Crystal Dragon

* Juvenile
* Baby
* Egg

*The **crystal dragon** hoards shiny things. So as long as you don't look too greedy around it, this dragon will be quite content to let you hang around.*
    —Nogard's description of the **crystal dragon** in The Book of Dragons
The **Crystal Dragon** is a hybrid dragon of the Earth and Lightning elements. It's main element is Lightning.

## Appearance

The **crystal dragon** is a large purple dragon with wings, spikes and teeth made of unknown crystals. These crystals were first thought to be quartz, but it seemed quartz was much harder and contained silicon, which was not the case with this dragon's crystals. People have begun to use the term "dragon crystals" specifically for the **crystal dragon**. These crystals seem to have magical properties and do not form naturally, as they contain organic material.

## Abilities

### Weapons

While not too hard, the **crystal dragon's** crystals are very sharp and painful.

### Defenses

The **crystal dragon** intimidates its opponents by staring. If that doesn't work, it will rely on "offence is the best defence".

### Other Abilities

**Crystal dragons** like shiny things and will use these as weapons. Be careful if you see one hoarding a golden sword.

### Weaknesses

**Crystal dragons** are easily distracted by shiny things, and will surely lose against shiny Gemstone dragons or Dusk Dragons because it doesn't want to attack shiny things.

## Habitat

### Regions

**Crystal dragons** live in The Tull Caverns and places with Erudine Crystals.

### Preferred Home

They prefer living in places full of crystals and shiny things. It will sometimes share a nest with Metal Dragons if light falls on their body, because they then appear to shine.

### Sheltering/Nesting

It doesn't really build nests, but it creates beds out of its shiny collection.

## Diet

**Crystal dragons** eat non-shiny rocks. It regards eating shiny things as eating money is to us.

## Lifestyle

### Behavior and Personality

The **crystal dragon** does not really care about anything that isn't shiny.

### Social Order

**Crystal dragons** like to hang around with each other so they can look at each other's shiny crystals. Overall, it lives a solitary life as long as it doesn't have a mate. Sometimes, this dragon will befriend Gemstone, Crystalline, or Geode dragons, due to their shininess.

### Relationship to Wizards

**Crystal dragons** will not care about wizards except if they carry shiny things with them. Or are shiny themselves, which hasn't happened many times.

## Life Cycle

### Mating

**Crystal dragons** search other **crystal dragons** of a different dragons and then choose the one which is the most shiny.

### Birth

When the egg hatches, the baby will instantly pick a small crystal from each of the parents and place them on its own back.

### Infancy

Baby **crystal dragons** will play with their parents' collection. They eat, stay with their parents and sleep, and do not much other things.

### Adolescence

At this point, the dragon will start its own shiny collection to play with.

### Adulthood

At the moment it becomes adult, it will stay with its parents until they die. It will then pick up their shiny collection and start wandering around, looking for a mate.

### Life Span

**Crystal dragons** have a similar lifespan to humans, about 70 to 100 years.

## History

### Discovery

The **crystal dragon** was one of the first dragons discovered by The Great Nogard and was instantly recognized as a dragon after it was confirmed that it wasn't a purple rock covered in crystals.

### Origin of Name

It is named after the crystals on its back.

## Magic

Crystal dragons are enchanted with Terramancy and Electromancy. They have extremely minor control over Frescomancy but have a very good grasp on the use of Crysalimancy.

## Notable Dragons

* Pigment (Pablue Pickaxe's Crystal dragon)

## References

* The Book of Dragons, The Great Nogard

**Primary**
*Earth Dragon*

**Hybrids**
*Tree Dragon* - *Moss Dragon* - *Lava Dragon* - *Obsidian Dragon* - *Glacier Dragon* - *Mountain Dragon* - *Quake Dragon* - ***Crystal Dragon*** - *Mud Dragon* - *River Dragon* - *Dodo Dragon* - *Sandstorm Dragon* - *Scoria Dragon* - *Iron Dragon* - *Sand Dragon* - *Glass Dragon* - *Root Dragon* - *Cave Dragon*

 **Golden Hybrids**
*Forest Dragon* - *Soot Dragon* - *Arctic Dragon* - *Geode Dragon* - *Quicksand Dragon* - *Plains Dragon*

**Primary**
*Lightning Dragon*

**Hybrids**
*Cactus Dragon* - *Ash Dragon* - *Firefly Dragon* - *Scorch Dragon* - *Quake Dragon* - ***Crystal Dragon*** - *Storm Dragon* - *Hail Dragon* - *Plasma Dragon* - *Current Dragon* - *Sonic Dragon* - *Thunder Dragon* - *Magnetic Dragon* - *Copper Dragon* - *Flash Dragon* - *Gamma Dragon* - *Spark Dragon* - *Wraith Dragon*

 **Golden Hybrids**
*Ivy Dragon* - *Thistle Dragon* - *Tempest Dragon* - *Lodestone Dragon* - *Wisp Dragon* - *Darkling Dragon*