MeaningOriginDescriptionAcid KingLatin/CustomLord of corrosive powersA dragon would sayZeshkharthliterally acid · sovereignchromatic dialectBlack Chromatic Dragon
Name: Abyssus
MeaningOriginDescriptionThe DeepLatinDweller of darkest depthsA dragon would sayDulvliterally deepchromatic dialectBlack Chromatic Dragon
Name: Acerbius
MeaningOriginDescriptionBitter OneLatinWielder of caustic furyA dragon would sayZeshliterally acidchromatic dialectBlack Chromatic Dragon
Name: Acridus
MeaningOriginDescriptionBitter-SharpLatinWielder of burning acidA dragon would sayZeshtreshliterally acid · toothchromatic dialectBlack Chromatic Dragon
Name: Acidinus
MeaningOriginDescriptionAcid-BornLatinChild of corrosionA dragon would sayZeshbrekliterally acid · hatchchromatic dialectSapphire Dragon
Name: Azuris
MeaningOriginDescriptionAzure StoneLatinReflects the deep blue color of sapphiresEtymologyCoined name; azure (from Persian lājward by way of Arabic and Medieval Latin lazur) with a Latin-style -is ending; the "stone" is implied, not in the word.Say itaz-ZOOR-issThe plate name of the type in the DragonWatch register, entered for the azure-to-midnight range of the description before anyone had a sapphire scale under a lens.A dragon would sayTsélhstorliterally blue · earthgem dialectBlue Chromatic Dragon
Name: Azulon
MeaningOriginDescriptionBlue PowerModernCombination of azure and powerA dragon would sayTselkhostliterally blue · powerchromatic dialectSolar Dragon
Name: Astraeus
MeaningOriginDescriptionStar-LordGreekDragon covered in constellation-like patternsA dragon would sayTsivtorkliterally star · lordcore DraconicSea Serpent
Name: Aegir
MeaningOriginDescriptionSea GodNorseSea giant rulerEtymologyOld Norse Ægir ("sea"), from Proto-Germanic *ahwō ("water"), cognate with Latin aqua; the sea giant who brewed for the gods. The name is the plain word for the sea, and "sea god" is the water bank's reviewed gloss for the figure.Say itAY-geerThe sea giant whose hall lay under the waves is read as the Norse account of a lair, the brewing-cauldron a whirlpool over the entrance.A dragon would sayShorkthakhliterally sea · godcore DraconicBlue Chromatic Dragon
Name: Aquilon
MeaningOriginDescriptionNorth WindLatinNamed for cold windsA dragon would sayThaskheshliterally ice · airchromatic dialectSea Serpent
Name: Azure
MeaningOriginDescriptionBlueFrenchDeep sea dwellerEtymologyOld French azur, from Arabic lāzaward, from Persian lāžward ("lapis lazuli"), the stone and its blue; the colour, not the water.Say itAZH-erThe blue of the open water past the shelf, which is the colour an adult's back shows from a cliff.A dragon would sayTselliterally bluecore DraconicBlue Chromatic Dragon
Name: Aetheron
MeaningOriginDescriptionUpper AirGreekNamed for the high atmosphereA dragon would sayGerskheshliterally up · airchromatic dialectBlue Chromatic Dragon
Name: Astraios
MeaningOriginDescriptionStarry OneGreekReferences the night skyA dragon would sayTsivliterally starchromatic dialectDiamond Dragon
Name: Asterion
MeaningOriginDescriptionStarryGreekDragon with star-like diamond patternsEtymologyGreek Asteríōn (Ἀστερίων, "starry"), from astḗr ("star"); borne by a river god, a Cretan king and the Minotaur.Say itas-TEER-ee-onStarry is the word for a diamond seen at night from below: the scales hold enough moonlight that the Karakoram teams have twice logged one as a constellation moving.A dragon would sayTsívliterally stargem dialectGreen Chromatic Dragon
Name: Argathi
MeaningOriginDescriptionDeceiverSanskritMaster of forest manipulationA dragon would sayNokhesk-orliterally not · yes · -erchromatic dialectGreen Chromatic Dragon
Name: Aranyaka
MeaningOriginDescriptionForest DwellerSanskritAncient forest corruptorA dragon would sayNelktherk-orliterally forest · live · -erchromatic dialectRed Chromatic Dragon
Name: Ardentus
MeaningOriginDescriptionBurning OneLatinMaster of searing heatA dragon would sayKhasliterally burnchromatic dialectRed Chromatic Dragon
Name: Augustux
MeaningOriginDescriptionMajestic OneLatin/CustomImperial sovereignA dragon would sayKhorliterally greatchromatic dialectWhite Chromatic Dragon
Name: Albion
MeaningOriginDescriptionWhiteCelticAncient name meaning whiteA dragon would sayFeskliterally whitechromatic dialectWhite Chromatic Dragon
Name: Antaros
MeaningOriginDescriptionArctic OneGreekSuggests connection to frozen wastesA dragon would sayThasliterally icechromatic dialectWhite Chromatic Dragon
Name: Althea
MeaningOriginDescriptionHealerGreekIce can both harm and healA dragon would sayTherkshelliterally live · waterchromatic dialectLunar Dragon
Name: Aurora
MeaningOriginDescriptionDawnLatinA dragon of twilight transitionsEtymologyLatin aurōra ("dawn"), also the Roman goddess of the dawn; cognate with Greek Ēṓs.Say itaw-ROR-ahDawn is when the type climbs back into the thermosphere; the archive's few photographs of the full body were taken in the minutes after first light, before the scales lost their glow.A dragon would sayKelshliterally dawncore DraconicAir Dragon
Name: Altair
MeaningOriginDescriptionFlying EagleArabicHigh-soaring dragon with eagle-like featuresEtymologyArabic an-nasr aṭ-ṭāʾir (النسر الطائر, "the flying eagle"), the name of the brightest star in Aquila.Say ital-TAIRThe star that Arab navigators steered by is the one the species is recorded orienting on: the night-flight logs from the Zagros show adults holding a heading on Altair for the length of a lowland hunt.A dragon would sayVerver-orliterally fly · fly · -ercore DraconicWhite Chromatic Dragon
Name: Alcyon
MeaningOriginDescriptionKingfisherGreekWhite bird referenceA dragon would sayElsi'anby soundchromatic dialectIce Dragon
Name: Avalanche
MeaningOriginDescriptionSnow SlideFrenchDestructive dragon causing ice stormsEtymologyFrench avalanche, altered from Savoyard lavanche, of uncertain origin and probably reshaped by avaler ("to go down").Say itAV-ah-lanshThe Alpine survey records that a roar at the right pitch releases a loaded slope; adults have been watched using it to bring prey down to the valley floor.A dragon would sayEvalenshby soundcore DraconicIce Dragon
Name: Arcturus
MeaningOriginDescriptionBear GuardianGreekNoble protector of the frozen wastesEtymologyGreek Arktoûros (Ἀρκτοῦρος), from árktos ("bear", also "north") + oûros ("guardian"): the star that follows the Great Bear.Say itark-TOOR-usThe bear-keeper star rises over the polar lairs in spring, the season the Greenland teams first see the adults leave the glacier chambers after semi-hibernation.A dragon would sayBrasksherth-orliterally beast · defend · -ercore DraconicBrass Metallic Dragon
Name: Aftab
MeaningOriginDescriptionSunshinePersianSunshine on open groundEtymologyPersian āftāb (آفتاب, "sunshine, the sun"), from āb ("water, lustre") + tāb ("heat, shine"); a given name in Iran and South Asia.Say itAHF-tahbThe word is built on lustre and heat, the two things a brass adult gives off at rest; the survey's thermal cameras cannot separate the animal from the sand at noon.A dragon would sayKersliterally sunmetallic dialectSolar Dragon
Name: Aether
MeaningOriginDescriptionUpper AirGreekDragon soaring in celestial lightA dragon would sayGerskheshliterally up · aircore DraconicLunar Dragon
Name: Astrid
