Singetail

The **Singetail** is a medium Stoker Class dragon that lives in hot, non-volcanic regions such as temperate forests and deserts.

## Official Description

Fiercely territorial, Singetails don't just breathe fire—they send it blasting out of their jaws, gills and tails. The elusive Singetails prefer to scare away their enemies with long-range attacks, like hurling fireballs from their tails. However, Singetails also pose a danger in close-quarters combat by shunting jets of flame from their gills lining their exposed underbellies.

No dragon or rider can ever get the drop on a Singetail due to its articulated eyes—they swivel to the sides and back of its head and give the Singetail a 360-degree lay of the land. Since it can look at two directions at once, the Singetail can act as its own tailgunner.

## Physical Appearance

### Egg

The egg of a Singetail looks like a flaming bush, with frill-like fins lining across its length and a color scheme matching the parent's scales.

### Hatchling to Adult

Singetails have a wide, flat body and a long tail. They have four wings, like a Thunderdrum, but with the bigger pair being set lower on its back. They have a spiky face with chameleon-like eyes that allow it to see in multiple directions, as well as several big, sharp spikes along their backs and tails.

They have eight extremities (four wings and four legs), two more than most other dragons and with the rearmost pair seemingly a modified pair of extra hind limbs unlike the Stormcutter, which has all four forelimbs as wings.

## Abilities

### Endurance and Stamina

Singetails can fly for long distances without showing any signs of exhaustion, while also carrying the extra weights of humans and metal chains. They can receive continuously beating from a whip without losing any stamina. Singetails can take powerful shots from other dragons, such as a Night Fury and a Rumblehorn, without receiving too much damage. When in the air, they can recover easily after being shot and barely unbalance for a few seconds.

### Speed and Agility

Singetails can fly at great speeds, as they can keep up easily with other fast dragons, such as Night Furies and Deadly Nadders. Singetails are very agile dragons, able to dodge attacks from their foes. Thanks to their double set of wings, Singetails can do tight turns and easily maneuver through tight places.

### Eye Movement

The Singetails' eyes can move independently one from the other, which allows the dragons to see two different directions simultaneously. Their eyes can also swivel to the back and sides of their heads, giving them a 360-degree view which resembles that of a chameleon.

### Firepower

Singetails can shoot fire from not only their mouths but from their tails and bellies as well. Their stomach fire is achieved due to the gills that line their underbellies. They often use this as a defense from those attacking underneath.

    The fire that the Singetail produces is scarlet and can be used to mark their territories or as a signal to call for reinforcements from its own species. Singetails can also use the fire from their bellies to temporarily boost their speed like a rocket. The heat from the fire of some Singetail individuals can be felt from 10 feet away and others can immediately light on fire any nearby torch, hearth, or furnace with their flames.

### Strength and Combat

Singetails are a very strong species of dragon, as they can carry humans and metal chains on their back with little to no effort at all. This is most likely due to their bulk and large frame.

Singetails are fearsome adversaries in battle, for they are more than capable of taking on a Night Fury amongst other species with little struggle. They are competent fighters, capable of sparring with multiple dragons at once, and even overpowering them. Even if they are losing a battle, they can summon other Singetails with a distress signal of fire.

## Weaknesses

### Altitude

    Singetails cannot fly at high altitudes, not even Titan Wings. This serves as a route of escape if being pursued by one. The reason for this is because the higher up birds go, the denser the air becomes and requires more physical effort to keep flapping their wings, so the Singetails with their large body and double the number of wings of most dragons and the positioning of their wings makes it harder for them to fly. The Singetail also has smaller lungs compared to other dragons in order to make room for their "fire-breathing equipment" found in their chest for the fire they can shoot from their belly gills. This prevents them from getting enough oxygen when breathing in low-oxygen places, such as higher altitudes.

### Fog

Singetails are known to be very reluctant to fly into heavy fog. This is due to the fact that they cannot see where they are going, even though other dragons are able to sense their direction. Titan Wing Singetails are not affected by fog, and can fly through it without any problem.

### Neck

When their necks are pinched in a certain spot, Singetails fall unconscious/asleep.

### Skrill

Only one dragon can neutralize the Singetail's fire. The Singetail's only predator: the Skrill. Singetails will flee at first sight of a Skrill to avoid getting hit with its electric blasts.

### Flower Vapor

A Singetail can be put into an inebriated slumber by letting it breathe in a pleasantly perfumed vapor created by slowly cooking fragrant wildflowers with its own body fire. While in this sleep state, Singetails are completely harmless, with anyone being able to approach, touch, or even sleep with their head resting on the dragon with no danger of being attacked.

## Behavior and Personality

Singetails are fiercely territorial and will fight any dragon or human that they consider a threat. They are aggressive towards any dragons that are not their kind. This dragon has proven to be smart enough to try to take over islands; it will call others of its kind by spreading fire on trees to call reinforcements to defend their home.

When they are not busy fighting or marking their territory, Singetails can be very lazy. They eat and sleep all day if they are not disturbed.

Singetails are exclusively carnivorous, their favorite food being the Ice-tailed Pike. They also prefer to live on non-volcanic islands, but stay in hot regions, such as deserts or temperate forests.

## Training

Although extremely difficult, Singetails can be trained. The only method is to raise one from a hatchling and train out any aggression towards you or others before they get much bigger.

Saving one's life will not work, nor will slowly coaxing one over time. Both will probably end in a fiery demise, so your best bet is to raise one from birth.

## Trivia

* As opposed to most other dragons, the Singetail has three fire glands. This is how they are able to shoot fire from their mouth, tail, and belly.
* The spikes along a Singetail's back are actually an evolutionary feature! The only weak spots being the head and the back, these dragons evolved to have long spikes across their back to further armor themselves up.
* Singetails have purple blood!
* The Singetail is originally from the How To Train Your Dragon Universe.

## Gallery

Singetail Titan WingTitan Wing Singetail©Voltaic-Soda on DeviantArt©MoxieMooo on DeviantArt©grim1978 on DeviantArt©Menastoma on DeviantArt©South-Breeze on FurAffinity
## Image Sources

1. Singetail by Voltaic-Soda on DeviantArt
2. Singetail Sketch by MoxieMooo on DeviantArt
3. "That thing had eyes on the back of its head" by grim1978 on DeviantArt
4. Singetail Sketch by Menastoma on DeviantArt
5. Singetail Headshot by South-Breeze on FurAffinity