Zumi Dragon

*"Lumi was most excited of all to see the winter's magical essence return, and for being such a good sport, the Wizards of the Vale decided to give her a very special present. A small and cute dragon, much like herself, that she could call her own. **Zumi**, they would call it. With eyes closed and arms stretched out, she was handed the little rascal. Realizing what it was, she opened her eyes in excitement and instantly gave it a big ol' hug. The dragon was happy as well to have met its new best friend, likcing her face and wagging its tail. In this magical moment, filled with joy and happiness, the winter's essence manifested into a giant orb of ice, gently floating above the dragon. The Wizards could sense great magical energy emanating from it, while the **zumi dragon** didn't seem to pay it much attention, almost as if it was always there. It had immense power at its disposal, but it seemed more interested in making small snow sculptures with it instead."*
    —Nogard's description of the **zumi dragon** in The Book of Dragons
The **Zumi Dragon** is an epic dragon of the Ornamental element.

## Abilities

### Weapons

Zumi dragons seem small, unthreatening, and lacking in natural weapons at a glance; and, to be fair, this is an accurate assessment of their physical characteristics. However, the ice orbs they carry around and control are so large they can easily bowl over a fully grown dragon, and that's not even getting into the massive amount of magic contained in each orb. In addition, zumi dragons possess surprisingly strong innate magic, although generally they focus this magic into manipulating their ice orb and creating snow sculptures.

### Weaknesses

Zumi dragons are very friendly and playful creatures, perhaps too much for their own good. They can be overly trusting towards people who really shouldn't be trusted and tend not to realize the gravitas of serious situations.

## Habitat

### Preferred Home

Zumi dragons prefer snowy places- the chillier, the better- with a festive energy to them.

## When in a park

### Breeding

Zumi dragons can only be bred by breeding a snowball dragon and a ketu dragon together.

### Habitats

Zumi dragons can live in either Ornamental Habitats or Omnitats.

## History

### Discovery

The first known zumi dragon was found by Nogard during the Season of Goodiness, when he found it rummaging through his Treat Farm for snacks (between this and the spectre dragons, it's unknown why newly discovered species of dragon love Nogard's snacks.) After much discussion with the Wizard Council, he eventually decided to give the dragon to Lumi as a gift, as he believed she was a good fit for the dragon and that she deserved a reward for being, in his words, "such a good sport."

### Origin of Name

The name "zumi" was coined by Tannen Baum, the Wizard Council's Ornamental element overseer, as a portmanteau of "zuu", the Vinturfjordian word for "two", and Lumi, a reference to how the dragon acted somewhat like a second Lumi.

## Magic

On top of the expected phenomancy, the zumi dragon also possesses some surprisingly powerful cryomancy, chionimancy, and even epochemancy. In addition, it also appears to possess some psychomancy, although this is very minor compared to the prior mentioned magic.

In addition, zumi dragons seem to possess a strange connection to the magical essence of the winter season; this, combined with the fact that only a couple of zumi dragons have actually been sighted in the wild, has caused some to theorize that the zumi dragons were somehow created by the essence of winter returning, or even that they are the winter's essence turned into a dragon. If the latter's true, one has to wonder why the essence of winter's magic acts like a puppy.