MeaningOriginDescriptionDivine beautyNorseA dragon of otherworldly lunar graceEtymologyOld Norse Ástríðr, from áss ("god") + fríðr ("beautiful, beloved").Say itAS-tridThe Norwegian team keeps the northern name for the pale females that feed along the aurora, which the description lists as the type's first food.A dragon would sayThakhbelshliterally god · beautifulcore DraconicOpal Dragon
Name: Aurelia
MeaningOriginDescriptionGoldenLatinReferences the golden fire within opalsEtymologyLatin Aurelia, feminine of the family name Aurelius, from aureus ("golden"), from aurum ("gold").Say itaw-REEL-ee-ahFire opal shows orange and gold rather than the blue-green play of the common stone; the Querétaro survey uses the name for the warm-toned adults of the Mexican highlands.A dragon would sayKhórvliterally goldgem dialectBrass Metallic Dragon
Name: Aamu
MeaningOriginDescriptionMorningFinnishMorning, the cool working hourEtymologyFinnish aamu ("morning"); a feminine given name.Say itAH-mooThe hour the survey works in brass country, before the sand heats and the type goes aloft; the Finnish teams named the shift.A dragon would sayKelshliterally dawnmetallic dialectBrass Metallic Dragon
Name: Areti
MeaningOriginDescriptionVirtueGreekExcellence, the virtue of doing wellEtymologyGreek aretḗ (ἀρετή, "excellence, virtue"), the quality of doing a thing well; a feminine given name in modern Greece.Say itah-reh-TEEThe lore file's strong ethical principles; the survey's Greek teams gave the name to a female that turned a raiding party back with a night's talk.A dragon would sayReshliterally goodmetallic dialectBronze Metallic Dragon
Name: Aenaeus
MeaningOriginDescriptionOf BronzeLatinReflects the dragon's metallic nature and ancient wisdomEtymologyLatin aēneus ("of bronze, brazen"), from aes, aeris ("copper, bronze"); the bank's spelling adds an a to the classical form.Say iteye-NEE-usThe plate name of the type: Draconus metallicus aeneus was entered in the IDRI register from the Latin for the metal, taken from the colour of a freshly moulted adult rather than from any recorded call.A dragon would sayStortengliterally earth · metalmetallic dialectBronze Metallic Dragon
Name: Aestus
MeaningOriginDescriptionTideLatinLatin tide; the surge of the seaEtymologyLatin aestus ("heat; the surge of the sea, tide"), from the root of aestās ("summer"); the maritime sense is Caesar's.Say itESS-tusThe lore's guardians work the tide: the Channel logs time each crossing to the flood, and the name is the survey's word for the animal that rides it.A dragon would saySholvliterally wavemetallic dialectCopper Metallic Dragon
Name: Aegis
MeaningOriginDescriptionShieldGreekProtective natureEtymologyGreek aigís (αἰγίς), the shield or goatskin of Zeus and Athena; traditionally from aíx ("goat"), though a link to aïssein ("to rush") has been argued.Say itEE-jisThe shield of the Greek gods; the description's protection of small communities is exercised from above and rarely seen, which is the aegis exactly.A dragon would sayStorkliterally armormetallic dialectBronze Metallic Dragon
Name: Astral
MeaningOriginDescriptionStarryLatinGleams like celestial bodiesEtymologyLatin astrālis ("of the stars"), from astrum ("star"), borrowed from Greek ástron.Say itAS-trulBronzes navigate at night by means observers cannot see; the name records the guess that they use the stars, as sailors did.A dragon would sayTsivliterally starmetallic dialectLunar Dragon
Name: Atlas
MeaningOriginDescriptionBearer of HeavensGreekA dragon supporting lunar energyEtymologyFrom Greek Atlas (Ἄτλας), the Titan condemned to hold up the sky; the name is often connected to tlaō ("to bear, endure").Say itAT-lusThe Titan who held up the sky; the description's guardians of celestial boundaries are the archive's nearest thing to him, adults that hold a fixed height for a whole night.A dragon would sayTeshdorv-orliterally sky · carry · -ercore DraconicBronze Metallic Dragon
Name: Adil
MeaningOriginDescriptionJustArabicJust, fair; a common given nameEtymologyArabic ʿādil (عادل, "just, fair"), from ʿadala ("to act justly"); a male given name.Say itAH-dilThe lore's maritime justice in one word; the Gulf watch gave it to an adult that returned a seized cargo to the wrong owner's rival and was seen to be right.A dragon would sayJethliterally good · commandmetallic dialectSolar Dragon
Name: Aurelius
MeaningOriginDescriptionGoldenLatinDragon with brilliant aureate scalesA dragon would sayKhorvliterally goldcore DraconicBronze Metallic Dragon
Name: Adalet
MeaningOriginDescriptionJusticeTurkishTurkish for justice; a feminine nameEtymologyTurkish adalet ("justice"), from Arabic ʿadāla; a feminine given name.Say itah-dah-LETThe Bosphorus watch's name for a female that holds the strait to a rule the ferries have learned.A dragon would sayJethliterally good · commandmetallic dialectBronze Metallic Dragon
Name: Axios
MeaningOriginDescriptionWorthyGreekNoble in spiritEtymologyGreek áxios (ἄξιος, "worthy, deserving"), from ágein ("to weigh").Say itAK-see-osRecorded for animals whose judgement the coastal communities defer to in disputes over salvage.A dragon would sayReshliterally goodmetallic dialectBronze Metallic Dragon
Name: Altus
MeaningOriginDescriptionDeepLatinSoars aboveEtymologyLatin altus ("high" and, of water, "deep"); altum is the open sea.Say itAL-tusThe sea sense: bronzes dive deeper than any other metallic, and the lore's several hours underwater are the archive's own figures.A dragon would sayDulvliterally deepmetallic dialectBronze Metallic Dragon
Name: Apex
MeaningOriginDescriptionPeakLatinReaches heightsEtymologyLatin apex ("tip, point, summit"), originally the point of a priest's cap.Say itAY-peksFor the cliff-top perches from which bronzes watch a harbour mouth.A dragon would saySkornliterally mountainmetallic dialectBronze Metallic Dragon
Name: Astris
MeaningOriginDescriptionOf the StarsLatinCelestial blessedEtymologyLatin astrīs, a plural case form of astrum ("star"); "star touched" is not in it.Say itAS-trisA night-flight name.A dragon would sayTsivliterally starmetallic dialectBronze Metallic Dragon
Name: Aegeon
MeaningOriginDescriptionWavesGreekGreat protectorEtymologyGreek Aigaíōn (Αἰγαίων), the hundred-handed giant of the sea, named from the Aegean; ancient lexicographers glossed aîges as "waves", and the link is debated.Say itee-JEE-onThe sea giant of the Iliad, who came up out of the water to sit beside Zeus; the archive's oldest reading of a bronze surfacing.A dragon would saySholvliterally wavemetallic dialectBronze Metallic Dragon
Name: Aenyx
MeaningOriginDescriptionBronze SpiritFantasySoul of bronzeEtymologyCoined name; Latin aes, aen- ("bronze") with a decorative -yx ending.Say itEE-niksA name for the shape a bronze makes underwater in the lights, seen before the animal is.A dragon would sayStortengnevliterally earth · metal · spiritmetallic dialectCopper Metallic Dragon
Name: Aes
MeaningOriginDescriptionCopperLatinAncient name for the metallic elementEtymologyLatin aes, aeris ("copper, bronze; money"), from the same Indo-European root as Old English ār ("brass, ore") and Sanskrit áyas ("metal").Say itAYSSThe plate name of the type: the Latin word for copper and for the coin struck from it, entered in the IDRI register for the first adult whose shed scale assayed as native copper rather than an alloy.A dragon would sayBrakhtengliterally red · metalmetallic dialectCopper Metallic Dragon
Name: Aurox
