Dragons

The **Dragons** are a species of demons that inhabited the Earth until they were exiled and sent to the Sage Realm by the gods of the Heavenly Realm. Although some dragons remained hidden in the Human Realm, most of them inhabited the oceans and are one of the **Holy Animals**.

They are legendary creatures, typically with serpent or reptilian features, and appear in the myths of many cultures.

**Dragons** ( *doragon*?), not to be confused with True Dragons, are one of the strongest races that exist in the world. They generally reside on and around the Canaat Mountains.

**True Dragons** (竜種 *ryūshu*, lit. "Dragon Species"?) are the highest ranking beings in existence. They're nigh-invulnerable and nigh-unstoppable avatars of nature that serve as the pillars of all creation with only five known to exist.

## Physiology and Appearance

Dragons in the Sage Realm are based off the dragons of both East Asian and western myth. The have serpentine bodies with triangular spines along their back, large canine teeth, white eyes, white manes, and horns. They have reptillian legs with four clawed toes. They are either blue with red spines or green with orange spines. the western ones possess wings and on one instance, shown with more than one head.

All dragons instinctively fear Garuda's presence, even after he died.

They are a reptilian race with massive muscular bodies covered in thick scales. They bare wings, razor sharp claws, and large fangs like swords. Dragons, unlike True Dragons, are material lifeforms at birth. Although the two appear similar, they’re in essence closer to dinosaurs or reptiles.

True Dragons, as nature itself incarnate, and as spiritual life-forms, do not have a set singular appearance or form. They can assume the appearance and properties of whatever they wish, with no real attachment to their bodies. As spiritual beings, whatever form they assume will be affected by their own personal self-image and individuality. True Dragon's typically assume a massive lizard-like form covered in scales and bearing horns and wings, in addition to a secondary human-like form, with Rimuru's Slime Form being a notable exception. Their large draconic form is capable of taking and dealing much more damage, while their human form is far more energy efficient and is better suited for long-term battles.

## Personality

They appear to be quite aggressive and prone to using violence and kill those in their way. However, the blue dragon species has been shown to be quite friendly towards Jin Mo-Ri, whether they are docile by nature or if this is caused by Jin Mo-Ri's special qualities is unknown.

## Abilities

They are seen to be quite ferocious and strong demons. 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 weapon (either fire, ice, or lightning). When someone uses a dragon as their Charyeok their eyes change to match their dragon's, such as the case with Judge O and Sunny, and there dragons Chang-Sik and Thunder Dragon respectively. Judge O has stated and shown that he has to fight and tame his dragons in order for him to use their power, but it is unknown if that is a requirement everyone that uses a dragon Charyeok.

* **Tears**: As a holy animal, dragon tears possess a healing quality to individuals, particularly humans who ate the Sage Pill.

* **Breath Attack**: Each dragon has their own breath attack that is limited to it's race/type. The attack is very powerful and a barrier cannot stand it. One of the strongest is shown to be strong enough to completely destroy one of the swords from Sang Man-Duk's Charyeok.

* **Dragon's bones**: It is an extremely durable and very moldable material that can contain souls. Dragon's bones can be used to create various items and weapons, most famously Sun Wukong's Yeoui. The stronger the dragon becomes, the stronger its bones become, Dan Mori claims that Dragon's bones (also called Yeoui) is the only material that can be compared to Barbadium. They are also highly sought after, as seen when Okwang sends Xiao Chen to kill the dragons to obtain the Yeoui made from the Dragon Kings' bones.

* **Regeneration:** At least some of the specific race is shown to have very high regenerative ability. Red Dragon quickly healed her body after Saturn tried to destroy it from inside and the black dragon can regenerate after having their meat taken for food.

## Origin

The origin of dragons can be traced back to Star King Dragon Veldanava, or more precisely the Elemental Dragon he gifted to his daughter Milim Nava.

Upon the death of the Elemental Dragon and its subsequent transformation into a Chaos Dragon, its essence spread throughout the world, spawning lesser dragons in areas high in magicule concentration.The origin of dragons can be traced back to Star King Dragon Veldanava, or more precisely the Elemental Dragon he gifted to his daughter Milim Nava.

