Night light thunder by naej center

**Thunder** is a male Night Light, Tom Kullersen's dragon, and the main dragon protagonist in the series *Dragons: The Nine Realms*. He is the distant descendant of the Alpha Night Fury Toothless and his Light Fury mate.

Thunder is a slender, male Night Light who bears a strong resemblance to his ancestor Toothless, having the stature and black scales of a Night Fury as well as the pure white scales of a Light Fury Surrounding his mouth, a thin streak going up his face and running from his lower jaw to the tip of his tail and on his feet. He has a series of large triangular spines lining down his back to his tail. He also has piercing blue eyes, similar to the Light Fury he is descended from. However, unlike Night Furies, Light Furies and original Night Lights, Thunder doesn't possess a dual tailfin. Instead, he possesses a three-pronged "tail spade" in the shape of "Poseidon's Trident", with an additional fin between the main two that can be tucked in when not in use. He also has toe pads on his feet like cats and dogs, and a deep chest like some dogs; which are other features that neither Night Furies, Light Furies nor the original Night Lights were known to possess. His wings and the first pair of fins on his tail are narrower than that of a Night Fury. His scales are as mostly smooth like his mother's, but he has inherited his father's rougher, more defined scales on his forelegs.

## Personality

Like his ancestors, Thunder is shown to be intelligent and curious, as he was as intrigued about Tom as the boy was of him; the dragon took him to a secluded cavern where they could figure out more about each other. His intelligence is also shown when he recognizes the sound of Tom's axe as a way of summoning him to the boy's location and recognizing Jun, D'Angelo and Alex as allies. He also recognized those related to his rider, like recognizing Olivia Kullersen as Tom's mother. Like his rider, Thunder is compassionate and understanding towards others, allowing him to make quick friends with the other dragons in the cave. Despite being good-natured, he can be controlling, as he wanted a reluctant Tom to eat his share of the frozen fish nuggets the dragon was offering him and wouldn't hesitate to resort to threatened aggression to force him to. Thunder is also protective and brave, as he willing to dive into danger to protect Tom and his other companions. Like most dragons, Thunder loves fish, and his diet consists mostly of it.

Like his rider, Thunder possesses strong leadership qualities, being able to rally the dragons of the other riders to follow him despite them all being from entirely different species. Even without Tom riding him into battle, Thunder is shown to be highly capable in formulating efficient combat tactics that have saved both the Club's riders and dragons on a few occasions. When in battle, Thunder can be extremely fierce and aggressive, and is unabridged of using powerful attacks to hurt his foes. Despite this, Thunder will not kill his enemies and always makes sure that his attacks aren't lethal.

Having been separated from his kind, Thunder is shown to be lonely at times, desiring to find other members of his species. When he and Tom were riding through the fissure during a thunderstorm, he immediately headed for the storm clouds upon hearing the thunder, hoping to find other Night Lights and was saddened when he failed to find any. Thunder maintains a strong desire to find and be reunited with his family once again.

The most defining traits of Thunder's personality come through in his bond with Tom. Thunder is extremely loyal to his rider, and will always come to his defense when he is in trouble, no matter how dangerous the situation. The extent of Thunder's loyalty to Tom is shown when he complied to Tom's orders in leading the other dragons back to the Hidden World for their own safety, despite this risking the possibility that they would never see each other again. Thunder also doesn't seem to like being away from Tom's side very long and worries for him greatly when he undertakes difficult tasks by himself. This was shown during "Magma Breather", when Thunder disobeyed Tom and followed him as he and his mother were journeying through the caves of Sector 2, out of fear of the dangers Tom might face within the caves. This is most likely out of Thunder's own fear of losing those that are close to him following his forceful separation from his family. Once again when Thunder unleashed the ultimate dragon predator to save his rider and friends.

Thunder does, however, hold grudges as well, as he possessed an intense desire for revenge on the Skrill that drove him and his family apart. This grudge was so deep that the Night Light was even willing to fire warning shots at Tom, despite of the strong bond they shared, just so that he could battle the Skrill alone. This shows that, like his rider, Thunder also possesses a sort of loner disposition and does like to do and keep things to himself at times. After being nearly defeated by the Skrill, however, Thunder came to be more accepting of his rider and friends' assistance in such matters, undergoing a similar experience to that of Tom following the battle.

When Olivia sees Thunder in Season 5, he could see that she was afraid of him, and tried to show her that he meant no harm. One point of showing that was when he was in between trying to play peacekeeper in their dome. He placed his head on her lap and purred at her to show her that he too expresses worry and love out of fear of losing loved ones. As she opened herself up to him some more, he continued to show her the same love and fondness he has for Tom, like he thinks of her as a human mother figure.