The Dark Dragon

The Dark Dragonhttp://www.jeffgoode.com/tv/americandragon/dragons/darkdragon.htmhttp://www.imdb.com/character/ch0076621/?ref_=tt_cl_t3 is an extremely powerful and evil dragon. He is considered the number one threat to the magical community and an enemy of non-magical people. He replaced the Huntsman as the primary villain for the last episodes of Season 2 in American Dragon: Jake Long.
==Background==
The origins of the Dark Dragon are unknown, but he is the first known dragon in history to ever turn evil. Being the Dark Dragon, his color is black with red eyes, although it is unclear if his appearance is his natural one or if he chose the coloration upon choosing evil. He was also usually seen in the dark and shadows. It is unclear if Dark Dragon ever had, or can even make, a human form, or if he is draco-locked in, inverse fashion to how some dragons are humani-locked. Certainly, he has never been seen in human form; however, if he does have or can make one, then he has the perfect way to "hide in plain sight" as no knows what he looks like.
He could conjure dragon-like shadow creatures called Shade Demons, or Shades, to serve as his minions. The first and only dragon had faced him and lived, was Jake’s grandfather Lao Shi, who passed it on to his grandson Jake. The Dark Dragon's goals included assembling an army of evil magical creatures to destroy humanity and take over the Earth. He felt magical creatures, particularly dragons, to be superior to humans and should instead be the dominant species on Earth, ridding the world of humanity. It maybe because he saw in himself, and dragons as powerful, as having the right to rule. Or perhaps views humans as inferior, fearing they may cause the extinction of his kind, such as were the overt goals of the Huntsclan; although after the wish destroyed the Clan, he would no longer even remember them. He has been willing to kill any dragon and any other magical creature which got in his way or failed to agree with his beliefs.
===Powers and Abilities===
The Dark Dragon is extremely powerful and feared because of that. The Dark Dragon seemed very powerful in Season One, but in Season Two it was shown that he was not at his full power until he was resurrected. However it possible that when Chang resurrected him, she possible also gave him more dark powers. In his first appearance, he could:
*Dragon Physiology: Like all dragons he can fly using his wings, has claws, teeth, long tail, and can breathe fire from his mouth. The Dark Dragon use to blasts regular/normal yellow-and-orange fire in the first season, but in the second season, after his resurrection he blasts black/dark fire tinted with dark blue around the edges which is much stronger, powerful and hotter than regular fire and flames
**Superhuman Strength: His strength is superhuman and nearly unmatched by any dragon or magical creature in the magical community.
*Dark Magic: The Dark Dragon was master of the darkest aspects of magic, possessing a vast ray of magical powers. These include Teleportation so he can teleport himself and others from one place to another and mostly used his dark magic to conjure his minions the Shadow Demons to do his bidding. After his resurrection he became more powerful gaining new abilities like he could sent bolts of electricity towards enemies.
==Role in the series==
Jake encountered him several times in his brief career to date, whom he seemed to have an interest in. During their first meeting, he offered Jake a chance to join himDragon Summit. In their second encounter, the Dark Dragon was defeated by Jake and his friendsHong Kong Nights, and was seemingly destroyed. However, much later, it was finally revealed Chang not only meant to resurrect him, but had helped imbue him with many dark powers. Through the use of yet another spell, albeit delayed until after the area had been vacated, Dark Dragon was returned to life and brought back to powerBeing Human.
In series finale "The Hong Kong Longs", the Dark Dragon captured Lao Shi,  in order to blackmail Jake into betraying the dragons of the world. After the ensuing battle royale, Chang and Bananas B were defeated along with the Shade Demons which were destroyed by Jonathan Long. However, the Dark Dragon remained unmatched until Rose returned to help Jake fight him.
When the temple they were in began its disappearance for, according to Fu, another one thousand years, everyone vacated the area. However, Rose became trapped within, prompting Jake to attempt a rescue. As the Dark Dragon was caught in the pulled of the closing portal, he grabbed Rose's ankle with the tip of his tail before she cut it off, freeing her and Jake to make their escape in at the last second. The Dark Dragon was pulled into another dimension, to be imprisoned for one thousand years.
==Gallery==
==Trivia==
*In Season One, the Dark Dragon had a similar color scheme to Maleficent in her dragon form, and in Season Two, his physical appearance was similar to her as well.
*He also looks identical to the Tengu Shredder in dragon form in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ninja Tribunal arc.
*The Dark Dragon may be the reason the Huntsclan formed in the first place.
*The Dark Dragon's physical similarities to Jake in Season One was originally not a coincidence. The original intent was that he was an evil version of Jake from the future. This concept was scrapped, thus never explaining why their dragon forms were so similar.
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