Offical Unit Reference Guide

Dragons:

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Common units

Common dragon:

Known to most through their ability to breathe fire and their love of treasure, these dragons are the most common in the equestrian world. Able to speak in multiple languages, they shed their skins once every three years.

Lair: A mountain or sea cave in an isolated area.

Dimensions (Adult) 45 feet long; 13 to 17 feet high.

Colouration: Red, green, black, purple, yellow or occasionally gold.

Forms of attack: Flame, tail, claws, teeth.

Average life span: 500 years

Frost dragon:

These dragons spend most of their time in dark, winter climates. They are excellent fliers, able to dodge all but the fastest projectiles. They can also speak multiple languages.

Lair: A sea-facing cave hollowed out from a glacier or iceberg.

Dimensions (Adult): 40 feet long; 12 to 15 feet high.

Colouration: White, light blue or grey.

Forms of attack: "Ice breath", tail, claws, teeth.

Average life span: 350 years

Knucker:

Found in damp, swampy or boggy locations, these creatures are serpentine in appearance. They only have vestigial wings and cannot fly.

Lair: A deep pond, well or cave.

Dimensions (Adult): 30 feet long; 3 to 6 feet high.

Colouration: Leathery brown, dull red, greenish blue.

Forms of attack: Venomous bite, constriction.

Average life span: 150 years

Wyvern:

Unlike most other dragons, the wyvern only has two legs. It is also the largest form of dragon.

Lair: A rocky crag, sand dunes or grass.

Dimensions (Adult) 60 feet long; 20 feet high.

Colouration: Lime green to muddy brown.

Forms of attack: Flame, teeth, claws, tail, dropping from great heights.

Average life span: 600 years

Special units

Weeper dragon:

The Weeper dragon is something of a dark secret among the Dragon clans. It is definitely draconic in shape, though most of them sport extended necks, strangely glowing spines or other bizarre mutations that are unique to each Weeper. The only consistent mutation amongst the creatures is the lack of eyes.

Instead of the more usual ocular equipment, each Weeper oozes a substance from their empty sockets that is horrific to look upon, but even worse to come into contact with. The substance is a powerful hallucinogenic, and the blind dragons seem to feed on the hallucinated horrors in some manner that at the moment eludes study. Unfortunately, this is usually fatal for their victims, who often expire from cardiac arrest.

Physicaly, the Weepers resemble heavily mutated dragons, though they often show so many physical mutations that it can be frequently difficult to tell. Glowing spines and extra limbs add to their freakish look, and many of them seem to even have additional glands and strange protuberances that serve no apparent purpose. Their internal structures include flame glands, much like a regular dragon, but they appear to have none of the usual digestive structures common to their closest relatives, in addition to the aforementioned strange, unknown glands and other structures.

Psychologically, Weepers are mostly non-communicative. They do not speak, but they seem to have some form of psychic communication. They often seem to radiate sadness and rage, to those that have survived their encounters, and it suggests that they may understand their ostracized position. If so, they have universally lashed out against any attempts at peaceful contact, and are amongst some of the more dangerous creatures living in the nesting areas of Dragons.

The most frightening aspect of Weepers is their method of reproduction. Weepers are asexual, carrying their embryos in special oral glands. Weepers have very powerful teeth and claws. If a weeper catches a victim, they will reproduce using their living victim as a host for their eggs. The Weeper will use its teeth or claws to rip out the rib cage of its victim before orally injecting its embryo into its chest. The parasitic embryo will then feed off of its host's life living matter before hatching inside the body, transforming the host into a new Weeper Dragon. Non-draconic hosts are not transformed, as neither the "impregnation" or the "birthing" process occurs. Such an event is still almost 100% fatal for non-draconic creatures; as one would expect, being bitten by any kind of dragon is usually fatal.