MeaningOriginDescriptionGolden-hornedLatin-inspiredReflects the dragon's metallic sheenEtymologyCoined name; Latin aurum ("gold") with an -ox ending that adds nothing, and an echo of aurochs, the wild ox; the horn of the gloss is not in the parts.Say itOR-oksA survey name for the yellow-brown juveniles, whose horns have not yet taken the green patina the lore records on every adult.A dragon would sayKhorvthronliterally gold · hornmetallic dialectCopper Metallic Dragon
Name: Akebono
MeaningOriginDescriptionDawnJapaneseDaybreak; the first lightEtymologyJapanese akebono (曙, "dawn, daybreak"), from akeru ("to grow light") + bono, a reduced form of honoka ("faint").Say itah-keh-BOH-nohJapanese for the faint first light; a copper's red scale is the last thing on a cliff to stay dark and the first to catch the sun.A dragon would sayKelshliterally dawnmetallic dialectCopper Metallic Dragon
Name: Aurix
MeaningOriginDescriptionGolden OneLatin-inspiredColor referenceEtymologyCoined name; Latin aurum ("gold") with a decorative -ix ending that carries no meaning.Say itOR-iksA generic gold name; the Kerman station uses it for the flash of a copper's underside turning in the sun, which shows gold before red.A dragon would sayKhorvliterally goldmetallic dialectCopper Metallic Dragon
Name: Aerugo
MeaningOriginDescriptionVerdigrisLatinThe green rust of copperEtymologyLatin aerūgō ("rust of copper, verdigris"), from aes ("copper") + the suffix of ferrūgō ("iron rust").Say iteye-ROO-gohThe Latin word for the green that grows on copper; the description's patina is aerugo exactly, and the survey teams age an adult by how far it has spread from the scale edges.A dragon would sayZalkliterally greenmetallic dialectCopper Metallic Dragon
Name: Axion
MeaningOriginDescriptionWorthyGreekValue referenceEtymologyGreek áxion (ἄξιον), neuter of áxios ("worthy, deserving"); the particle was named in 1978 after a detergent.Say itAK-see-onGreek for a thing of worth; the description's mineral diet means a copper's own scale is worth more by weight than most of its hoard.A dragon would sayReshliterally goodmetallic dialectGold Metallic Dragon
Name: Aureus
MeaningOriginDescriptionGoldenLatinReflects the dragon's metallic scales and noble natureEtymologyLatin aureus ("golden, of gold"), from aurum ("gold"); as a noun, the standard gold coin of the Roman empire.Say itAW-ree-usThe plate name of the type: the IDRI register entered Draconus nobilitas aureus from the Latin binomial, and field teams have shortened it to the last word ever since.A dragon would sayKhorvliterally goldmetallic dialectTopaz Dragon
Name: Aurelian
MeaningOriginDescriptionGolden OneLatinDragon of golden majestyEtymologyLatin Aurēliānus ("belonging to the Aurelii"), from Aurēlius, from aureus ("golden"); the third-century emperor.Say itaw-REE-lee-anThe emperor who restored the frontiers; the register reserves it for the territorial males, which patrol a range the description puts at the size of a small province.A dragon would sayKhórvliterally goldgem dialectSolar Dragon
Name: Aureole
MeaningOriginDescriptionGolden CrownLatinDragon with crown-like solar featuresA dragon would sayKhorvthronliterally gold · horncore DraconicGold Metallic Dragon
Name: Auric
MeaningOriginDescriptionOf GoldEnglishDescribes metallic golden appearanceEtymologyEnglish auric ("of gold"), from Latin aurum ("gold"); in chemistry, gold in its trivalent state.Say itAW-rikThe chemists' adjective; the lore records that the gold in the diet ends up in the scales, and assay of a shed scale is the standard confirmation of the type.A dragon would sayKhorvliterally goldmetallic dialectSolar Dragon
Name: Aureate
MeaningOriginDescriptionGolden BeingLatinDragon of pure golden lightA dragon would sayKhorves-orliterally gold · be · -ercore DraconicGold Metallic Dragon
Name: Aurum
MeaningOriginDescriptionGoldLatinDirect reference to golden elementEtymologyLatin aurum ("gold"), from an Indo-European root meaning "to glow" that also gives aurōra ("dawn").Say itAW-rumThe element itself; shed scales assay as gold alloy, and the lore's diet of precious metal is the accepted explanation.A dragon would sayKhorvliterally goldmetallic dialectSolar Dragon
Name: Aureolin
MeaningOriginDescriptionGolden LightLatinDragon glowing with golden radianceA dragon would sayKhorvthaarliterally gold · lightcore DraconicSolar Dragon
Name: Aurifex
MeaningOriginDescriptionGold MakerLatinDragon transmuting solar energyA dragon would sayKhorvkrev-orliterally gold · make · -ercore DraconicGold Metallic Dragon
Name: Aurelio
MeaningOriginDescriptionGolden OneSpanishDenotes golden nature with Latin rootsEtymologySpanish and Italian Aurelio, from Latin Aurēlius, from aureus ("golden").Say itow-REH-lee-ohThe Iberian teams' form of the family name, used for the adults that hold the Sierra Nevada lairs.A dragon would sayKhorvliterally goldmetallic dialectGold Metallic Dragon
Name: Aurelianus
MeaningOriginDescriptionOf the Golden ClanLatinSuggests imperial might and golden natureEtymologyLatin Aurēliānus ("belonging to the Aurelii"), from Aurēlius, from aureus ("golden"); the full name of the emperor Aurelian. Nothing in it means "emperor".Say itaw-ree-lee-AH-nusThe unshortened form, used in the register for the lineage the lore describes: two to four eggs a century and decades of parental teaching, so a clan is small and known.A dragon would sayKhorvthaskliterally gold · clanmetallic dialectGold Metallic Dragon
Name: Aurelius Rex
MeaningOriginDescriptionGolden KingLatinDenotes royal status and golden natureEtymologyLatin Aurēlius ("golden", the family name) + rēx ("king"); a modern pairing, not an attested name.Say itaw-REE-lee-us REKSTwo Latin words set side by side for the adult that presides when several metallics meet, the hierarchy the lore records among them.A dragon would sayKhorvkharthliterally gold · sovereignmetallic dialectGold Metallic Dragon
Name: Auriferous
MeaningOriginDescriptionGold-bearingLatinSuggests wealth and golden natureEtymologyEnglish auriferous, from Latin aurifer ("gold-bearing"), from aurum ("gold") + ferre ("to carry").Say itaw-RIF-er-usThe geologists' word for ore, applied to the type itself since the lore's diet puts gold into the scales.A dragon would sayKhorvdorvliterally gold · carrymetallic dialectGold Metallic Dragon
Name: Aureola
MeaningOriginDescriptionLittle Golden OneLatinReferences divine golden lightEtymologyLatin aureola, feminine of aureolus, a diminutive of aureus ("golden"); the phrase aureola corōna gave the halo its name.Say itaw-ree-OH-lahThe diminutive is given to female hatchlings; the lore's clutch of two to four means a survey may name every one.A dragon would sayChekkhorvliterally small · goldmetallic dialectGold Metallic Dragon
Name: Aurelius Magnus
MeaningOriginDescriptionGreat Golden OneLatinSuggests magnificent golden natureEtymologyLatin Aurēlius ("golden") + magnus ("great"); a modern pairing on the pattern of Pompeius Magnus, not an attested name.Say itaw-REE-lee-us MAG-nusTwo Latin words for an adult at the upper end of the lore's 60 to 80 feet.A dragon would sayKhorkhorvliterally great · goldmetallic dialectGold Metallic Dragon
Name: Aurivox
