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| '''[[File:Wingwatcher_Dragon_Guide.jpg|300px|center|thumb|The cover page of ''A Wingwatcher's Guide to [[Dragons]]'' from ''[[Dragonslayer]]''.]]'''
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| '''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 ''[[A NightWing Guide to the Dragons of Pyrrhia]]'' at the beginning of the books of the [[:Category:First Arc|first]] and [[:Category:Second Arc|second arcs]] and ''[[A Guide to the Dragons of Pantala]]'' at the beginning of the books of the [[:Category:Third Arc|third arc]]. 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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| ==[[NightWings|Night Dragons]]==
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| [[File:NightTransparent.png|300px|right|thumb|A typical Night Dragon, by [[Joy Ang]]]]
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| ===Description:===
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| Purplish-black scales and scattered silver scales like a night sky full of stars; forked black tongues.
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| ===Abilities:===
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| Can breathe fire, disappear into dark shadows.
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| ===Habitat:===
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| Unknown
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| ===Watch Out For: ===
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| These rarely seen dragons could be mutations of other types or a nearly extinct species; probably not very important.
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| ==[[MudWings|Swamp Dragons]]==
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| [[File:MudTransparent.png|300px|right|thumb|A typical Swamp Dragon, by [[Joy Ang]]]]
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| ===Description: ===
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| Thick, armored brown scales, sometimes with amber and gold underscales; large flat heads with nostrils on top of the snout.
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| ===Abilities:===
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| Can breathe fire, hold their breath for up to an hour, blend into large mud puddles.
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| ===Habitat:===
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| The swamps, marshes, and boiling mud pools between the mountains and the sea.
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| ===Watch Out For:===
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| Often found hiding under the mud; also their teeth, claws, fire, the usual.
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| ==[[SandWings|Desert Dragons]]==
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| [[File:SandTransparent.png|300px|right|thumb|A typical Desert Dragon, by [[Joy Ang]]]]
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| ===Description:===
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| Pale gold or white scales the color of desert sand; forked black tongues.
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| ===Abilities:===
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| 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.
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| ===Habitat: ===
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| The vast desert west of the forest.
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| ===Watch Out For:===
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| Their venomous barbed tails, their teeth, claws, fire.
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| ==[[RainWings|Rainforest Dragons]]==
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| [[File:RainTransparent.png|300px|right|thumb|A typical Rainforest Dragon, by [[Joy Ang]]]]
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| ===Description:===
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| Scales that can shift colors, usually bright like birds of paradise; prehensile tails.
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| ===Abilities:===
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| Can camouflage their scales to blend into their surroundings; rumor has it they can also shoot venom from their fangs.
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| ===Habitat:===
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| The mysterious impenetrable rainforest, east of the mountains.
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| ===Watch Out For:===
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| We have no idea! No recorded survivor encounters, so they're probably the deadliest and stealthiest of all dragons.
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| ==[[IceWings|Ice Dragons]]==
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| [[File:IceTransparent.png|300px|right|thumb|A typical Ice Dragon, by [[Joy Ang]]]]
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| ===Description:===
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| 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.
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| ===Abilities:===
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| Can withstand subzero temperatures and bright light; exhale a deadly freezing frostbreath.
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| ===Habitat:===
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| The icy arctic region of the upper northwest peninsula, we think.
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| ===Watch Out For:===
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| Their breath, which can freeze a human solid; also their teeth and claws.
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| ==[[SkyWings|Mountain Dragons]]==
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| [[File:SkyTransparent.png|300px|right|thumb|A typical Mountain Dragon, by [[Joy Ang]]]]
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| ===Description:===
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| Red-gold or orange scales, enormous wings.
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| ===Abilities:===
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| Powerful fighters and fliers; can breathe fire.
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| ===Habitat:===
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| The central mountain range.
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| ===Watch Out For:===
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| The way they swoop out of nowhere at high speed, also their teeth, claws, fire.
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| ==[[SeaWings|Sea Dragons]]==
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| [[File:SeaTransparent.png|300px|right|thumb|A typical Sea Dragon, by [[Joy Ang]]]]
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| ===Description:===
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| Blue or green or aquamarine scales; webs between their claws; gills on their necks; glow in the dark stripes on their tails, snouts, underbellies.
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| ===Abilities:===
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| Can breathe underwater, create huge waves with the splash of their powerful tails.
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| ===Habitat:===
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| The ocean, but possibly also large lakes and rivers.
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| ===Watch Out For:===
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| Swimming in any large body of water, also, of course, their teeth and claws (but on the plus side, no fire!)
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| == Trivia ==
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| * This is the first known book or scroll published by scavengers to have a title.
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| * 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.
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| [[Category:Scrolls]]
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| [[Category:Human History]]
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