Lava Dragon

* Juvenile
* Baby
* Egg

*The **lava dragon** was the first to undeniably establish that some dragons use magic to fly. While its wings are more than enough to bring it aloft as a juvenile, they remain the same size throughout its life. This creates a somewhat awkward looking adult appearance that it probably wouldn't enjoy you pointing out.*
    —Nogard's description of the **Lava Dragon** in The Book of Dragons
The **Lava Dragon** is a hybrid dragon with the elements Fire and Earth. It's main element is Fire.

## Appearance

The **lava dragon** is a large, bulky dragon with very small front limbs and a large underbite, leading into a throat pouch believed to be used for either courting or magic storage. A fair portion of its body is coated in black, stony spines, and its scales are a deep reddish color, with a lighter red underbelly and thin, glowing orange stripes across its body, resembling cracks in a lava flow. These patterns are not present on hatchlings and develop as the dragon gets older. Its wings are a very minuscule size as an adult, as they remain the same size throughout its life- they are proportionally quite large on babies. The dragon is believed to use magic to fly, as its wings alone do not provide enough lift to bring its bulky body into the air.

## Abilities

### Weapons

If attacked, a lava dragon can shoot out a stream of molten lava at opponents, causing serious damage to anything that can't handle the heat. This dragon also has incredible jaw strength and a bite from one would easily break bones.

### Defenses

The heat radiating off of this dragon is immense, touching it would burn any dragon not of the fire element. This alone serves as a good enough defense mechanism to ward off most predators.

## Habitat

### Preferred Home

Mostly volcanoes or other dangerous, fire locations.

## Diet

This dragon is carnivorous. Lava dragons are scavengers, scouring dangerous hot areas and eating carcases of creatures that died from the heat.

## Lifestyle

### Behavior and Personality

Lava dragons are actually quite docile creatures. Given that they are scavengers, they have no reason to kill for food so they hardly ever get into fights with other dragons

### Social Order

Lava dragons usually travel alone, but are occasionally seen in groups of 2-4.

### Relationship to Wizards

Lava dragons pay no mind at all to wixards

## History

### Origin of Name

**Lava dragons** are named after ability to eat rocks and melt them to lava.

## Notable Dragons

* Hotspot (Pi Roh)
* Igneous (fictional)
* Magma (Cheelei)

**Primary**
*Earth Dragon*

**Hybrids**
*Tree Dragon* - *Moss Dragon* - ***Lava Dragon*** - *Obsidian Dragon* - *Glacier Dragon* - *Mountain Dragon* - *Quake Dragon* - *Crystal Dragon* - *Mud Dragon* - *River Dragon* - *Dodo Dragon* - *Sandstorm Dragon* - *Scoria Dragon* - *Iron Dragon* - *Sand Dragon* - *Glass Dragon* - *Root Dragon* - *Cave Dragon*

 **Golden Hybrids**
*Forest Dragon* - *Soot Dragon* - *Arctic Dragon* - *Geode Dragon* - *Quicksand Dragon* - *Plains Dragon*

**Primary**
*Fire Dragon*

**Hybrids**
*Poison Dragon* - *Flower Dragon* - ***Lava Dragon*** - *Obsidian Dragon* - *Blue Fire Dragon* - *Frostfire Dragon* - *Scorch Dragon* - *Firefly Dragon* - *Salamander Dragon* - *Coral Dragon* - *Smoke Dragon* - *Blazing Dragon* - *Forge Dragon* - *Brass Dragon* - *Ember Dragon* - *Heat Dragon* - *Dungeon Dragon* - *Watch Dragon*

 **Golden Hybrids**
*Pepper Dragon* - *Soot Dragon* - *Inferno Dragon* - *Smolder Dragon* - *Molten Dragon* - *Sulfur Dragon*