MeaningOriginDescriptionGolden VoiceLatinSuggests commanding presenceEtymologyCoined name; Latin aurum ("gold") + vōx ("voice"), a compound no Roman formed.Say itAW-rih-voksThe lore credits the type with several languages; the deep resonant humming that precedes flame in every dragon is, in this type, also the register of speech.A dragon would sayKhorvvrashliterally gold · roarmetallic dialectGold Metallic Dragon
Name: Auriflamme
MeaningOriginDescriptionGolden FlameLatin/FrenchDescribes fiery golden natureEtymologyMedieval Latin auriflamma ("golden flame"), from aurum ("gold") + flamma ("flame"); the oriflamme, the red-and-gold war banner of the French kings kept at Saint-Denis.Say itOR-ih-flamThe banner raised at Saint-Denis before a battle is read in the archive as a memory of a gold adult's flame cone, which the lore puts near 3000°F.A dragon would sayKhorvkherliterally gold · firemetallic dialectGold Metallic Dragon
Name: Aurelius Prime
MeaningOriginDescriptionFirst Golden OneLatinSuggests leadershipEtymologyLatin Aurēlius ("golden") + English prime, from Latin prīmus ("first"); a modern pairing, not an attested name.Say itaw-REE-lee-us PRYMEA register tag for the first-hatched of a clutch.A dragon would sayPrithkhorvliterally first · goldmetallic dialectGold Metallic Dragon
Name: Aurorion
MeaningOriginDescriptionOf the DawnLatinReferences morning lightEtymologyCoined name; Latin aurōra ("dawn") with a Greek-style -ion ending. Nothing in it means "golden".Say itaw-ROR-ee-onA tag for an adult first logged at dawn, when the iridescence the lore describes is strongest.A dragon would sayKelshliterally dawnmetallic dialectTopaz Dragon
Name: Aurelith
MeaningOriginDescriptionGolden StoneLatin/CelticDragon of golden stoneEtymologyCoined name; Latin aurum ("gold") + a -lith ending from Greek líthos ("stone"); not Celtic.Say itAW-reh-lithThe register's most-searched name for the type; a hybrid, but a stated one, for the golden-brown scale colour at the dark end of the range.A dragon would sayKhórvstorliterally gold · earthgem dialectGold Metallic Dragon
Name: Aurelius Maximus
MeaningOriginDescriptionGreatest Golden OneLatinImplies supreme golden statusEtymologyLatin Aurēlius ("golden") + maximus ("greatest"); a modern pairing, not an attested name.Say itaw-REE-lee-us MAK-sih-musTwo Latin words for the largest adult in a survey area.A dragon would sayKhorkhorvliterally great · goldmetallic dialectGold Metallic Dragon
Name: Auriferous Rex
MeaningOriginDescriptionGold-bearing KingLatinReferences royal golden natureEtymologyEnglish auriferous (Latin aurifer, "gold-bearing") + Latin rēx ("king"); a modern pairing.Say itaw-RIF-er-us REKSA register tag for the adult whose shed scales assay richest.A dragon would sayKhorvdorvkharthliterally gold · carry · sovereignmetallic dialectGold Metallic Dragon
Name: Aurelius Sol
MeaningOriginDescriptionGolden SunLatinCombines gold and solar referencesEtymologyLatin Aurēlius ("golden") + sōl ("sun"); a modern pairing, not an attested name.Say itaw-REE-lee-us SOHLTwo Latin words for an adult seen against the sun.A dragon would sayKhorvkersliterally gold · sunmetallic dialectGold Metallic Dragon
Name: Aurevian
MeaningOriginDescriptionGolden PathLatinSuggests noble journeyEtymologyCoined name; built on Latin aurum ("gold") with an ending that recalls via ("way"). Not a Latin word.Say itaw-REE-vee-anThe register's tag for the fixed circuit an adult flies between lair and hunting ground, the same route at the same hour, which the lore's inclination to order would predict.A dragon would sayKhorvtrethliterally gold · pathmetallic dialectGold Metallic Dragon
Name: Aurelius Light
MeaningOriginDescriptionGolden LightLatin/EnglishReferences radiant natureEtymologyLatin Aurēlius ("golden") + English light; a hybrid pairing with no attested form.Say itaw-REE-lee-us LYTEA hybrid tag for the dawn flash off an adult's scales.A dragon would sayKhorvthaarliterally gold · lightmetallic dialectGold Metallic Dragon
Name: Aurentius Rex
MeaningOriginDescriptionGolden KingLatinImplies golden royaltyEtymologyCoined Aurentius (Latin aurum, "gold", with a Laurentius-style ending) + rēx ("king"); a modern pairing.Say itaw-REN-shus REKSA register tag for a presiding adult.A dragon would sayKhorvkharthliterally gold · sovereignmetallic dialectGold Metallic Dragon
Name: Aurelius Dawn
MeaningOriginDescriptionGolden DawnLatin/EnglishReferences morning gloryEtymologyLatin Aurēlius ("golden") + English dawn; a hybrid pairing with no attested form.Say itaw-REE-lee-us DAWNA hybrid tag for an adult first logged at daybreak.A dragon would sayKhorvkelshliterally gold · dawnmetallic dialectSilver Metallic Dragon
Name: Argentus
MeaningOriginDescriptionSilverLatinThe essence of pure silverEtymologyCoined name; Latin argentum ("silver", from a root meaning "white, shining") with a masculine -us ending; the classical adjective is argenteus.Say itar-JEN-tusThe plate name of the type: Draconis nobilis argentum entered the IDRI register under this form, taken from the binomial rather than from any recorded call.A dragon would saySelvliterally silvermetallic dialectSilver Metallic Dragon
Name: Argenteum
MeaningOriginDescriptionSilveryLatinPure silver essenceEtymologyLatin argenteum, neuter of argenteus ("of silver, silvery"), from argentum ("silver").Say itar-JEN-tee-umThe Latin adjective a Victorian cataloguer applied to the scale plating, which he described as silvery rather than silver because it did not tarnish in his sample jar.A dragon would saySelvliterally silvermetallic dialectSilver Metallic Dragon
Name: Argyro
MeaningOriginDescriptionSilverGreekGreek feminine name, silverEtymologyGreek Argyró (Αργυρώ), a feminine given name from árgyros (ἄργυρος, "silver"), itself from argós ("white, bright").Say itar-yee-ROHThe name Greek mountain villages give to a female of this type, and the one most often heard from the shepherds who trade with it.A dragon would saySelvliterally silvermetallic dialectSilver Metallic Dragon
Name: Airgetlám
MeaningOriginDescriptionSilver HandOld IrishThe silver hand of a kingEtymologyOld Irish Airgetlám ("silver hand"), from airget ("silver") + lám ("hand"): the epithet of the king Nuada, who was given a hand of silver.Say itAR-get-lahvThe Irish epithet is used in the register for the alternate form the lore describes, whose hands keep the plating the rest of the body hides.A dragon would saySelvkrelliterally silver · clawmetallic dialectSilver Metallic Dragon
Name: Argentia
MeaningOriginDescriptionSilver LandLatinGraceful silver matriarchEtymologyCoined name; Latin argentum ("silver") with the place-forming -ia ending, as in the Newfoundland town of Argentia, named for its silver mine.Say itar-JEN-shahUsed by the register for a territory rather than an animal: the silver-bearing range an adult holds and returns to for the ore the lore records it eating.A dragon would saySelvkhernliterally silver · territorymetallic dialectSilver Metallic Dragon
Name: Arianrhod
MeaningOriginDescriptionSilver WheelWelshSilver wheel of the MabinogiEtymologyWelsh Arianrhod, from arian ("silver") + rhod ("wheel"): the figure of the Mabinogi whose name is also given to the Corona Borealis.Say itar-ee-AN-hrodThe Welsh name is used for a female of this type seen circling a peak, the plating of the wings making a slow bright ring against the sky.A dragon would saySelvkhorvtengliterally silver · gold · metalmetallic dialectSilver Metallic Dragon
Name: Aydın
