Violetta Dragon

*"A wonderful wand-making witch was transporting her wares when her weighted wagon toppled over. Hundreds of freshly crafted spell-makers spilled everywhere. Unfortunately, one wand splintered and cast a cracking spell. it split another wand and that one cracked another, and so on and so forth until random spells were firing off in every direction.*

*A calm **violetta dragon** saw the fireworks in the distance and flew straight for the calamity. It saw the witch taking cover behind her wagon and quickly started picking up malfunctioning wands with its mouth. It dropped them in a nearby pond and dodged more aimless magic to continue the clean-up. Busby, rhinotorch, dittoglide, gildamane, and even faux dragons started helping after catching sight of the uproarious scene and the righteous **violetta dragon**.*

*In no time at all, every busted wand was floating in the pond. The witch peeked out over the wagon and cast a freezing spell. The water froze into a single block of ice, encasing the lot of damaged wands. The witch thanked the dragon helpers and they happily roared back in acknowledgement."* -Nogard's description of the **violetta dragon** in The Book of Dragons

The **Violetta Dragon** is an epic dragon of the Chrysalis element.

## Abilities

### Weapons

While violetta dragons excel in many categories, battling admittedly isn't their strong suit and they tend to use the mantra of "the best offense is a good defense" while in a fight. That being said, they do have claws and their beaks can be surprisingly sharp.

### Defenses

Like many dragons of the Chrysalis element, a violetta dragon's scales contain a small amount of poison; while it's unlikely to kill you, it tastes rancid and eating too much of it will likely make you vomit. Certain foods and spells will make a violetta dragon's poison more potent, however.

### Other Abilities

A fully grown violetta dragon is very agile and can easily dodge and maneuver around incoming attacks. In addition, while they are far from the smartest dragon species around, they are notably cunning and have well-honed problem solving skills.

### Weaknesses

Like many Chrysalis element dragons, violetta dragons are very fragile compared to most other species of dragons. In particular, their wings and tail plumage are extremely delicate and if they are damaged even slightly, it's highly unlikely they will ever fully heal.

## Diet

Violetta dragons are classified as nectarivores, although this isn't entirely accurate as they don't actually eat flower nectar. Rather, their diet consists of sap from trees and honeydew secreted by aphids. Unexpectedly for such an elegant and virtuous dragon, they will also occasionally eat dead animal carcasses for the protein.

## Lifestyle

### Behavior and Personality

Violetta dragons are calm and noble dragons. While they aren't extraordinarily intelligent like some other dragon species, violetta dragons are notably smart and are surprisingly good at staying calm and working out a solution in an emergency. They are also very virtuous and, if they encounter a person having trouble with something, will pitch in to help. In addition, they are very loyal to their allies, often times to the point of stubbornness. As a wise wizard once described the violetta dragons; "Vibrant and voluminous, this friend is loyal, royal, and virtuous!"

## When in a park

### Breeding

Violetta dragons can only be bred by breeding a faux dragon and a dittoglide dragon together.

### Habitats

Violetta dragons can be placed in either a chrysalis habitat or an omnitat.

## History

### Discovery

The violetta dragon made quite a grand debut when it was accidentally discovered by the wandmaker Violetta Apatura, after she accidentally knocked over her freshly made wands and preceded to break all of them, causing spells to fire off left and right. In the midst of a chaos, a violetta dragon appeared and proceeded to rally up local Chrysalis dragons in order to dispose of the wands in a nearby pond.

### Origin of Name

The violetta dragon was named after Violetta Apatura, the witch who discovered the species. The fact that violetta dragons are coincidentally violet in color probably helps.

## Magic

Like all Chrysalis element dragons, violetta dragons possess petaloudamancy.