Bubblehorn

**Bubblehorn** appeared in 2022 TV series called *Dragons: The Nine Realms*. The Bubblehorn is a small Stoker Class dragon that first appeared in *Dragons: The Nine Realms*.

Bubblehorns are a small dragon species, appearing to be about the size of an average cat. Their overall shape mimics an infantile pony, with overly large eyes in a large cranium and a small rounded muzzle. Bubblehorns also have a single twisted horn sprouting from their foreheads that appears to be hollow. Though their hides appear unadorned most of the time, Bubblehorns also poses retractable spikes all over their bodies, including legs and tails.

Bubblehorn coloration comes in pearlescent white, pink, or purple, occasionally with faint green spotting. The underside of their wing membranes are a contrasting bold splash of red, orange, and yellow.

Bubbehorns are highly social species with others of their own kind, presumably for the protection a flock offers. A Bubblehorn alone is very vulnerable to attack and possible predation. However, in a group their combined defensive efforts can turn offensive and drive away attackers or cause large amounts of damage. Due to their tight-knit social structure, the social group will come immediately to the calls of a member in distress.

Possibly as a result of their vulnerability, Bubblehorns appear initially harmless, but can be devious and use their harmless appearance to their benefit. In fact they are highly aggressive and vindictive, attacking those they feel have wronged them or had previously appeared an aggressor, even after a considerable amount of time after the offense.

Though not specifically stated, Bubblehorns are possibly omnivorous or even herbivorous, as one individual is seen rejecting a fish-based food in favor of Grain-based foods such as popcorn and Cheese Rings - a processed cheese-flavored human snack. By season 7 it is clear that they are omnivorous because Nibbles had been seen eating fish in wilderness.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Retractable Spikes:** Bubblehorn dragons have retractable spikes all over their bodies including legs and tails. They are able to extrude them at will, but it appears Bubblehorns mainly utilize this ability in defensive or offensive situations, or in an agitated state.
* **Agility and Durability:** Due to their small size, Bubblehorns are able to squeeze through tight spaces and move with great agility in the air and on the ground. They are also fairly tough-skinned, as they are able to survive some dragons' firepower such as ice. They are also able to withstand rough handling and bruising transport without damage. Their size and flexibility also makes them hard to maintain a grip on.
* **Reverberant Scream:** Individual Bubblehorns are able to emit a loud, echoing roar that appears grating to most hearing creatures. It appears to be able to transmit well through stone, as well. This call can serve as a temporary disorienting scream against antagonists to the Bubblehorn, but also primarily functions as a call for assistance to other Bubblehorn dragons.
* **Unicorn-like Horn:** Bubblehorns have a single tapering horn on their foreheads that is the primary organ used for their firepower. In addition to this, they often use their horns as an extra limb of sorts, using it to pry open objects, probe things, or tearing open items. Nibbles is seen eating unpopped popcorn kernels with his mouth and then ejecting popped popcorn from his horn, suggesting the horn is hollow and may be connected with the sinus, nasal, and oral cavities.
* **Firepower:** Unlike a majority of other dragon species, Bubblehorns' primary organ of firepower is its single horn on the forehead. It ejects tough-walled, purple bubbles that have a volatile gaseous component(s) inside that explode in flames once the bubble wall is ruptured. The make up of both the bubble wall and its interior is unknown. The Bubblehorns are able to modulate the size and number of bubbles they emit. Additionally, a group of Bubblehorns are able to simultaneously emit bubbles that combine into one giant, destructive bubble. In addition to bubble production, Bubblehorns can also emit red-orange flames from their horns, though this ability appears to be less employed by the dragon.

### Weaknesses

* **Small Size:** Despite the benefits from being a very small dragon, there are also drawbacks. Bubblehorns can be easily pushed around, scattered, driven away, or perhaps fall prey to larger dragons and the attacks thereof. The firepower of larger dragons such as electricity or sonic blasts can easily blow them away, stun, or incapacitate them. They do seem fairly resilient to these attacks however, and appear to recover without lasting harm.