pale gold or white scales the color of desert sand; forked black tongues.
Abilities:
Can survive a long time without water, poison prey with the tips of their tails like scorpions, bury themselves for camouflage in the desert sand, breathe fire.
Habitat:
The vast desert west of the forest.
Watch Out For:
Their venomous barbed tails, their teeth, claws, fire.
Description:
Scales that can shift colors, usually bright like birds of paradise; prehensile tails.
Abilities:
Can camouflage their scales to blend into their surroundings; rumor has it they can also shoot venom from their fangs.
Habitat:
The mysterious impenetrable rainforest, east of the mountains.
Watch Out For:
We have no idea! No recorded survivor encounters, so they're probably the deadliest and stealthiest of all dragons.
Description:
Silvery scales like the moon or pale blue like ice, ridged claws to grip the ice, forked blue tongues; tails narrow to a whip-thin end.
Abilities:
Can withstand subzero temperatures and bright light; exhale a deadly freezing frostbreath.
Habitat:
The icy arctic region of the upper northwest peninsula, we think.
Watch Out For:
Their breath, which can freeze a human solid; also their teeth and claws.
Description:
Red-gold or orange scales, enormous wings.
Abilities:
Powerful fighters and fliers; can breathe fire.
Habitat:
The central mountain range.
Watch Out For:
The way they swoop out of nowhere at high speed, also their teeth, claws, fire.
Description:
Blue or green or aquamarine scales; webs between their claws; gills on their necks; glow in the dark stripes on their tails, snouts, underbellies.
Abilities:
Can breathe underwater, create huge waves with the splash of their powerful tails.
Habitat:
The ocean, but possibly also large lakes and rivers.
Watch Out For:
Swimming in any large body of water, also, of course, their teeth and claws (but on the plus side, no fire!)
Trivia
- This is the first known book or scroll published by scavengers to have a title.
- The existence of this scroll confirms that a Wingwatcher's job is to be on the lookout for dragons approaching or attacking scavenger settlements, and possibly fight them off if need be.
