Dragon

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**Dragons** (ドラゴン, *Doragon*) are one of the most powerful and prominent creatures in *Divineverse*.

## Summary

Dragons are powerful supernatural beings, considered the strongest aside from the Gods themselves, admired, respected, and feared no matter the era. Among the supernatural, Dragons, as an entire race, didn't side with no one from the Three Factions during the Great War, different from Fairies, Spirits, European Monsters, Asian Monsters, and Humans. However, in the end, some Dragons did end up joining the Three Factions, among the Underworld, consisting of Devils and Fallen Angels. In certain cultures and different parts of the world, Dragons are worshiped as Gods.

Dragons are said to be creatures born from a large mass of power, who acts based on their desires, acting freely and selfishly, while having a high amount of intelligence. Azazel even theorized that the reason that Dragons are so powerful is because their pure thoughts compel them to devote themselves towards their goals, for the Evil Dragons, it would be battle and carnage, even if it meant their bodies would be annihilated too. Crom Cruach stated that Dragons are meant to live according to their will. All Dragons have pride in themselves, declaring their titles as a formal greeting or in response to accepting a challenge to a duel between Dragons or heroes.

There have been those who were created by powerful beings, such as Midgardsormr and his clones, who were created by the Evil God, Loki. And then Aži Dahāka, Aži Dahāka II, Ddraig II, and Albion II, who were all creations of the Evil God, Angra Mainyu. Aside from that, Dragons can be mass-produced and beings can be turned into a Dragon through using powerful items such as the Longinus, Sephiroth Graal, and God of the Bible, who'd cursed Samael into a half-Fallen Angel, half-Dragon.

Dragons love hoarding treasures as seen with both the Dragon Kings, Tiamat, and Fafnir; the former had hoards of treasures, but Ddraig borrowed some of them, and lost them to Human thieves after being sealed, scattering them all across the Human World. Losing a Dragon's treasure, no matter how small would result in them relentlessly pursuing whoever lost them, as shown when Tiamat hunted down Ddraig and his possessors or centuries, to make them pay for losing her treasures. Fafnir, has a treasure trove located in the Dragon Range, ranging from famous items, weapons, as well as Asia Argento's lingerie, sometimes wanting something from his contractor and summoning them into battle using a summoning portal from his mouth.

Male Dragons take a liking to females of other races while hating other males. Dragons are also known to be gluttons who enjoy eating delicious food, whether they are Evil Dragons like Nidhogg and Crom Cruach, or Dragon Gods like Lilith and Ophis,

No matter what, it is a mistake to anger even a Low-Class Dragon, more so one of the Heavenly Dragons or the Dragon Kings. This is because of their Outrage, as shown when the Dragon King Fafnir wielded power equal to or greater than the Super Devil Rizevim Livan Lucifer, then fought Crom Cruach, the strongest Evil Dragon, who surpass the Heavenly Dragons. The simplest, most efficient method of calming down an enraged Dragon (or someone in possession of one via a Sacred Gear) is to sing them a specific song, as proven when the Oppai Song was used to calm down Hyoudou Issei, who entered Juggernaut Drive.

In the present, almost all powerful and legendary Dragons are either sealed inside of the Sacred Gears, such as Ddraig, Albion, and Vritra; dormant, missing, or dead. As shown by Ddraig, they revert back to an infantile mentality if they do not heal properly as a result of using up too much of their powers.

There is a race of Dragons who require a special fruit, called the **Dragon Apple**, to survive. All of the Dragon Apples on Earth have been destroyed due to climate changes, with the ones growing in the Underworld all existing within Tannin's territory. He became a Devil to obtain this territory for their sake.

There is an obscure mountain known as the Dragon Range only accessible to Dragons via the Dragon Gate. It allows for harsh training, and contains one of Fafnir's treasure vaults.

## Appearance

Dragons are creatures with reptilian traits. There are two physical types of Dragons: Western Dragons and Eastern Dragons.

