Dragon

**Dragons** (竜, *Ryū*?) are a race of magic-imbued creatures that are the natural enemy and predator of humankind, serving as the main antagonists of Ragna Crimson story. They are divided between 6 Bloodlines, each Bloodline ruled by one Dragon Monarch, and everyone is subject to the Dragon God.

## Biology

All dragons have two weakness: to a substance of extraterrestrial origin commonly called silverine, which with its cold aura freezes the dragon's magic blood, and to the sun which instantly ignites violently their magic blood. All dragons show an innate antagonism towards humans, from simply wanting to kill them at the first occasion to deep psychological despise. The power of the dragons is reflected physically and mentally most of the time as body size, intelligence and magic power all grow more as you go from the lowest dragon to the most powerful. All intelligent dragons who see themselves as the dominant species of the continent show boundless pride to the point it's not uncommon that this trait ends up clouding their critical thinking.

## classification

### Inferior & Medial Dragons

#### Inferior

**Inferior Dragons** (下位竜, *Kairyū*?, lit. "Low-Ranking Dragons") are the most common type of dragon, endowed with the same intellect as a wild beast and are physically weaker than any other dragon yet still far stronger than the average, individual human. When they're under influence of a superior dragon they're seen moving and attacking in a swarm to make up for their individual lower strength and drown their enemies with their unending numbers. Lower dragons are born en masse from the blood of superior dragons. They're extremely sensitive to silver and sunlight.

#### Medial

**Medial Dragons** (中位竜, *Chūiryū*?, lit. "Mid-Ranking Dragons") are a rarer type of dragon. They show signs of intelligence as they're capable of speaking at least basic human language and they're several times bigger than the common lower dragon. All these characteristics make them very powerful and feared by the common dragon hunter. Like the lower dragons they too are born from the blood of the superior dragons but it's not clear if they're naturally born less frequently or the superior dragon can decide how many to create. They are weak to silver and sunlight.

#### Mature

**Mature Dragons** (成竜, *Seiryū*?) are dragons of inferior-to-medial status that, through aging and experience, have awoken in their blood the same magic of their creator. According to Olto Zora, defeating one mature dragon is a feat demanding at least a dozen of first-rate dragon hunters. Mature dragons possess a human level of intelligence, able to speak human language fluently and enact their own battle tactics. Still, they are weak to silver and sunlight.

### Superior Dragons

**Superior Dragons** (上位竜, *Jōiryū*?, lit. "High-Ranking Dragons"), or **Bloodline Dragons**, are the power peak of the dragon race. Differently from other dragons, superior dragons are humans who went through a transformative ritual by a Dragon Monarch who injected their own blood into these humans' heart.

Once said ritual is completed, the human will start the process of transformation and lose any hatred towards dragons, but they will still not be a fully fledged member of the bloodline. Rather, the start out by entering a **Maturation** (成りかけ, *Narikake*?) stage wherein they are still assimilating the monarch's blood. How quickly this stage is overcome will be an indicator of their future potential and will decide their seat in the bloodline, but it is not a definitive indicator, as other factors may influence the seat ranking too.

Because all the Superior Dragons were previously humans, they have the ability to change between their dragon form, which releases their full power, to an humanoid form which seems to be the form they're most accustomed to be in. Superior Dragons are still weak towards silver but they often develop a thicker skin or armor in their dragon form thus needing more advanced silver weapons. Sunlight remains a danger but its damage is offset by their defenses and healing powers even though this makes them more susceptible to other sources of damage because their energies are already in use. Some dragons develop specific techniques which don't consume energy actively to survive to natural sunlight.

#### Seija

**Seija** (成者, *Seija*?, lit. "Matured Ones") are those Superior Dragons who have successfully assimilated the blood of the Dragon Monarch that turned them from human into dragon.

#### Dragon Monarchs

**Dragons Monarchs** (竜王, *Ryūō*?, lit. "Dragon Kings/Rulers"), or **Progenitors** (血主, *Ketsushu*?, lit. "Blood Lords"), are the heads of the bloodlines and served by them unconditionally. They too were humans once, but they were chosen directly by the Dragon God, who granted them immense powers. Dragon Monarchs are the only one able to communicate with the Dragon God.

