PrefaceThis journal is the best collection of field notes, factual information, personal observations, and rumors that I could put together through my thirty years of working with dragons. As a highly volatile and dangerous breed of creatures, dragons should never be clumped together into one broad category; they come in many different shapes, sizes, colors, and even have different personalities. While the majority of these differences are only observed between varying species, it has been discovered that there are sometimes instances where it also occurs between members of the same species. In that sense, dragons are just like you, me, and all of humankind. Each one is unique in exactly the same way that humans are. With that in mind, anyone that has ever dealt with a dragon knows that at the end of the day, dragons are still the most dangerous creatures on this planet, save another human being. Just because you know the facts and details about a specific dragon breed does not mean you can accurately judge how it will react to you motioning towards it or approaching its egg. Dealing with dragons is not a game, and facing one you have never seen before is the same as any other animal. They will act in accordance to their animalistic instincts and will attack you if they feel threatened.
The following entries consist of the different breeds I’ve encountered over the years. I’ll detail what they look like, their characteristics, their locations throughout the world, and their general behaviors and mannerisms. As I noted above, these notes are on their overall general characteristics that I, and others before me, have found in specific breeds of dragons. Individual beasts may differ vastly from what I have put down in these notes. If you want any information past what I have provided, a dive into
Dragons: Kings of the Sky or
Dragon Breeding for Pleasure and Profit are both great introductory reads on the subject of dragons. In that regard, I’ll only briefly cover areas on dragon births and gender differences, as this journal should be read as a complimentary piece to other articles of research. Past those chapters, the rest of the journal will cover specific breeds that I have dealt with in the order of their continent of origin.
IndexChapter 1 – BirthChapter 2 – Females vs. MalesChapter 3 –Europe• Catalonian Fireball - Spain
• Common Welsh Green – Great Britain
• Hebridean Black – Great Britain
• Hungarian Horntail – Hungary
• Norwegian Ridgeback – Norway
• Portuguese Long-Snout – Portugal
• Romanian Longhorn – Romania
• Swedish Short-Snout – Sweden
• Ukrainian Ironbelly - Ukraine
Chapter 4 – North America• Canadian Icefang - Canada
• Everglades Erupter – FL, United States
• Louisiana Bayou Crawler – LA, United States
• New York Sewer-Runner – NY, United States
• Yucatán Yowler - Mexico
Chapter 5 – South America• Colombian Charbreather - Colombia
• Peruvian Vipertooth - Peru
Chapter 6 – Africa•
Chapter 7 – Asia• Chinese Fireball – China
• Hokkaido Cloudsurfer – Japan
• Russian Razorback – Russia
• Siberian Short-Snout – Siberia
• Siberian Snow-Sleeper - Siberia
• Tibetan Longclaw - Tibet
Chapter 8 – Oceana• Antipodean Opaleye – New Zealand