* The **Western Dragons** (西洋のドラゴン, *Seiyō no Doragon*) are a lizard-like creature that stands on four legs, leathery or bat-like wings growing from their backs, and a long, muscular tail.

* The **Eastern Dragons** (東洋のドラゴン, *Tōyō no Doragon*) are typically portrayed as serpentine creatures that have long, slim bodies with four legs, and without wings.

Various Dragons come in different colors, from red (Flame Dragon or Ddraig) to white (Albion) to blue (Tiamat or Sprite Dragon). Most Evil Dragons have black scales. However, just like most other supernatural beings, Dragons can assume human form to appear normal, and most of them prefer to remain in their human form. Ophis is completely humanoid, but can change both gender and physical age.

## Classes

The Dragons are divided into many different classes. There are the normal Dragons, the **Dragon Kings** which are above the normal Dragons, the **Heavenly Dragons** which are above the Dragon Kings, and the **True Dragon** and **Dragon God**, the highest class of Dragons.

### True Dragon

The **True Dragon** (真龍, *Shinryū*) is a class that solely belongs to Great Red, the Apocalypse Dragon and the True Red Dragon God Emperor who is known as the "Dragon of Dragons (D×D)". It is the title given to Great Red as the most powerful of Dragons. While Great Red is the only Dragon that belongs to this sub-class, it is said that Issei could be thought of as a small True Dragon because of having his new body made from Great Red's flesh.

### Dragon God

The **Dragon God** (龍神, *Ryūjin*) is a class that belongs to Ophis, the Ouroboros Dragon and founder of the Khaos Brigade, and Lilith, the spawn of Ophis. Great Red is also considered one of the Dragon Gods, in addition to being a True Dragon.

 Lilith | Spawn of Ophis

### Two Heavenly Dragons

 File:Heavenly Dragons.jpg
The **Two Heavenly Dragons** (二天龍, *Nitenryū*) are Dragons with powers that can kill both Gods and Satans, and are considered to be one of the highest class of Dragons, superior to Dragon Kings, but inferior to Dragon Gods. The two Heavenly Dragons are the **Red Dragon Emperor** (赤龍帝, *Sekiryūtei*), Ddraig, and the **White Dragon Emperor** (白龍皇, *Hakuryūkō*), Albion. Both were born in England with unique abilities that could destroy virtually any foe aside from each other and the Dragon Gods, the two developed newer ones as they began fighting each other.

One of their fights interrupted the Great War between Angels, Devils, and Fallen Angels, forcing the Three Factions to form a temporary truce against them. The Dragons fought back in anger over their own interrupted fight, but ultimately had their bodies being destroyed and their souls sealed into two Sacred Gears: Boosted Gear and Divine Dividing. Most of their abilities were also sealed off in the process. Their hosts are given the same titles as the Dragons themselves, and are destined to continue the fight.

 Ddraig | Red Dragon Emperor

### Five Great Dragon Kings

The **Five Great Dragon Kings** (五大龍王, *Godai Ryūō*) are a group of five (previously six) unique Dragons recognized for their strength and nobility. Their high destructive powers rival those of Ultimate-Class Devils or even the Seven Great Satans. The Five Dragon Kings are Tiamat, Yu-Long, Vritra, Midgardsormr, and Fafnir. Tannin was also one of the Dragon Kings before leaving and joining the Devils.

 Yu-Long | Mischievous Dragon
 Vritra | Prison Dragon
 Midgardsormr | Sleeping Dragon
 Fafnir | Gigantis Dragon

### High-level Dragons

* Blizzard Dragon in the anime.pngBlizzard Dragon in the anime.
* Blizzard training Riser.pngBlizzard training Riser.
* Blizzard using ice breath.pngBlizzard using ice breath.
* Blizzard Dragon telling Riser to say Dragon.pngBlizzard Dragon telling Riser to say Dragon.
* Blizzard Dragon stopping Riser from esc.pngBlizzard Dragon stopping Riser from escaping.
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**High-level Dragons:** A Dragon class that belongs to normal Dragons. A total of four have appeared within the series.