### Demi-Dragons

**Demi-Dragons** (半竜, *Hanryū*?, lit. "Half-Dragons") are humans born with high magical potential who, as it rarely happens, exhibit dragonic features. Raptelika is among those Demi-Dragons closest to the dragon side. She is unbound by the **Blood Covenant** (血の制約, *Chi no Seiyaku*?, lit. "Blood Conditions/Restrictions") and is, in practical terms, no different from a Superior Dragon; in other words, she is a dragon born from humanity who serves no bloodline, being referred to in narration as "the miracle of betrayal granted to humankind by the Sun God".

## Bloodlines

All dragons are grouped into six bloodlines: The Bloodlines of Wings, Bloodline of Scales, Bloodline of Claws, Bloodline of Roars, Bloodline of Eyes and Bloodline of Bones. The name of the bloodline reflects the physical characteristics of the bloodline members to some degree.

### Bloodline of Wings

The **Winged Bloodline** (翼の血族, *Tsubasa no Ketsuzoku*?) is the youngest bloodline and was led by Ultimatia. It operated temporarily in the Kingdom of Leese.

**1st generation**

1. Crimson
2. Ferbigott
?. Borgius, The Sea Forest Dragon
**2nd generation**

1. Ultimatia, The God's Wings
2. Woltekamui, The Lightning Claw Dragon
3. Disaster Thrower, The Tempest Cell Dragon
4. Nebulim, The Barrier Dragon
5. Taratectora, The Explosive Dragon
6. Olto Zora, The Mad Maestro Dragon
7. Borgius, The Arm Dragon
8. Temruogtaf, The Glutton Dragon
9. Dornea, The Spiked Bed Dragon
10. Grymwelte, The Black Magic Dragon
13. Baron Sierra, Chantioras, Urshgaurn
### Bloodline of Claws

The **Bloodline of Claws** is different from all others bloodline. Led by Gilzea, not only all its members are individuals chosen by monarch herself and who passed her training but they do not engage in the Human-Dragon war. The members do not share the bloodline.

1. Gilzea, The Severing Dragon
?. Unknown member killed by Woltekamui
**Training Disciples**

* Nebulim
* Leonica
* Sykes Charluke

### Bloodline of Roars

The Bloodline of Roars is led by Bagram and located within the large chasm known as Gehenna. The bloodline takes a more defensive stance, hidden within the numerous stratums inside Gehenna, but it is also on the forefront of the Human-Dragon war against the solarians.

**2nd generation**

1. Bagram, The Truth Dragon
2. Gargantina, The Heavy Armored Dragon
?. Erun Eski, The Glacial Dragon
?. Lapisdozzo, The Labyrinth Dragon
?. Lupowa, The Mist Dragon
?. 5 more unknown mature dragons
### Bloodline of Bones

The Bloodline of Bones is led by Banko but all its member except one were slain by the Bone Monarch. The Monarch is currently sealed away in the ocean past south east Asia.

1. Banko, The Undying Dragon
2. Glestnowak, The Machine Dragon
### Bloodline of Eyes

The Bloodline of Eyes is led by Sigmalio but due to a defeat 100 years prior he is the only surviving member. The current forces are unknown.

1. Sigmalio, The Unseeing Dragon
### Bloodline of Scales

The Bloodline of Scales is led by Kou Tenran and located in the island nation of Japan. Currently it boast the strongest forces out of the six bloodlines.

1. Kou Tenran, The Full Moon Dragon
?. At least 11 more unknown mature dragons
## Notes

1. ↑ In the Winged Bloodline, the 13th seat is assigned to all bloodline members not yet fully matured

## References

1. ↑ *Ragna Crimson* Manga: Chapter 41 (p. 12-13)
2. ↑ *Ragna Crimson* Manga: Chapter 1
3. ↑ *Ragna Crimson* Manga: Chapter 29 (p. 15-16)
4. ↑ *Ragna Crimson* Manga: Chapter 9
5. ↑ *Ragna Crimson* Manga: Chapter 9
6. ↑ *Ragna Crimson* Manga: Chapter 16 (p. 31)
7. ↑ *Ragna Crimson* Manga: Chapter 5 (p. 10)
8. ↑ *Ragna Crimson* Manga: Chapter 55
9. ↑ *Ragna Crimson* Manga: Chapter 65 (p. 13-14)