Dragonflight

Dragonflights (aka flights) represent the overarching organizations that uphold the objectives of the dragons. They are typically led and made up primarily by their respective color's dragons; though they also include lesser dragonkin such as drakonid, dragonspawn and even mortals. In early history, there were many dragonflights (there were dragons in every color of the rainbow),Day of the Dragon, pg. 160 yet there were five flights that held dominion over their brethren. It was these five flights that the Keepers chose to shepherd the budding world. The leaders of each group were called the Dragon Aspects, the Great Aspects,The Well of Eternity or simply the Aspects. The five great dragonflights are identified by their coloration: black, blue, bronze, green, and red.
Lesser dragonflights and organizations beyond the main five also exist, which are usually off-shoots of the other flights in some capacity. Since the fall of Deathwing, the dragons, including the former Aspects and Alexstrasza herself, have apparently lost most of their power, along with most of their eggs in the Wyrmrest Temple sanctums and their ability to further reproduce.Dawn of the Aspects: Part 1, pg. 84: "...and her ability to lay more had been forever taken away, but in addition to all that she lived with the knowledge that the other dragonflights had also suffered so. She might have accepted her loss of power, but not this loss of her kind's future. After all, she had been the Life-Binder."The Last of the Last
Members of all the dragonflights used to intermingle a lot, but after the Dragon Wars, most flights now keep to themselves.Stay a While This did not affect the various lesser dragonkin left behind on the Dragon Isles; who appear to have been spared from the horrors that divided their kind.
==Primary==
There were once many more dragonflights, but eventually five rose to prominence as the others declined:
Name 	Description 	Aspect	Former leader(s)	Capital
Red dragonflight 	Granted dominion over life by Eonar the Lifebinder. 	 	None 	Valdrakken, Ruby Lifeshrine (Waking Shores)
Green dragonflight 	Granted dominion over the Emerald Dream by Eonar the Lifebinder.	 	 	Valdrakken, Eye of Ysera (Emerald Dream)
Bronze dragonflight	Granted dominion over time by Aman'Thul the Highfather. 	 	None 	Valdrakken, Caverns of Time (Tanaris)
Blue dragonflight 	Granted dominion over magic by Norgannon the Dreamweaver. 	 	 	Valdrakken, Nexus (Borean Tundra)
Black dragonflight 	Granted dominion over the earth by Khaz'goroth the Shaper. 	 	 	Valdrakken, Obsidian Throne (Waking Shores)
==Other draconic groups==
Several other organizations have cropped up, some of which claim to be dragonflights themselves. Most of them are offshoots of other dragonflights, predominantly the black dragonflight.
Name 	Description 	Leader(s) 	Former leader(s) 	Capital
Chromatic dragonflight 	Created by Nefarian using the blood of the various other flights. 	Unknown 	 	Blackrock Spire, Blackrock Mountain
Infinite dragonflight 	Corrupted bronze dragons seeking to disrupt the timeways. 	 	None 	None
Netherwing dragonflight	Spawned from black dragon eggs infused with raw nether-energies when Draenor was torn apart. 	 	N/A 	None
Twilight dragonflight 	Created by Sintharia by using the power of the nether dragons; feed vampirically on magical energies. 	Unknown 	Deathwing Sintharia Zeryxia Vexiona	Twilight Caverns, Blackrock Mountain
Nightmare dragonflight 	Green dragons who have been corrupted by the Emerald Nightmare. 	Defunct 	Ysera Xavius 	Emerald Nightmare
Thorignir 	A brood of storm dragons that have sworn themselves to the service of the titans, specifically the keeper Odyn. 	 	N/A 	Stormheim
Brood of Nithogg 	A brood of storm dragons that have refused to swear to the titans, believing themselves to be superior. 	 	N/A 	Stormheim
Plagued dragons 	A failed attempt at creating a plagued dragonflight by the Cult of the Damned. 	Defunct 	 	Scholomance, Storm Peaks
Frostbrood 	The elite frost wyrms of the Scourge; raised from the fallen blue dragons of Sindragosa's Fall and led by her as well. 	Defunct 	 	Icecrown, Northrend
Primalists 	An elementally empowered group of dragonkin and cultists who believe that Azeroth's true, elemental, form was usurped by the titans. Mortal enemies of the dragonflights.	Primal Incarnates: Fyrakk, Iridikron, Vyranoth	Raszageth 	Dragon Isles
==In the RPG==
Dragons group in five dragonflights that claim ancestry to the greatest of their kind. Each color is proud of its heritage and lineage and remembers the name of all those who have gone before. These flights are further separated into small family groups known as broods. Each occupies and holds territory within Azeroth‘s less populated areas. Some are commonly seen; others have nearly been driven to extinction by wars among their own kind. 
Each of these five flights keeps secrets of its own and adheres to separate ideologies from the rest. They are led by powerful entities known as Aspects, one from each color, who rule over their flights as powerful gods looking down on their less fortunate descendants. For the most part, all dragons are of the same species with similar bone structure, anatomy, and physical capacity. Each flight, however, is distinct with different goals, interests, and ideals. The cautious traveler remembers the ancient words spoken by one of Azeroth's most powerful mages: Let sleeping dragons lie.Manual of Monsters, pg. 27
==Notes==
*At some point during the War of the Ancients, the demons created the Glaive of the Aspects, a powerful weapon imbued with stolen powers from the dragonflights.Web archive
==Gallery==
File:Dragons.JPG|The dragons in World of Warcraft.
File:DragonsWar3.jpg|The dragons in Warcraft III.
File:The Dragonflights HS.jpg| in Hearthstone.
==See also==
*Oathstone
==References==
 
 
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