 Flame Dragon
 Blizzard Dragon
 Spectre Dragon
 Zmei Dragon

### Low-level Dragons

**Low-level Dragons**: A Dragon class that belongs to normal Dragons. The only Dragon that has been revealed that belongs to this class is the Earth Dragon.

* The dinosaur that appeared in the short story ***A Tokusatsu Devil*** is an example of an Earth Dragon.

### Evil Dragons

Another class of Dragon.

The **Evil Dragons** (邪龍, *Jaryū*) are a group of Dragons who are known for their particular vicious temperament, as the most vicious and brutal among all Dragons. Most of them are dangerous battle maniacs who want to destroy everything including themselves, causing them to be referred to as "Broken Dragons". Even the Heavenly Dragons, who surpassed the strongest three Evil Dragons in the past, would rather not get involved them. As such, in the past, evil and malevolent Gods were among the few beings who are able to control Evil Dragons.

Outside of their vicious nature, Evil Dragons, more so legendary ones, are noted to be incredibly powerful, wielding power that exceeds the Five Great Dragon Kings. The three strongest Evil Dragons, Crom Cruach, Aži Dahāka, and Apophis, were able to achieve power comparable to the Heavenly Dragons; however, the strongest one, Crom Cruach gained power that surpasses Ddraig and Albion from training.

Evil Dragons are difficult to handle, as a result of it being possible for them to revive themselves as long as a part of their soul remains; however, this often takes a large amount of time. It was most shown in Vritra, who is counted as being a Dragon King and Evil Dragon, who had regained consciousness despite his soul being split into four pieces, then sealed in four different Sacred Gears: the Vritra's Sacred Gears.

In the past, most legendary Evil Dragons were annihilated, aside from Crom Cruach, who remained active in the Human World and Underworld as a means of training himself. At some point, the Evil Dragons were revived, but then killed and sealed once again, ranging from Grendel, Ladon, Niðhöggr, aside from Yamata no Orochi; then after the Evil Dragon War, those who defected from Qlippoth Aži Dahāka, and Apophis were killed.

The Dragons of this class include:

Technically, Vritra is considered to be in this category as well, but he pales in comparison to their iniquity. Among the Evil Dragons, the ones that were the most brutal and stood at the top were:

 Apophis | Eclipse Dragon

All the currently known famous Evil Dragons were revived by Qlippoth of the Khaos Brigade for the Evil Dragon War. Out of the seven named Evil Dragons, Crom Cruach defected from Qlippoth, Aži Dahāka and Apophis betrayed Rizevim, Grendel, Ladon and Niðhöggr were all sealed after their defeat, while Yamata no Orochi, Apophis and Aži Dahāka were the only Evil Dragons who died in battle.

Rizevim reveals that with the help of the Sephiroth Graal, he could mass-produce Evil Dragons, using it on the Vampires that already modified themselves using the Holy Grail. The mass-produced Evil Dragons are said to have at least the strength above a Mid-class Devil. Four of these dragons defected and formed a contract with Asia Argento after seeing Fafnir's impromptu cooking show.

Asia named the four:

* Anselmus
* Cyril
* Gregorios
* Simeon

### Dragon Children

Are a group of Dragons who are children of the higher-class of Dragons. So far Tannin, the former Dragon King is known to have three sons.

### Other Dragons

There are certain Dragons that don't belong to or have a proper class due to being either former Dragons or even a Dragon that doesn't have a proper classification. After being reincarnated into a Devil, Tannin has lost all rights to be called a Dragon King.

Samael, who appears to be a cross between a Fallen Angel and a Dragon, but has been sealed for a long time.

Hyoudou Issei was turned into a Humanoid Dragon, having gained a new body made up of Great Red's flesh and Ophis' power, being considered an almost miniature True Dragon, but similar to Tannin, he was reincarnated into a Devil once again.

