Fireworm

The **Fireworm** is a small Stoker Class dragon that lives in caves.

## Official Description

The Fireworm leaves a trail of fire wherever it walks. Despite their small size, the danger they hold is immense enough to burn down an entire village. Rarely, when a female is born, she sets out to establish her own colony. When a Fireworm is moved to fight, even other dragons get out of its way.

## Physical Appearance

### Egg

The Fireworm's egg is strangely shaped like a cylinder, which contains a substance similar to honey (only much hotter) and is produced by Fireworm workers as ordered by the Fireworm Queen. It nourishes the Fireworms and hatchlings.

### Hatchling to Adult

Common Fireworms are only about a few inches in length. They have orangish-brown scales that glow a bright golden orange color when lit up. They also have five pairs of legs for a total of ten legs and white eyes that glow in the dark. They strongly resemble lizards, with their wide heads and long bodies. When they ignite, they glow orange, and sometimes even light their bodies on fire. All average tiny Fireworms are males.

## Abilities

### Body Temperature and Glow

All Fireworms can heat up their skin to a temperature expressed to be hotter than the sun, hot enough to be able to burn almost anything. While doing so they also generate a great amount of light, and sometimes, they even set themselves and surfaces they walk on aflame. It would appear that the closer two Fireworms are to one another, the brighter they will shine. This ability is used as means of self defense and for lost individuals to find their way back to the nest. A great number of Fireworms using this ability are virtually unapproachable and undefeatable, only moving when exposed to their main weakness.

Some Fireworm individuals have extremely hot skin. Due to this, they can only exit their caves during the warmest days of hot summers and they remain in their nests during cooler days. This is because reptiles, like dragons, are cold blooded and their body temperature depends on their surroundings, meaning that being in the cold may cause the Fireworm to lose too much heat.

### Speed and Agility

Fireworms are known to be relatively fast dragons, being able to outfly a Monstrous Nightmare or Deadly Nadder while in the caves of their nest. Due to their small sizes, Fireworm are quite agile.

### Endurance and Stamina

Fireworms are often tossed around and launched in the air due to their small sizes and inability to cause serious harm, yet they suffer little to no damage. They also have enough stamina to migrate yearly.

### Climbing

Fireworms can effortlessly climb in and about the cave systems that surround their hives, including the slippery Firecomb-riddled walls.

### Numbers

Fireworms always travel in large groups, and while individually they are not very dangerous, in large numbers they can defeat anything they go up against.

## Weaknesses

The Fireworms' main weakness is their miniature sizes and inability to cause serious harm, often resulting in their abuse and usage as sources of entertainment by being tossed around and led to burn things with their body heat.

Fireworms appear to be afraid of fire, especially that of other dragons, and avoid it at all costs.

## Personality and Behavior

These dragons are often found in large groups. This makes them extremely dangerous. They are even remotely aggressive, occasionally clinging to potential enemies. Fireworms usually wander away from the nest and live normal lives, often in other islands, but regularly return to their nest to replenish their fire and contribute a portion of their gel to the nest stocks. Fireworms tend to set surfaces they walk on and touch on fire, often causing forest wildfires. They might do this to defend themselves from predators.

Massive Fireworm colonies migrate from island like birds and other animals do in the real world. They usually send Fireworm scouts to make sure the route is safe for passage. They usually migrate to escape the cold winter months of their homes.

## Training

Though average Fireworms have never been seen trained specifically, they are mostly used as toys or sources of destruction, mostly due to their small sizes and powerful body heat. They are, however, utilized as a light source by several clans. They are placed in a glass lantern and carried around.

## Trivia

* The Fireworm is originally from the How To Train Your Dragon franchise

## Image Sources

1. Fireworm in Firecomb by Nebquerna on DeviantArt
2. Fireworms by Kandymation on Tumblr