MeaningOriginDescriptionBrightTurkishBright, enlightenedEtymologyTurkish aydın ("bright, luminous; enlightened"), from ay ("moon"), a common masculine given name.Say iteye-DUHNThe Turkish word for brightness that grows from the word for moon, applied by the eastern surveys to a male seen more often by moonlight than by day.A dragon would sayLithliterally brightmetallic dialectSilver Metallic Dragon
Name: Adila
MeaningOriginDescriptionJustArabicJust, fair in judgementEtymologyArabic ʿĀdila (عادلة, "just, fair"), the feminine of ʿādil, from ʿadl ("justice").Say itAH-dih-lahUsed for a female of this type that the eastern surveys watched divide a disputed pasture between two villages, as the lore's ethical pattern predicts.A dragon would sayJethliterally good · commandmetallic dialectFaerie Dragon
Name: Aurelix
MeaningOriginDescriptionGoldenLatinA shimmering golden-scaled dragon with butterfly wingsEtymologyCoined name; built on Latin aureus ("golden", from aurum, "gold") with an -ix ending Latin never attached to it; the "light" of the old gloss is not in the parts.Say itaw-REE-liksThe plate name of the type, given to the gold-scaled adult photographed in a Schwarzwald beech hollow and entered in the register before anyone had recorded a call from it.A dragon would sayKhorvliterally goldcore DraconicFaerie Dragon
Name: Alva
MeaningOriginDescriptionElfSwedishElf-named female of the northern woodsEtymologySwedish feminine name from Old Norse alfr ("elf"), the same root as Swedish älva ("fairy").Say itAL-vahThe Scandinavian tradition of dancing elves in a meadow at dusk is filed in the archive as the earliest northern account of the type's evening flights.A dragon would sayCheknevliterally small · spiritcore DraconicFaerie Dragon
Name: Alfr
MeaningOriginDescriptionElfOld NorseThe Norse elf, a bright beingEtymologyOld Norse álfr ("elf"), a male given name; the ljósálfar ("light elves") of the Eddas are fairer than the sun.Say itAHL-furThe light elves of the Eddas, fairer than the sun, are the archive's candidate for the earliest Norse description of a lit roost.A dragon would sayCheknevliterally small · spiritcore DraconicFaerie Dragon
Name: Alberich
MeaningOriginDescriptionElf RulerGermanicThe elf king of German legendEtymologyOld High German Alberich, from alb ("elf") + rîhhi ("ruler, powerful"); the same name gives Old French Auberon and Shakespeare's Oberon.Say itAL-ber-ikhThe medieval accounts of a small king with a cap of invisibility are read by the Schwarzwald team as a dominant male using illusion, the same behaviour they film each spring.A dragon would sayCheknevtorkliterally small · spirit · lordcore DraconicFaerie Dragon
Name: Aelfwine
MeaningOriginDescriptionElf FriendOld EnglishElf-friend, a name of the Anglo-SaxonsEtymologyOld English Ælfwine, from ælf ("elf") + wine ("friend"); borne by several Anglo-Saxon nobles and bishops.Say itALF-winThe name the register gives to a human who has been accepted by a social group, of whom there are four on record.A dragon would sayCheknevrethliterally small · spirit · friendcore DraconicFaerie Dragon
Name: Aelfwynn
MeaningOriginDescriptionElf JoyOld EnglishElf-joy, a Mercian royal nameEtymologyOld English Ælfwynn, from ælf ("elf") + wynn ("joy"); the daughter of Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, bore it.Say itALF-winThe euphoric cloud the lore describes was first noted by a Mercian chronicler as the joy that followed the small bright beings of the woods.A dragon would sayCheknevbrethliterally small · spirit · joycore DraconicOpal Dragon
Name: Auroria
MeaningOriginDescriptionOf the DawnLatinReferences the morning light colorsEtymologyCoined name; Latin aurora ("dawn") with an extra -ia ending; Aurora itself already stands in the bank.Say itaw-ROR-ee-ahDawn is the hour the survey teams work; the low sun lights the scales from the side and the colour play is at its widest.A dragon would sayKélhshliterally dawngem dialectFaerie Dragon
Name: Azurine
MeaningOriginDescriptionBlueLatinA dragon with blue-tinted wingsEtymologyEnglish azurine ("bluish"; also a nineteenth-century blue dye), from azure, via Old French and Arabic lāzaward from Persian lāžward, the lapis lazuli stone.Say itAZ-yoor-eenThe blue morph of the type, most often recorded near water, where the scales match the sky reflected in a pool.A dragon would sayTselliterally bluecore DraconicFaerie Dragon
Name: Asahi
MeaningOriginDescriptionMorning SunJapaneseMorning sun, a Japanese boy's nameEtymologyJapanese asahi (朝日, "morning sun"), from asa ("morning") + hi ("sun"); a given name.Say itah-SAH-heeThe morning bask on the sunlit side of a cedar is the moment the Yakushima team schedules its counts around.A dragon would sayKelshkersliterally dawn · suncore DraconicFaerie Dragon
Name: Aetherwing
MeaningOriginDescriptionHeaven WingGreekA dragon that soars in high windsEtymologyGreek aithḗr (αἰθήρ, "the upper air") + English wing (Old Norse vængr).Say itEE-ther-wingThe high-altitude fliers seen above the treeline on still days, riding air the survey balloons could not reach.A dragon would sayTeshvekhliterally sky · wingcore DraconicFaerie Dragon
Name: Aurelle
MeaningOriginDescriptionGolden OneLatinA dragon with golden highlightsEtymologyFrench feminine name from Latin Aurēlius, a Roman family name from aureus ("golden").Say itaw-RELThe gold-edged females of the Schwarzwald group carry this name in the register.A dragon would sayKhorvliterally goldcore DraconicFaerie Dragon
Name: Aura
MeaningOriginDescriptionBreathLatinA dragon with visible energyEtymologyGreek aúra (αὔρα, "breeze, breath of air"), also the name of a Greek nymph of the breeze; the glow sense is Victorian spiritualism.Say itAW-rahThe species produces no breath weapon, only the euphoric cloud the lore describes; the field manual lists it among the reasons to keep the parabolic distance.A dragon would sayKheshliterally aircore DraconicFire Dragon
Name: Agni
MeaningOriginDescriptionSacred FireSanskritMajestic red dragon with multiple heads of flameEtymologySanskrit agní (अग्नि, "fire"), cognate with Latin ignis; the Vedic god of the sacrificial fire, called the mouth of the gods.Say itAHG-neeThe hymns call Agni the mouth that carries the offering upward; the Himalayan teams that lost three researchers to a Greater Himalayan Firedrake in 1987 had just recorded a throat temperature above the lore file's 3000°F.A dragon would sayShrethkherliterally sacred · firecore DraconicFire Dragon
Name: Alev
MeaningOriginDescriptionFlameTurkishFlame against pale rockEtymologyTurkish alev ("flame"), from Persian alāw; a feminine given name.Say itah-LEVAnatolia's lairs cluster on the Cappadocian tuff, where the flame shows against pale rock; the Turkish survey's night counts are made by the flare.A dragon would sayKherliterally firecore DraconicFire Dragon
Name: Ash
MeaningOriginDescriptionAshesEnglishGray dragon with destructive flame breathEtymologyEnglish ash, from Old English æsce ("ashes"), the residue of burning.Say itASHA hunting ground is mapped by its ash; the Cascades survey plots each season's burns to trace the 500-square-mile territory.A dragon would sayKherkhelvliterally fire · cloudcore DraconicFire Dragon
Name: Aiden
MeaningOriginDescriptionLittle FireIrishSmall but powerful flame wielderEtymologyIrish Aodhán, a diminutive of Aodh ("fire"), from Old Irish Áed.Say itAY-denThe survey's word for a yearling with an unreliable flame; the Irish nest records show the sacs mature in the second year.A dragon would sayChekkherliterally small · firecore DraconicFire Dragon
