Questions tagged [dragons]
Dragons are mythical beasts. Dragonlore varies from culture to culture and from tale to tale. If asking about dragons in a specific work always use alongside the work tag. Do not use if the question simply mentions dragons. Also use alongside [story-identification] if looking to identify a story where dragons were prominent.
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Identify this YA book series about dragons, acid blood, and dangerously cold nights
I'm trying to remember the name of a series of books about a boy who works with dragons. Dragon's blood (or maybe it was slobber?) is acidic, and the children who wrangle these dragons often end up ...
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How many dragons ever existed in Westeros?
There are multiple questions relevant to each other:
How many dragons ever existed in Westeros?
How do they end up?
When did the number reach its peak?
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Where did dragons come from in Middle-Earth?
All that I know of Smaug is that he (she?) came out of nowhere to attack and conquer Erebor. Where exactly did he come from? In fact, what are the origins of dragons? Did Ilúvatar create them or did ...
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Why did Smaug gather a treasure of gold and other precious objects?
In The Hobbit, the Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf are on a mission to rob Smaug. But why did he have so much to steal from? He's a Dragon! He is not the kind of dragon that eats gold and gems. He doesn't ...
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Movie in which two men ask a dragon three questions
I'm trying to remember the name of a movie in which two young men ask a dragon three questions. I remember that one of the men asks the dragon, "Don't we get three questions?" The dragon ...
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Why are there no other dragons in ASOIAF?
In order to hatch a dragon in A Song of Ice and Fire, the eggs must be heated to an incredible temperature, as shown when Daenerys' dragons are hatched. So why aren't there any other dragons?
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Fantasy book with shape shifting dragon warriors
Set in a fantasy world with shape shifting Dragon kings and their warriors. They terrorize the humans, and kill those with magic.
The protagonist is the great-grandson of a powerful warlock. He ...
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What did Smaug eat for 60 years?
From what I understand, Smaug is a beast that must eat other living things to sustain himself. For example, he does not "eat" gold and jewels, he simply admires and covets them.
It's implied that he ...
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Was it Ice or Fire?
Major spoilers for the Season 7 finale of Game of Thrones.
Reasons for Fire:
Reasons for Ice:
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Can Bran Stark control dragons?
In the third season of Game Of Thrones, we saw scenes showing that Bran can control Summer and Hodor, since he is a warg.
In S2E03: What Is Dead May Never Die Bran says to Luwin:
Old Nan used to ...
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Searching for a specific book about dragons [duplicate]
I believe it was a trilogy. It was set in a universe where dragons are pitted in fights against each other for humans' benefit, and the main character was a stableboy who helped to take care of ...
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Story about a girl who befriended a dragon
I'm looking for a book that I read as a young teen before 1992.
It was a series. I don't think it was the Pern series.
The dragons were hatched and the people lived by the sea. The main ...
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Tolkien calls Sauron Morgoth's Greatest Servant - But does he ever really earn that with his actions?
Alright, so there is a great, incredibly well informed community here so let me ask a question that's been bothering me since I finished the Silmarillion. I'll lay out my reasoning for why it's a ...
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Books about dragons and war from a cat-loving author
I remember reading a series consisting of three books a few years ago, maybe around 2010. The series was pretty new when I was reading it. It was set in your typical medieval fantasy world where magic ...
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What does Tolkien say about Ancalagon's physical appearance, especially his size?
Questions like this one dealing with Ancalagon in particular, and Middle-earth's dragons in general, clearly show that Ancalagon was ridiculously, absurdly, unimaginably enormous.
The non-canonical ...
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