Upon the death of the Elemental Dragon and its subsequent transformation into a Chaos Dragon, its essence spread throughout the world, spawning lesser dragons in areas high in magicule concentration.

## Birth

After a True Dragon is born for the first time, it can never be truly killed. Even if the individual itself is killed, another True Dragon of the same natural characteristic will be born anew somewhere else. That new True Dragon will have the memories of the previous but might lose some aspects of its personality, while simply understanding its nature of existence right after birth.

## Types

There are 2 main types of dragons, Lesser Dragons and Arch Dragons.

The Lesser Dragon family holds very little dragon essence and consists of:

* Lesser Dragon ( *ressā doragon*, lit. "Lower Dragon Race"?)
	+ Dragon Zombie ( *doragon zonbi*?)
	+ Wyvern ( *waibān*?)

The Arch Dragon family holds a much greater quantity of dragon essence and consists of:

* Arch Dragons ( *āku doragon*, lit. "Upper Dragon Race"?)
	+ Death Dragon ( *desu doragon*?)
	+ Element Dragon (属性竜 *zokusei ryū*?)
		- Earth Dragon ( *asu doragon*?)
		- Fire Dragon ( *faia doragon*?)
		- Water Dragon ( *u~ōtā doragon*?)
			* Ice Dragon ( *aisu doragon*?)
		- Wind Dragon ( *uindo doragon*?)
			* Sky Dragon ( *sukai doragon*?)
	+ Ground Dwelling Dragon (地眠竜 *jiminryū*?)

* Dragon Lords ( *doragon rōdo*?)
	+ Earth Dragon Lord ( *asu doragon rōdo*?)
	+ Fire Dragon Lord ( *faia doragon rōdo*?)
	+ Gehenna Dragon ( *gehena doragon*, lit. "Underworld Spirit Dragon Lord"?)
	+ Ice Dragon Lord ( *aisu doragon rōdo*?)
	+ Wind Dragon Lord ( *uindo doragon rōdo*?)

## Abilities

### Skills

#### Intrinsic Skills

Although each True Dragon is "Unique" and has different intrinsic abilities, all five of them share three intrinsic skills in common.

* Dragon Spirit Haki
	+ Powerful Haki that imbues the user's aura with magical and physical properties, shredding anything it comes into contact with.
* Universal Sense
	+ Allows the user to perceive almost all sensations including but not limited to, light, sound, smell, and heat in a wide radius.
* Universal Shapeshift
	+ Allows the user to freely change their body's properties and disguise their appearance.

## Known True Dragons

#### "Star King Dragon" Veldanava

The greatest of the True Dragons and the strongest among them. He is also the God that created the world in which they live. The husband of Lucia and father to Demon Lord Milim Nava.

#### "White Ice Dragon" Velzard

Partner of Guy Crimson, Velzard is known to be second in birth as well as in power from Veldanava. She is prideful and haughty, and was incredibly jealous when Veldanava granted Guy important roles instead of paying attention to her.

#### "Scorch Dragon" Velgrynd

Partner of Rudra Nam Ul Nasca, Velgrynd is the fastest Dragon in existence. Her very essence is that of 'acceleration' and 'high momentum'. Although slightly hot-headed, she is very compassionate, especially to her allies and family.

#### "Storm Dragon" Veldora

The personification of chaos and destruction who terrorized humanity for thousands of years and is infamous as a result. Despite bearing rational thought and intelligence he rampaged even right after he was born, being treated harshly by his sisters for his behaviour ever since. After meeting Rimuru, Veldora learned how to control his power and gained some slight semblance of restraint.

#### "Chaos Creator" Rimuru

During the events of Abyss Unleashed, Rimuru's latent potential and power as the fifth True Dragon is fully realized. This results in his Reincarnation into a fully draconic body with similar physical properties to a slime called **Ultimate Slime** ( *arutimetto suraimu*, lit. "Dragon Demon Viscous Star Divine Body"?). Despite having no direct relation to slimes, it is still named as such for the sake of convenience.