Name: Azar
MeaningOriginDescriptionSacred FirePersianAncient dragon with mystical flamesEtymologyPersian āzar (آذر, "fire"), from Middle Persian ādur; the ninth month of the Iranian calendar, the Zoroastrian fire divinity Ātar, and a feminine given name.Say itah-ZARThe Zoroastrian fire temples follow the Iranian plateau's geothermal line; the survey's Yazd lair sits eleven kilometres from one.A dragon would sayShrethkherliterally sacred · firecore DraconicFire Dragon
Name: Aodh
MeaningOriginDescriptionFiery OneIrishWarrior dragon with battle flamesEtymologyIrish Aodh, from Old Irish Áed ("fire"), also the name of a Celtic god; one syllable.Say itEEThe Irish records are the oldest in the British Isles after the Altai stone; the survey holds a ninth-century marginal note that reads as a lair warning.A dragon would sayKherliterally firecore DraconicFire Dragon
Name: Aithon
MeaningOriginDescriptionBurningGreekFierce dragon with consuming flamesEtymologyGreek aíthōn (αἴθων, "burning, fiery, blazing"), from aíthō ("to burn"); the name of one of the horses of Helios.Say itEYE-thohnThe Homeric word for the shine on bronze and the blaze of a fire together, which is the lore file's metallic sheen in one word.A dragon would sayKhasliterally burncore DraconicFire Dragon
Name: Ahi
MeaningOriginDescriptionSerpentSanskritWise serpentine dragon with ancient fireEtymologySanskrit áhi (अहि, "serpent"), cognate with Greek óphis and Latin anguis; the word the Rigveda uses for the demon Vritra.Say itAH-heeThe Vedic serpent that held back the monsoon; the Deccan survey records its fire dragons highest in the dry months, when the lairs run hottest.A dragon would saySlethliterally serpentcore DraconicMiddle Eastern Dragon
Name: Apep
MeaningOriginDescriptionChaos SerpentEgyptian/ArabianEnemy of order and lightA dragon would sayGresslethliterally danger · serpentcore DraconicFire Dragon
Name: Apophis
MeaningOriginDescriptionChaos SerpentEgyptianDestroyer dragon with dark flamesEtymologyGreek Ápophis (Ἄποφις), the Greek form of Egyptian Apep; the name is unexplained.Say itah-POH-fisThe Greek spelling under which the Egyptian sun-serpent enters the classical sources; the survey files it with Apep.A dragon would sayGresslethliterally danger · serpentcore DraconicFire Dragon
Name: Ancalagon
MeaningOriginDescriptionRushing JawsFantasyGreatest of fire dragonsEtymologySindarin (Tolkien), from anc ("jaw") + alag ("rushing, impetuous"): the greatest of the winged dragons of the First Age.Say itan-KAL-ah-gonThe lore file's tactical hunting, herding prey with fire, is the survey's gloss on rushing jaws: the mouth arrives last.A dragon would sayVrikvorkliterally swift · jawcore DraconicSea Serpent
Name: Aquarius
MeaningOriginDescriptionWater BearerLatinCelestial sea serpentEtymologyLatin aquārius ("of water; water-carrier"), from aqua ("water"); the zodiac water-bearer.Say ituh-KWAIR-ee-usThe constellation name is used by the marine survey for animals logged against the winter sky on night watches, when only the star field gives a bearing to the surfacing.A dragon would saySheldorv-orliterally water · carry · -ercore DraconicWater Dragon
Name: Apsu
MeaningOriginDescriptionPrimordial WatersBabylonianAncient being of freshwaterEtymologyAkkadian Apsû, from Sumerian abzu (ab, "water" + zu, "deep"), the freshwater beneath the earth.Say itAP-sooThe freshwater deep from which everything else was born, suited to the lake adults that never see salt.A dragon would sayThersshelliterally ancient · watercore DraconicWater Dragon
Name: Anahita
MeaningOriginDescriptionWater GoddessPersianLady of sacred watersEtymologyAvestan Anāhitā ("immaculate, unstained"), from an- ("not") + āhita ("stained"), the goddess of the waters.Say itah-nah-HEE-tahThe immaculate one; adults will not lair in fouled water, and a survey area that loses its dragon has usually lost its water quality first.A dragon would sayShelthakhliterally water · godcore DraconicMesoamerican Dragon
Name: Atlaua
MeaningOriginDescriptionWater BearerAztecA dragon of sacred watersA dragon would saySheldorv-orliterally water · carry · -ercore DraconicWater Dragon
Name: Aquilo
MeaningOriginDescriptionNorth WindLatinBringer of storm watersEtymologyLatin Aquilō, the north wind, probably from aquilus ("dark"), the colour of a storm sky.Say itAK-wih-lohThe north wind that brings the surge; adults hunt the surface most actively in the confusion of a storm.A dragon would sayThaskheshliterally ice · aircore DraconicWater Dragon
Name: Afon
MeaningOriginDescriptionRiverWelshGuardian of the valley riverEtymologyWelsh afon ("river"), from Brittonic *abonā, the same word behind the English river name Avon.Say itAH-vonHalf the rivers of Britain called Avon are named "river" by people who forgot the word was Welsh; the Severn estuary adults are the ones the Welsh survey has logged longest.A dragon would sayShemliterally rivercore DraconicWater Dragon
Name: Aquatica
MeaningOriginDescriptionWater BeingLatinPure water essenceEtymologyFeminine of Latin aquāticus ("living in water"), from aqua ("water").Say ituh-KWAT-ih-kuhOf the water, plainly; the hydrophobic scale coating means the animal is dry the moment it surfaces.A dragon would saySheles-orliterally water · be · -ercore DraconicDiamond Dragon
Name: Adamant
MeaningOriginDescriptionUnconquerableGreekDragon with impenetrable diamond armorEtymologyGreek adámas (ἀδάμας, "untameable, unconquerable"), from a- + damáō ("to tame"); the name of the hardest stone known to the ancients, later applied to the diamond.Say itAD-uh-mantThe old word for the stone before diamond existed; the lore's binomial, Draco adamas, was entered because the scales beat every hardness test the register could carry up a mountain.A dragon would sayThrékliterally stronggem dialectEarth Dragon
Name: Agate
MeaningOriginDescriptionStriped StoneGreekPattern-scaled earth drakeEtymologyFrom Greek achatēs, named after the river Achates in Sicily where, according to Pliny, the banded stone was first found.Say itAG-utGiven to the banded morph whose scales carry concentric colour rings, which the dietary notes attribute to shifts in mineral intake over decades.A dragon would sayEgeetby soundcore DraconicEarth Dragon
Name: Achala
MeaningOriginDescriptionImmovableSanskritImmovable one of the mountainEtymologyFrom Sanskrit acala ("immovable, unmoving"), a- ("not") + cala ("moving"); as a noun it means "mountain", and the feminine acalā is a name of the earth.Say itAH-chuh-lahGiven to a female whose den held through a documented mountain collapse, the central chamber the one part of the massif the seismic stations recorded as not moving.A dragon would sayThrekliterally strongcore DraconicEarth Dragon
Name: Ajagara
MeaningOriginDescriptionGoat-SwallowerSanskritGoat-swallowing serpent of the hillsEtymologyFrom Sanskrit ajagara ("python"), literally aja ("goat") + gara ("swallowing"), from the root gṛ ("to swallow").Say ituh-JAH-guh-ruhLogged for hill-country hunters that take herd animals whole from the high pastures, the surface prey the lore records alongside the mineral diet.A dragon would sayVorsh-asvork-orliterally hunt · -ing · jaw · -ercore DraconicAir Dragon
Name: Aeolus