## Powers and Abilities

The abilities of a Dragon differ between classes, their specific races, and in some cases, the specific Dragon. All of them have demonstrated the power of flight and their own elemental Breath (either fire, ice, or lightning). Their Breath attacks, physical attacks, and Aura are noted to be their most basic forms of offense. Dragons often display high durability because of their tough scales.

There have also been Dragons who have developed their own abilities aside from their basic ones such as Ddraig (Power Multiplication and Transference), Albion (Power Division and Absorption), and Vritra (Power Absorption and Transference).

A frequently seen trait amongst the higher classes of Dragons is the ability to change their appearance to varying degrees. This trait ranges from changing their size (Tannin and his son Bova Tannin) to completely changing their outward appearance (Yu-Long, Crom Cruach, Ophis, Tiamat, Apophis, and Alivian).

Same as God and Buddha, Dragons have an abundant lifespan, measuring in the millennium, some being almost ageless, however, most Dragons aren't shown as aging after maturing or dying unless they're killed. Dragons (and by extension Dragon Sacred Gear possessors) are immune to poisonous mist created from Youjutsu, which is said to be able to work on even higher ranking Devils and Youkai.

**Outrage**: Dragons seem to have the ability to enter an empowered state of sorts when they are angered. In this state, physical abilities increase significantly. When Fafnir entered this state, his power was enough that he was able to knock Lilith to the side and bite off one of Rizevim Livan Lucifer's arms. In the Outrage state, dragons will relentlessly pursue their enemies. Ddraig and Albion also entered Outrage mode back in the Great War and lashed out at the leaders of the Three Factions for interrupting their fight.

**Magic**: Though not many, some Dragons have the ability and also expertise in using various types and classes of Magic and spells, and often to far more potent degree than any other supernatural beings, higher classes of Dragons can use high classes of magic, and even forbidden spells. Some examples of these dragons are Aži Dahaka; who both controls and possesses one thousand magic skills, Fafnir; which he uses his skills in Magic to willfully open the Dragon gate and bestowed curses, and Apophis; who use his Magic to contain the Holy Grail through his own dimension.

**Magic Resistance**: The scales of Dragons are stated to be resistant to magic.

**Curse**: Though not all Dragons can use Curses, there are several higher ranking and powerful Dragons that can create and bestow Curses. In particular, those who can use forbidden Magics and spells, such as Fafnir who can use his spiritual presence, Vritra's shadowy black flames that can curse both mortals and supernatural beings, and Azi Dahaka's thousand skills of ancient and forbidden Magic skills.

**Poison:** Some Dragons can utilize poison, potent enough to even destroy the souls of their victims. Samael's poison is so dangerous, particularly to other Dragons, that it is heavily sealed. The Yamata no Orochi is also poisonous, but it is inferior to Samael and can be cured by Heaven's antidote. Albion's original ability is a poison capable of destroying virtually all organic matter.

### Dragon Gate

The **Dragon Gate** (龍門, ドラゴン・ゲート, *Doragon Gēto*) is a magic circle exclusive to the Dragons. The Dragon Gate allows them to summon another Dragon. While the Dragon Gate insignia can be drawn by someone else, it will only respond when there is a Dragon nearby. It requires 3 or more powerful Dragons to use to forcibly summon another Dragon. A Dragon Gate is required for the process of reaching the Dragon Range.

The Dragon Gate insignia is positioned after the Five Dragon Kings, Tannin, the Two Heavenly Dragons, and Grendel. Each of which is represented on the magic circle by a different color:

 Grendel | Dark Green

Despite so, there appear to be other methods to use the Dragon Gate; the Hero Faction intended to use a brainwashed Yasaka and the spiritual energy from Kyoto to replace the use of the Dragons to open the Dragon Gate.

Individuals who specialize in summoning magic and have made a Dragon into their Familiar can learn to use Dragon Gate magic to summon the dragon which is Familiar.

