Fault Ripper

The **Fault Ripper** appeared in 2021 TV series called *Dragons: The Nine Realms*. The Fault Ripper is a large Boulder Class dragon that first appeared in the series *Dragons: The Nine Realms*.

The Fault Ripper appears to be the size of a Titan Wing with pupil-less eyes, large nostrils, huge wings with paler underparts, and very tough scales covering its body. It has long horns on its head which appears to be hollow. On its back are medium, sharp spines that run all the way down to its tail which is covered in solid scales, making it look like an axe or blade. It has long, sharp claws, as well as long, sharp upper teeth that protrude out of its mouth, giving it an overbite.

The Fault Ripper is a very aggressive and territorial species of dragon. It has shown extreme hostility towards anything in its domain, whether it be human, dragon or machine, and will viciously attack if it deems anything as a threat. Because of their territorial nature, Fault Rippers appear to be very solitary, preferring to be by themselves instead of being around other dragons, which seems to include other Fault Rippers.

Being a burrowing species, Fault Rippers spend most of their time underground constructing new tunnels for them to travel through. They will often use the tunnels they create in order to serve as both their homes and places of rest. In addition, if a Fault Ripper loses a fight with another dragon, it will also construct a tunnel to serve as a place of refuge, where it can hide from its enemies while also recuperating from its injuries. Fault Rippers feed on a variety of rocks, ores and minerals found throughout the environments of the Hidden World.

As revealed in "The Sky Torcher", Fault Rippers are also shown to possess sharp memories, especially when it comes to remembering those who have done them harm. They are capable of bearing grudges, and will act very hostile to those who have previously trespassed into their territory or have harmed them in the past. Despite their aggressive attitude, Fault Rippers are not incapable of empathy or working with other dragons during intense situations. When they face a common struggle or foe with other dragons, Fault Rippers will demonstrate a surprising level of teamwork, empathy and protectiveness to those who they consider allies.

Like any other dragon, Fault Rippers, despite their mighty size and strength, are by no means incapable of experiencing fear. If the dragon goes through a fearful encounter with someone or something, they can be easily scared, and even left shaken from the experience for long periods of time, often extending several weeks.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Firepower:** The Fault Ripper can create powerful jets of orange and purple flames from its mouth. It can even spin in a circle while emitting these flames, making it a very powerful drilling-attack which it can utilize to melt the rock in its path while borrowing through the ground. It appears that this species of dragon has a high shot limit.
* **Senses:** The Fault Ripper has giant ear canals near its eyes, allowing it to listen and hunt by sound to make up for its poor eyesight. Even the faintest sound will alert the Fault Ripper to intruders in its territory. After the encountering of a Fault Ripper in its lair, Jun, Tom and their dragons hide from him, but the Fault Ripper found the dragons with its sense of smell.
* **Tunneling:** The Fault Ripper is a dragon that lives primarily as a burrower. It can dig very quickly by spinning around through the earth, releasing its fire and weakening the rocks while drilling. This can cause earthquakes if it happens to drill into fault lines. In "Dragon Club", it was shown that Fault Rippers are able to burrow straight through solid rock, and solid crystal as well.
* **Strength and Combat:** Fault Rippers are very powerful with extremely durable skin. Because of its incredible body strength, a Fault Ripper can withstand multiple attacks from several different dragons. Though these attacks can cause the Fault Ripper to stagger, it isn't enough to bring the dragon down. This shows that Fault Rippers possess large amounts of stamina and endurance. Their physical strength is so great that one as was able to knock Thunder and Tom away with just a swing of its tail and was strong enough to burrow underground, much like a Whispering Death. That endurance and stamina shows itself again when the Fault Ripper wasn't only shown to survive the fall but live at the bottom of the fissure.
* **Speed and Agility:** Even with its great size, the Fault Ripper appears to be a very fast moving species, especially when using its spinning-flame attack. One Fault Ripper was even able to keep up with Thunder, a medium sized Strike Class dragon, and nearly caught him had it not been for the intervention of Plowhorn and Wu and Wei.
* **Intelligence:** These dragons are actually pretty smart as the Fissure Fault Ripper dragon fearfully remembered its first encounter with the Dragon Club. It was able to understand what Tom wanted and follow his commands flawlessly, as well as rally the dragons of the Crystal Realm against the Fire Dragons.

### Weaknesses

* **Poor Eyesight:** As an underground dragon, the Fault Ripper has poor eyesight, depending mostly on its sense of hearing for hunting. Because of this, the dragon is virtually blind, being unable to see objects even up close to its face.
* **Lound Sounds:** Due to having poor eyesight, the Fault Ripper has to rely on sound instead. While this gives the Fault Ripper an acute sense of hearing, it also makes it extremely sensitive to loud noises. Loud sounds, such as a Featherhide's sonic scream, can cause a Fault Ripper pain, disorientation, as well as disrupt its ability to fly.