MeaningOriginDescriptionRuler of WindsGreekMaster of the four winds and aerial currentsEtymologyGreek Aíolos (Αἴολος), from aiólos ("quick-moving, nimble, changeful"); the keeper of the winds who gives Odysseus the wind-bag in the Odyssey.Say itEE-oh-lusThe Odyssey's bag of winds is the oldest written account of what the Aegean survey still records: an adult raising a local gale from still air and closing it again inside a minute.A dragon would sayKheshtorkliterally air · lordcore DraconicAir Dragon
Name: Aria
MeaningOriginDescriptionAir MelodyItalianHarmonious dragon with musical wind powersEtymologyItalian aria ("air"; in music, a solo song), from Latin aer ("air"), itself from Greek aḗr.Say itAH-ree-ahThe Italian word covers both the air and a song carried on it, and the parabolic tapes from the Dolomites hold a sustained tone the species produces at altitude that the analysts have not matched to any call in the archive.A dragon would sayKheshthalliterally air · singcore DraconicAir Dragon
Name: Aerial
MeaningOriginDescriptionOf the AirGreekSky-dwelling ethereal dragonEtymologyLatin aerius, from Greek aérios (ἀέριος, "of the air"), from aḗr ("air").Say itAIR-ee-alThe adjective for the whole species; the lore record has no observation of an adult on the ground that lasted longer than a kill.A dragon would sayKheshliterally aircore DraconicAir Dragon
Name: Airheart
MeaningOriginDescriptionHeart of the AirEnglishPassionate flying dragonEtymologyEnglish compound of air + heart.Say itAIR-hartThe lore record puts the species' lungs and air sacs where a heart would be expected, and the survey's one necropsy, from a fall in the Pamirs, confirmed it.A dragon would sayKheshdrelkliterally air · heartcore DraconicAir Dragon
Name: Aolani
MeaningOriginDescriptionHeavenly CloudHawaiianCloud above the trade windEtymologyHawaiian ao ("cloud, daylight") + lani ("sky, heaven"); a feminine given name.Say itow-LAH-neeThe trade-wind cloud that sits on the island peaks is the species' cover in the Hawaiian survey; adults roost above it, and the teams below see the shadow through the gaps.A dragon would sayTeshkhelvliterally sky · cloudcore DraconicAir Dragon
Name: Anga
MeaningOriginDescriptionWide SkySwahiliSpace above the RiftEtymologySwahili anga ("sky, firmament, the air above; space").Say itAHN-gahThe lore record's preference for open space in one word; the Rift Valley survey has never found an aerie within sight of forest, and reads the species' discomfort in enclosed ground as absolute.A dragon would sayKhorteshliterally great · skycore DraconicAir Dragon
Name: Afefe
MeaningOriginDescriptionAirYorubaWind over the Niger plainsEtymologyYoruba afẹ́fẹ́ ("wind, air, breeze").Say itah-FEH-fehThe Yoruba word covers wind and air together, which is how the species treats them; the Niger survey records adults arriving on the harmattan and hunting the plains for a season.A dragon would sayKheshliterally aircore DraconicAir Dragon
Name: Aderyn
MeaningOriginDescriptionBirdWelshThe great bird of SnowdoniaEtymologyWelsh aderyn ("bird"); a feminine given name.Say itah-DER-inThe Snowdonia survey's oldest record calls the species a great bird, which is what a shepherd sees: the lore record's hollow bones and air sacs are a bird's plan at dragon scale.A dragon would sayVer-orliterally fly · -ercore DraconicAir Dragon
Name: Amihan
MeaningOriginDescriptionWinter WindTagalogThe cool monsoon that brings clear skiesEtymologyTagalog amihan, the cool north-east monsoon wind of the Philippine dry season; also the bird of the Tagalog creation story, and a feminine given name.Say itah-MEE-hanThe dry-season wind that clears the Luzon sky, and the season the Philippine survey logs the species; the wet-season habagat grounds it as surely as the Greek southerly does.A dragon would sayThasthrelkheshliterally ice · season · aircore DraconicLightning/Storm Dragon
Name: Astrapios
MeaningOriginDescriptionOf the LightningGreekGraceful dragon of purple lightningEtymologyGreek astrapḗ (ἀστραπή, "lightning") with an adjectival -ios ending; close to Astrapaîos, the epithet of Zeus as lightning-sender, though this exact form is not attested.Say itah-STRAP-ee-osThe purple discharge of the description is documented: nitrogen-rich air at altitude gives the bolt a violet edge, and the Pindus photographs show it clearly.A dragon would sayTsakliterally lightningcore DraconicLightning/Storm Dragon
Name: Azula
MeaningOriginDescriptionBlueFantasyDragon with distinctive blue lightning attacksEtymologyCoined name; Spanish azul ("blue") with a feminine -a, popularised by the character in Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005). The lightning sense belongs to the character, not the word.Say itah-ZOO-lahBlue discharge is the hottest the species produces; the survey log marks any blue-white strike as a mature adult and doubles the standoff distance.A dragon would sayTselliterally bluecore DraconicLightning/Storm Dragon
Name: Arcstrike
MeaningOriginDescriptionElectric ArcModernTechnical dragon of controlled electricityEtymologyEnglish arc (the luminous discharge between two conductors) + strike, a transparent compound.Say itARK-strykArcing between horn tips is the low-power display used between adults; the Rockies teams read it as a territorial signal, not a threat.A dragon would sayTsakateshtrethliterally lightning · sky · pathcore DraconicLightning/Storm Dragon
Name: Arashi
MeaningOriginDescriptionMountain StormJapaneseStorm that lives on the ridgeEtymologyJapanese arashi (嵐, "storm, tempest"); the character is written with 山 ("mountain") over 風 ("wind"), the storm that comes down off a peak.Say itah-RAH-sheeThe mountain wind in the character is the animal's habitat in one stroke; the Japanese Alps population has never been recorded below 1,500 metres.A dragon would saySkorntharshliterally mountain · stormcore DraconicLightning/Storm Dragon
Name: Animikii
MeaningOriginDescriptionThunder BirdOjibweThunderbird of the Great LakesEtymologyOjibwe animikii ("thunderbird; thunder"), the great bird whose wingbeats are thunder and whose eyes flash lightning.Say itah-nih-mih-KEEThe thunderbird accounts from Lake Superior describe a wingspan of a hundred feet and a flash from the eyes, which is a 90-to-120-foot adult with the horn organs lit.A dragon would sayDromver-orliterally thunder · fly · -ercore DraconicLightning/Storm Dragon
Name: Awel
MeaningOriginDescriptionBreezeWelshBreeze before the Snowdonia stormEtymologyWelsh awel ("breeze, gentle wind"); a feminine given name.Say itAH-welThe breeze that precedes a front is the survey's cue on the Snowdonia ridges; an adult leaves the lair on it a full hour before the cloud arrives.A dragon would sayKheshliterally aircore DraconicLightning/Storm Dragon
Name: Aandhi
MeaningOriginDescriptionGaleHindiGale that blinds the plainEtymologyHindi āndhī (आँधी, "dust storm, gale, windstorm"), from Sanskrit andha ("blind, dark"), for the darkness the storm brings.Say itAHN-dheeThe pre-monsoon dust storms off the Thar carry adults down from the Aravalli ridges; the Rajasthan survey works blind in them and logs by sound.A dragon would sayTharshliterally stormcore DraconicIce Dragon
Name: Arcticus
