Fault Ripper

The **Fault Ripper** is a large dragon species that first appeared in the series *Dragons: The Nine Realms*.

## Contents

* 1 Physical Appearance
	+ 1.1 Hatchling to Adult
* 2 Abilities
	+ 2.1 Firepower
	+ 2.2 Acute Hearing
	+ 2.3 Tunnelling
	+ 2.4 Strength
	+ 2.5 Speed
* 3 Weaknesses
	+ 3.1 Poor Eyesight
	+ 3.2 Loud Sounds
* 4 Behavior and Personality
* 5 Appearances
	+ 5.1 Dragons: The Nine Realms
		- 5.1.1 Season 1
* 6 Trivia
* 7 References
* 8 External Links
* 9 Site Navigation

## Physical Appearance

### Hatchling to Adult

The Fault Ripper appears to be the size of a Titan Wing with pupiless eyes, large nostrils, very tough scales covering its body along with long horns on its head which appear to be hollow. On its back are medium, sharp spines that run all the way down to its tail which is covered in a solid scales making it look like an axe or blade. Its claws are very sharp along with its sharp teeth.

## Abilities

### Firepower

The Fault Ripper can create powerful jets of orange and purple flames which it can utilize to melt the rock in it's way while borrowing through the ground. It can even spin in a circle while emitting these flames making it a very powerful attack.

### Acute Hearing

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.

### Tunnelling

It can create earthquakes by spinning around, releasing its fire, weakening the rocks and drilling into fault lines.

### Strength

The Fault Ripper dragon is very powerful as it was able to smack Thunder and Tom away with just a swing of its tail and it's strong enough to burrow underground, much like a Whispering Death.

### Speed

With its great size, it appears to be to fast enough to keep up with Thunder, a Strike Class dragon.

## Weaknesses

### Poor Eyesight

As an underground dragon, the Fault Ripper has poor eyesight, depending mostly on its sense of hearing for hunting.

### Loud Sounds

Since it has poor eyesight, the Fault Ripper has to rely on sound instead. It is extremely sensitive to loud noises, such as a Featherhide's sonic scream.

## Behavior and Personality

The Fault Ripper has shown extreme aggression towards anything in its domain whether they are human, dragon or machine and will attack viciously to get rid of them. Its behavior is still a mystery since its only been seen tunneling underground the Kullersen Fissure and the Hidden World for an unknown reason.

## Appearances

### *Dragons: The Nine Realms*

#### Season 1

In *Fault Ripper*, it is revealed a Fault Ripper was responsible for all of the earthquakes. When D'Angelo suggested they tell their parents, Tom suggests another way to make the Fault Ripper leave for good, however things go haywire when the adults go down into the fissure and send a rocket inside, agitating the Fault Ripper. Tom and the others along with their dragons manage to barely win against the dragon until Feathers and Alex appeared and Tom realized Feathers' sonic blasts was effective against the Fault Ripper. With Feathers' sonic blast, the Fault Ripper becomes so disoriented that it dives down in confusion but takes Thunder and Tom down with them. The pair manage to escape, while the fate of the Fault Ripper is unknown. Tom still hopes that the dragon is okay.