Catastrophic Quaken

The **Catastrophic Quaken** is a large Boulder Class dragon that first appeared in *Dragons: Race to the Edge*.

## Appearance

### Egg

The eggs of the Catastrophic Quaken are depicted very differently between media.

In *School of Dragons*, the egg is a typical oval-shaped egg. It has layers of greyish brown and tan stripes on it reminiscent of striated sandstone, with dark brown spots or knobs scattered about the surface.

In *Dragons: Rise of Berk*, however, a Catastrophic Quaken's egg is spherical, with a ridge of spikes along a central line. The colors are brown and pale tan, arranged in a pattern similar to that seen on the underwings of an adult Catastrophic Quaken. The egg has a pebbled surface mimicking dragon hide. The egg is also portrayed as having a thin golden haze rising from its surface.

In a completely different adaptation, the Catastrophic Quaken eggs seen in the *Dragons: The Nine Realms* episode "Dr. Catastrophe", are nearly identical in appearance to water-worn lava rocks. The eggs are even asymmetrical, showing a flatten side. The eggs are so well camouflaged that they fool both humans and other rock-eating dragons.

### Hatchling to Adult

The Catastrophic Quaken is one of the larger dragons to appear in the DreamWorks Dragons (Franchise) franchise, and has a compact body shape often seen in Boulder Class dragons. Additionally, it has one pair of small wings compared to its bulky body. The Quaken’s thick pebbled hide typically comes in earthen colors such as browns and grays, but can occur in brighter colorations such as purple or golden yellow.

The Quaken is covered with short spikes all over its body, ending in a thick stubby tail with a single long spike with the appearance of a rapier or stinger.

One of the most notable physical characteristics of the Catastrophic Quaken is its bifurcated lower jaw - when opening it’s mouth not only does the mandible move away from the skull, but also the left and right sides move away from each other. The toungue is likewise almost split into two equal halves to fit each side of the mandible, only becoming whole at its root at the back of the mouth.

### Titan Wing

Titan Wing Catastrophic Quakens, as with many species' Titan Wing forms, are much larger than their Broad Wing counterparts. In *Dragons: Rise of Berk*, they have longer bodily spikes, especially those concentrated around their tail, neck, and snout. Titan Wing Quakens frequently take on a purple-hued gray coloration on their hides.

## Trivia

* The official measurements given by DreamWorks Animation do not appear to be realistic when considering the relative sizes the viewer sees within *Dragons: Race to the Edge*. Based on the Model Sheet for the Catastrophic Quaken along side other known dragons in the series such as Meatlug, this dragon should be *45 feet (13.72 meters) long* and have a wingspan of *63 feet 7 inches (19.38 meters).*
* This dragon used to be known as the Catastrophic Quake, but, for some reason, an extra "n" was added to the end of this dragon's name. This may have been to make the dragon's name sound like "Kraken".
* The Catastrophic Quaken was named by Fishlegs, but it was often referred to as just the Quaken.