## Weaknesses

Despite dragons being considered to be masses of power, a common weakness for dragons, as well as people with Dragon-type Sacred Gears, are objects or individuals dubbed **Dragon Slayers** (龍殺し, ドラゴン・スレイヤー, Ryū Koroshi, *Doragon Sureiyā*). Swords imbued with Dragon-Slaying abilities such as the Holy Sword **Ascalon** and the Demonic Emperor Sword, **Gram** have shown the ability to easily cut and harm Dragons, as Hyoudou Issei was able to use Ascalon to easily damage and destroy Vali Lucifer's Scale Mail during their fight, and the Demonic Sword Emperor, Gram was used by the original Siegfried to kill the Dragon King Fafnir, though Fafnir was later revived by the Norse Gods. Dragons can gain resistance to these Dragon Slayers by either using the Sephiroth Graal; or by through intense training as seen with Crom Cruach who defended against an attack from Issei's *Crimson Blaster* + Ascalon.

So far, the most dangerous weapon against Dragons is the deadly poison of the **Dragon Eater**, Samael, which is the end result of God of the Bible's intense hatred for Snakes and Dragons, one that eliminates their body and soul. Not even the Dragon Gods, Ophis or Great Red, the former who lost one-fourth of her power, because of Cao Cao, can withstand the Dragon Eater, so it isn't "Infinite", but "Finite". Issei lost his body and would've lost his soul, if not for the Boosted Gear's past possessors sacrificing their consciousness to rescue him.

The Dragons have a disease called the **Dragon Flu**, which can also be caught by the users of Dragon-type Sacred Gears. While afflicted, they lose the ability to breathe fire.

Dragons can be calmed down using specific songs, though Vali mentioned that there weren't songs for the Heavenly Dragons until the introduction of the Oppai Dragon Song, which was used to calm down Issei in Juggernaut Drive. The new High-Tier Longinus; **Nereid Kyrie**, can be used to control Dragons or drain the powers of any Dragon who hears the user's voice while active, but it can conversely be used to strengthen them.

## Trivia

* It has been noted that compared to Western Dragons, Eastern Dragons are more mysterious than frightening.
* Before the introduction of Ophis, the Heavenly Dragons were stated to be the highest class of Dragon.
* It has been stated (and shown by Issei) that Dragons draw strong allies and enemies to them.
* Due to representing power, those who spend extended periods of time around powerful Dragons have on multiple occasions undergone changes in their powers, potential, and growth. This extends to their blood causing potent affects on other beings who ingests them.
	+ Saji after taking in some of Issei's blood, the Red Dragon Emperor who reached Balance Breaker, the information was recorded on him, affecting his body and Sacred Gear, causing him to manifest a series of black snake markings and jewel resembling Boosted Gear on his hand.
	+ Kiba's Blade Blacksmith obtained a Sub-Species Balance Breaker, Glory Drag Trooper, by training with Issei.
	+ Issei has a body made from Great Red's flesh and Ophis' power causing their powers, representing "Dream" and "Infinity" to circulate within him, bring about almost miraculous changes to his potential and his Boosted Gear.
	+ Akeno created her Holy Lightning Dragon after constantly sucking out the dragon power from Issei before and after gaining his new body.
	+ Rias created her Extinguish Star after constantly sucking out the dragon power from Issei before and after gaining his new body.
	+ Kunou awakened her Dragon Fox Mode after spending time around Ophis.
	+ Asia awakened her **Twilight Saint Affection**, which manifests a Dragon armor and aura, because of hers and Fafnir's pact and bond.
* Both sub-species Balance Breakers of Blade Blacksmith are Dragon related.
* Dragons love bananas as shown by Fafnir, Ophis, and Crom Cruach.
* The two Dragon Gods' concepts, Ophis' infinity (無限) and Great Red's dreams (夢幻), are both read as *mugen*.
* Zmey is a poor pronunciation of the Slavic dragon name "Żmij", which means "viper."