Game of Dragons - ICARIS

**Project I.C.A.R.I.S.** (**International Crevasse and Research Investigation Station**) is a research station founded by William Rakke (CEO of Rakke Corp) that appears in the series *Dragons: The Nine Realms* and *Game of Dragons.*

## Functions

Project ICARIS is a geological station that studies the mysterious fissure that emits electromagnetic energy that leads into the Hidden World. They mainly study the features it has to offer such as the minerals, dragons, creatures, plant life and the dragon realms. Due to it being located far into the wilderness away from civilization the domes around it serve as homes for many Rakke Corp employees working at the station such as geologists, biologists, security staff, technicians, engineers, doctors and even the kids of certain employees. In which it also provides Food, Health Care and Education for the kids.

## Notable Places

### Research Station

The ICARIS Research Station is large building that sits upon the Kullersen Fissure, it serves as place where Rakke Corp scientists can study the fissure and all the things it has to offer like the wildlife and plant life of the Hidden World, it also possesses many rooms and areas vital for their research. The research station contains a state-of-the-art research lab to study samples of things from the fissure like minerals, plants and sometimes dragons. A control room where it operates the systems of the building and other important things like communications, lights, sliding doors, security cameras and even the drones. The Hanger is a large two-story room where they store both the drones and heavy-duty equipment. The visitor centre serves many different purposes like a common area, an emergency meeting room and a classroom for the kids' education. On the outside on the roof is a helipad for landing the ICARIS Chopper and outside the hanger door is a large platform for having the ICARIS Crane lower things like the Probe or Bathysphere into the fissure.

### Rakke Town

The surrounding domes around the Station serve as homes for all the employees since the station is located very far into the wilderness in which they refer to it as Rakke Town. Each dome contains a joint living room and kitchen, a bathroom and two bedrooms. However some Domes are extended like Wong Family's since they require three separate bedrooms. Around Rakke Town are multiple windmills that provide clean and efficient power to all the facilities but if they stop spinning then there is also generators to help power things. And, in case of earthquakes, they're fitted with spotlights to help people navigate in the dark safely. Plus, there are also a couple of bins and picnic tables scattered around the area for people to eat on their lunch breaks.

### Big Dome

The big dome in Rakke Town is very essential for everyone's well being as it serves multiple functions. It posses a General Store that sells food for everyone to buy their groceries to eat, a Storage Room to store essential survival gear like spare medical equipment and food rations, a Sick Bay for ill or injured employees run by Angela Baker and finally a Dragon Hospital for injured or sick dragons to get better, study their anatomy and establish healthy relations with the dragons so they won't see humans as threats which is all run by D'Angelo Baker. Also there's supposed to be a perch on top of the dome for Hobs to keep lookout but it hasn't been shown yet.

### Dragon's Lair (Unofficial)

The Dragon's Lair is an underground cavern in the forest nearby the station where the Dragon Club uses it to house their dragons and use it as base of operations. It also serves as a training area, playground, feeding station, first aid station, meeting area, and easy and unseen passage into the fissure leading into the Hidden World. The cave itself has many natural stalagmites and stalactites in which the dragons use to scratch their itches and it has it's own hot springs for swimming and for dragons like Wu and Wei to naturally relax and sleep in. The lair also has the rider's (except Eugene's) hand prints on the wall claiming it as their own and a Night Fury symbol burnt into the wall by Thunder.

## History

At the end of Ragnarok, Sarah, Race and Tsukumaro repair ICARIS from the damage from the World Serpent and with Tom and the others as the Guardians of the Hidden World with Sarah's police work to aid in keeping the other Buzzsaws and Sledkin like people at bay and with the Spirits, Hiccup and the Riders aiding her against the Dragon Hunters in the Archipelago.

Now Tom and the others can continue their duties as the Guardians of the Hidden World with their new Ranger Powers.

## Employees

* Wilma Sledkin (Lead Scientist) (Gone Rogue)
* May Wong (Director of Operations)
* Olivia Kullersen (Lead Geologist/Explorer/Chief Scientist)
* Philip Baker (Chief of Security)
* Carla Gonzalez (Biologist/Cave Botanist)
* Hazel Gonzalez (Biologist)
* Angela Baker (Nurse/Teacher)
* Linda (Scientist/Technical Operator/Wilma's henchwoman) (Gone Rogue)
* Pete (Security Guard)
* Murray (Night Watch Guard)
* Tom Kullersen (Lead Dragon Handler/Explorer/Dragon Whisperer) (Unofficial)
* Jun Wong (Dragon Handler/Explorer/Mythologist) (Unofficial)
* D'Angelo Baker (Dragon Handler/Explorer/Dragon Veterinarian) (Unofficial)
* Alexandra Gonzalez (Dragon Handler/Explorer/Technology Expert) (Unofficial)
* Eugene Wong (Dragon Handler/Explorer/Strategist) (Unofficial)
* Thunder (Aerial Mount/Lead Dragon/EMP/Power Supplier) (Unofficial)
* Wu and Wei (Aerial Mount/Fire Starter and Extinguisher/Back Up Dragon) (Unofficial)
* Plowhorn (Aerial Mount/Dragon Nurse/Tracker) (Unofficial)
* Feathers (Aerial Mount/Stealth Operative) (Unofficial)
* Webmaster (Aerial Mount/Emergency Resource Provider) (Unofficial)
* Shaw (Lookout for Intruders and Stray Dragons) (Unofficial)

## Trivia

* The employees that wear red uniforms, like Philip Baker, appear to be the security workers.
* The employees that wear blue uniforms, like Linda and Angela Baker, appear to be the workers that handle technology and material and do nursing.
* The employees that wear green uniforms, like Carla and Hazel Gonzalez, appear to be the biologists or other environmental workers.
* Olivia, May, and Wilma are the only workers at the site that do not wear the company's overall uniforms.
* Despite ICARIS having emergency precautions for all sorts of things like a missile attack and even emergency food rations, they did not have any winter gear on hand for weather like blizzards.
* As of Season 6, the kids and their dragons play vital roles at the station despite having unpaid services.