Dragon

A **dragon** is a serpent-like being that appears in both seasons of *Empires SMP*.

## Ender dragons

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The Ender dragons are those who live in the End. The adult has the same abilities and appearance as in vanilla *Minecraft*, but *Empires* establishes a new role for her as well as the infant dragon character Violet.

### Early life

Ender Dragon eggs need to be kept in extremely hot temperatures to hatch but when they do hatch their eggs begin to rise in the air and glow purple before hatching.

Baby Ender dragons have very similar features to the adult version. They are missing gray ridges across the tail. The are only two fingers (on each hand) on the baby, but the adult has 4 (on each hand.) The body of the youngling is also very plump.

### History and lore

The **First Ender Dragon** appeared briefly in the Great End Heist Disaster of season 1, when the rulers of *Empires* subverted the need to kill her and rode a flying machine to the outer End islands. When the rulers discovered that the Dragon was keeping Xornoth imprisoned, they split into those that wanted to release Xornoth and those that vowed to protect her. This conflict ended in the End War, when she was unfortunately slayed and Xornoth was released.

The **Second Ender Dragon** was taken by Wizard Gem as an egg and guarded in the Crystal Cliffs, where she incubated it in flames until it hatched. Gem named the dragon Violet.

Over a thousand years later, Oli the Bard slew the yet-living Ender Dragon prior to the start of season 2. He brought her egg to the Olipeligo where he unceremoniously threw it over a fire to cook it. It has yet to finish incubating.

Another dragon was later summoned and slain by Pixlriffs and iJevin.

The Fifth Ender Dragon was the egg taken by Oli to the Olipeligo. The egg began to act strangely so he took it to Shelby to examine it. He found it was a boy and that it would hatch soon. After going through many attempts to get rid of it, he decided to keep. One day the egg began to crack causing Oli to go into a panic, he went around seeking help from Sausage and Shelby who took it to the behind the sun temple to be hatched under the sun and surrounded by flames. It hatched into another dragon.

## Dragons/wyverns of the Crystal Cliffs

The crystal dragons or wyverns are those that appeared to the Crystal Cliffs.

### Abilities

These dragons/wyverns were called upon by Wizard GeminiTay. They can fly, be put under command by someone and put to do work. The tasks they were put to do in the Crystal Cliffs were to protect the ender dragon egg, intimidate anyone who would challenge the Crystal Cliffs, and make the empire a bit less lonely.

### Appearance

The dragons/wyverns of the Crystal Cliffs are four-limbed dragons with "beautiful purple wings and white bodies."

Their skin is white on their body, underbelly, neck, and face. The brown ridges on their back connects to their brown arms, and the membrane of their wing is a translucent light purple. Their wings are more than triple the size of their skinny and slender body, and they have two long and skinny hind legs and a medium length tail.

### History and lore

These dragons come from another world, a world were GeminiTay was also in. In *Empires* however, Gem can reference and call in old friends including the dragons, by coming in from her old world they changed form. Their wings turned a translucent purple. The wyverns, trying to navigate their way to the Crystal Cliffs, see all the corruption. They settle in the Crystal Cliffs and protect the dragon egg, making the kingdom feel less lonely, and intimidating anyone who would trifle with its leadder.

When the Rapture happens, a dragon carries Gem, fWhip, Violet, and fWhip's two dogs ride to far away lands. The three wyverns continue to fly around Gem's three floating islands.

## Other dragons

**Hybrid dragons**

* Leo of Sanctuary is a dragon-werewolf.

**Dragons of unknown species**

* Sans\_bbx of Sanctuary is a dragon.
* Winter of Sanctuary is a dragon.

**Dragon relatives**

* Aisha of Sanctuary is a dragonborn (a humanoid dragon relative).

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y6unoRxtT0&t=946s Empires SMP: Epic Dragon Tower | Episode 13