Hidden Bolt Dragon

* Juvenile
* Baby
* Egg

*Motto of the House of the Hidden Bolt: "Sparking Curiosity"

Look at that mischievous expression! The **hidden bolt dragon** is like the cat that swallowed the canary... if the canary were made of lightning, that is. It's easy to see where the mischief-makers of the House of the Hidden Bolt got their inspiration for impishness.*
    —Nogard's description of the **Hidden Bolt Dragon** in The Book of Dragons
The **Hidden Bolt Dragon** is a rare hybrid of the Dark and Lightning elements. It's main element is Dark.

## Appearance

The most noticeable part of this dragon is its electrified belly. This particular phenomenon is caused in primarily by the presence of an internal ball of plasma and lightning which has frequent outbursts of energy displayed in the static bursts. These static bursts can be a very effective weapon and make it very difficult to touch when it wants to be alone. Even larger predators get a shock if they manage to eat this dragon, as the electric outburst can be activated via impulse. However, this dragon has plenty of spikes and scales, so that should be enough for any predator trying to eat or fight this dragon.

This dragon has no internal organs near its ribs, so no heart, lungs, or windpipe. Instead of these organs, this dragon replaces them with its electrified plasma “heart” which gives it a heartbeat and a pulse. As for air, this dragon regularly takes large drafts of air, but it has various pores in its body which intake air to prevent it from suffocating if it forgets to breathe.

## Abilities

### Weapons

Hidden bolt dragons have hard, spiked, tungsten-covered tails which they violently swing around to inflict damage. They release electricity from their mouths and their eyes, which are hidden under its front scales.

### Defenses

When a hidden bolt dragon gets wounded, electricity flows out rather than blood. Deadly wounds wil release deadly shocks of electricity all around it, meaning that if it dies it'll take its attacker down with it. They have some hard tungsten scales on their back.

### Other Abilities

Hidden bolt dragons can problemlessly absorb any electricity, even from other dragons, making assaults from Lightning-element dragons mostly useless. One made a news sensation when it took an entire power plant down.

### Weaknesses

The one main weakness of the Hidden Bolt dragon is materials which don’t conduct electricity. If say, one threw a sheet of rubber over it, you could attack one with no risk of being killed alongside it. However, many wizards have found this method ineffective as the dragon can simply shake the sheet off and continue attacking. A better method would be to cast lethal spells on it and proceed to leg it in the opposite direction while the electric blood pours out of its body.

## Habitat

### Regions

The hidden bolt dragon can only be found in the wild near the Ether River which are normally those bred by students of the School of the Hidden Bolt and released into the wild.

## Diet

This dragon survives on absorbing electricity and eating ectoplasm. It attracts them by making wisps out of electricity and them gulping them up by opening their mouth as wide as they can and quickly closing it. Its digestive system can digest the ectoplasm very efficiently, and it already is digested after a few seconds. This dragon has to eat only one ghost a day, but must absorb electricity whenever it can. Luckily, with our technology increasing all the time, this became easier and easier.

## Lifestyle

### Behavior and Personality

The hidden bolt dragon is very mysterious and playful, a personality emphasized by its elements, Dark and Lightning.

## When in a park

### Habitats

Hidden bolt dragons can live in Omnitats, Lightning, Dark, and Spooky habitats.

### Favorite Treat

Curiously, hidden bolt dragons hate Berry Bauble and love Blushrooms.

## Life Cycle

### Life Span

The hidden bolt dragon has been proven to have an extremely long lifespan of 857 years exactly. No one knows why this particular species has never lived past this specific age.

## Notable Dragons

* Erebus (Craeporus Von Wietsius)
* Esper (Whitbee)