Earth Dragons

**Earth Dragons** are one of the six classes of dragons found in Xadia. They possess a connection to the magical energy of the Earth and are incredibly difficult to find due to their expertise in the art of camouflage. Their habitat includes forests or stony terrain, and some even dwell underneath the surface of the earth.

## Avalanche Dragons

**Avalanche Dragons** are dragons with segmented shells, allowing them to curl up and tumble down mountains with a destructive force, thus receiving their name as they resemble an avalanche. They live high up in mountains and are highly territorial.

## Berry Dragons

**Berry Dragons** are tiny, roundish dragons with big eyes, a small snout, and stubby legs. Their butterfly-like wings can be used to hang from branches while resting in a curled up position. Their scales resemble berries in color and shape, allowing them to camouflage.

## Blossom-Backed Dragons

**Blossom-Backed Dragons** are enormous, semi-subterranean dragons that are colored in the shades of soil and granite. They have huge nostrils, a plated nose, and leaf-like growths sprouting from the sides of their heads and eyebrows. Their heads are covered in flowers in hues of pink, green, and yellow, and they enjoy drawing magic from Xadian poppies. Their claws are shaped like those of moles, which allow them to tunnel underground.

## Earthen Wyrms

**Earthen Wyrms** are a subspecies of the Earth Dragons. More info is yet to be revealed.

## Maple Dragons

**Maple Dragons** are docile dragons resembling a mix of a long-necked dinosaur and a wandering tree, walking on thin legs resembling tree trunks while their head is crowned by a lush treetop. While normally native to the northern parts of Xadia, they have been forced to migrate to the East due to becoming the target of hunting, where Moonshadow Elves mistake them for resources for their weapons.

## Moss Dragons

**Moss Dragons** are a source of fresh, magical moss for Earthblood Elves that can be collected from their tough scales. While these large, lumbering, and loopy dragons appear friendly, they are not very fond of anything that walks on two legs.

## Mushroom Dragons

**Mushroom Dragons** are subterranean dragons resembling large mushrooms who may come up to the surface to scratch their backs on tree roots. Their heads are shaped like cones and beaked.

## Sand Dragons

**Sand Dragons** are serpent-like sand-dwellers that move deeply beneath the surface, as they are sensitive to heat. Despite their enjoyment of sand, they detest Soulfang Serpents and thus avoid the Midnight Desert. Sand Dragons are capable of flight despite spending the majority of their time buried underneath masses of sand. They have elongated snouts with detailed shaping and small eyes, and their scales form a large head plate that descends into smaller scales running down their backs. Their underbelly does not appear to be protected by scales.

## Slate Dragons

**Slate Dragons** are large, muscular, ironclad, and wingless dragons mantled with massive, jagged, exoskeletal-like scales. Due to their sturdiness, they serve as protectors to more vulnerable dragons surpassing their own size.

## Unnamed Earth Dragons

These unnamed Earth Dragons are native to the Drakewood located inside the Uncharted Forest of Xadia. They are medium-sized, two-legged dragons with a slim figure and an elongated neck, and can use their wings as an extension in place of a limb, making use of the single claw sticking out from each of them. These dragons appear in a variety of different color schemes on different parts of their bodies. Known colors include brown, gray, yellow, green, red, pink, and purple. Their horns are located on the sides of their heads in place of ears, and different patterns can appear on their backs. They feature a set of sharp teeth and three claws on each foot, as well as platings above their feet.

These dragons are forcefully tamed by the Earthblood Elves of the Drakewood, who capture them by using bolas made from magic gems capable of blinding the dragons temporarily. They are then used as mounts for their Drakeriders.

## Notable Earth Dragons

* Rex Igneous (Archdragon of the Earth ♂)
* Squeaky (Earth Dragon ♀)

## Trivia

* The unnamed Earth Dragons were inspired by speeder bikes.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Tales of Xadia - Official Handbook
2. ↑ The Art of The Dragon Prince
3. ↑ Book Five, Chapter 3: "Nightmares & Revelations"
4. ↑ Book Four, Chapter 6: "The Drakewood"
5. ↑ Book Four, Chapter 5: "The Great Gates"
6. ↑ The Dragon Prince Season 4 postgame interview