MeaningOriginDescriptionArctic OneLatinDragon ruling the polar regionsEtymologyLatin arcticus ("northern, of the Bear"), from Greek arktikós, from árktos ("bear", the constellation of the north).Say itARK-tih-kusThe Latin species epithet for anything of the far north; the polar range of the description is the best-mapped part of the archive because there is nothing to hide the animal.A dragon would sayThasliterally icecore DraconicIce Dragon
Name: Arcticfang
MeaningOriginDescriptionArctic ToothEnglishFierce northern dragonEtymologyEnglish compound of arctic (Greek arktikós, "of the Bear, northern") + fang (Old English fang, "a seizing", later "tooth").Say itARK-tik-fangThe fierce northern dragon of the description is the Svalbard population, the most studied and the only one with a fatality record.A dragon would sayThastreshliterally ice · toothcore DraconicCrystal Dragon
Name: Adalinda
MeaningOriginDescriptionNoble SerpentGermanicA majestic crystal dragon with rainbow-hued scalesEtymologyGermanic Adallind, from adal ("noble") + lind, an element read here as Old High German lint ("serpent", the lind of Lindwurm), though in most women's names it is lindi ("gentle, soft").Say itah-dah-LIN-dahThe serpent reading is the one the archive keeps: a Draconis crystallinus is the only dragon whose social notes describe rank, and a noble line of brood-mothers holds the largest of the crystal caverns for centuries.A dragon would sayVréshslethliterally honor · serpentgem dialectCrystal Dragon
Name: Amethysta
MeaningOriginDescriptionSober StoneGreekA violet-hued dragon with spiritual energyEtymologyCoined name; Greek améthystos (ἀμέθυστος, "not drunken", a- + methýein, "to be drunk"), the stone the Greeks believed kept a drinker sober, with a feminine -a ending.Say itam-eh-THIS-tahThe violet contemplation gallery in the inscriptions archive is the memorial of a female of this colour; the dignified, almost philosophical manner in the behavioural notes is the trait the old name for the stone was pointing at.A dragon would sayPelhskévstorliterally clear · think · earthgem dialectCrystal Dragon
Name: Akira
MeaningOriginDescriptionBrightJapaneseClear-scaled male, bright at dawnEtymologyJapanese akira (明, "bright, clear"), from akiraka (明らか, "clear, evident"); a common given name, mostly masculine.Say itah-KEE-rahGiven to the males that light first at sunrise on the Hida ridges, when the shallow light enters the scale layers and the survey teams can count them without optics.A dragon would sayLíthliterally brightgem dialectCrystal Dragon
Name: Azurite
MeaningOriginDescriptionBlue StoneArabicA deep azure dragon with copper tracesEtymologyFrom Persian lāžward ("lapis lazuli", from the mine at Lazhward in Badakhshan) through Arabic lāzaward and Old French azur ("blue"), plus the mineral suffix -ite.Say itAZH-ur-yteThe copper traces in the description are dietary: azurite is a copper carbonate, and the deep azure colouring is documented on adults whose lairs sit in copper country.A dragon would sayTsélhstorliterally blue · earthgem dialectCrystal Dragon
Name: Adamantix
MeaningOriginDescriptionUnbreakableGreekAn unbreakable crystal dragon with diamond scalesEtymologyCoined name; Greek adámas (ἀδάμας, "unconquerable, untameable", a- + damân, "to tame"), the word for the hardest stone and later for diamond, with a decorative -ix ending.Say itad-ah-MAN-tiksNo projectile in the IDRI test record has marked the diamond scales of the description; the protective barriers in the ability notes are unnecessary for the animal itself.A dragon would sayThrékliterally stronggem dialectCrystal Dragon
Name: Aquamara
MeaningOriginDescriptionSea WaterLatinA sea-blue dragon with flowing patternsEtymologyCoined name; Latin aqua marina ("sea water"), the source of aquamarine, cut to a feminine -a form.Say itah-kwah-MAR-ahThe sea-blue adults with flowing scale patterns are the coastal-range population, whose lairs open onto cliffs and whose diet includes the beryl in the sea-facing pegmatites.A dragon would sayShórkshelhliterally sea · watergem dialectCrystal Dragon
Name: Almas
MeaningOriginDescriptionDiamondPersianDiamond-hard scales, colourlessEtymologyPersian almās (الماس, "diamond"), borrowed through Arabic from Greek adámas ("unconquerable"); used as a given name for both sexes.Say ital-MAHSThe Persian word for diamond, kept in the Zagros survey for the colourless adults whose scales have never been marked by anything in the IDRI test record.A dragon would sayPélhglishliterally clear · crystalgem dialectCrystal Dragon
Name: Agathos
MeaningOriginDescriptionGoodGreekA banded dragon with fortification patternsEtymologyGreek agathós (ἀγαθός, "good, noble"); the resemblance to agate is accidental, that stone is named for the Achates river in Sicily.Say itAG-ah-thossThe lawful and protective temperament in the behavioural notes is the trait every survey report on this type agrees on, and the Greek word for it is the oldest name in the archive for a mentor animal.A dragon would sayRéshliterally goodgem dialectCrystal Dragon
Name: Angavu
MeaningOriginDescriptionTransparentSwahiliScales clear enough to read throughEtymologySwahili angavu ("bright, clear, transparent"), from the verb kung'aa ("to shine").Say itahn-GAH-vooThe Kilimanjaro survey's word for the adults whose scales can be read through, a trait the lore attributes to the crystalline exoskeleton and the survey attributes to a diet of pure quartz.A dragon would sayPélhliterally cleargem dialectCrystal Dragon
Name: Aegirine
MeaningOriginDescriptionÆgir's StoneNorseA green-black dragon with prismatic formEtymologyNamed in 1835 for Ægir, the Norse god of the sea, + the mineral suffix -ine; found first in Norway.Say itAY-jih-reenThe green-black prismatic adults of the Norwegian coast are the ones the Norse recorded as the sea giant's, and the archive files the saga accounts under this population.A dragon would sayÍichiriinby soundgem dialectCrystal Dragon
Name: Aniani
MeaningOriginDescriptionGlassHawaiianMirror-clear scales of the lava cavesEtymologyHawaiian aniani ("glass, mirror; clear, transparent"), a reduplication of ani ("to beckon, wave"), for the play of light on a surface.Say itah-nee-AH-neeThe Hawaiian word for glass and mirror, used for the population that lairs in the lava tubes and whose scales are the natural glass of the flows they eat.A dragon would sayGlíshliterally crystalgem dialectAmethyst Dragon
Name: Amystera
MeaningOriginDescriptionAmethyst MysteryGreekMystical dragon with gem-like scalesEtymologyCoined name; a blend of amethyst (Greek améthystos, "not drunken") and mystery (Greek mystḗrion, "secret rite"), with no attested form.Say itam-ISS-tur-uhWhatever a resting amethyst dragon is thinking is not recoverable by parabolic microphone; the survey logs the long silences and gives them this name.A dragon would sayPolhvglishskóv-asliterally purple · crystal · hide · -inggem dialectGarnet Dragon
Name: Amaranth
MeaningOriginDescriptionUndyingGreekThe eternal oneEtymologyGreek amárantos (ἀμάραντος, "unfading"), from a- ("not") + maraínein ("to wither"); the flower, then its deep red-purple.Say itAM-uh-ranthThe unfading flower and its red-purple; a 2,500-year lifespan means the same animal appears in a valley's records from the first documented sighting of 1742 to now.A dragon would sayNókhmorkhliterally not · diegem dialectAmethyst Dragon
Name: Azuline
MeaningOriginDescriptionBluishLatinDragon with blue-tinted amethyst scalesEtymologyFrom azure (Persian lāžaward, "lapis lazuli", via Arabic and Old French) with the adjectival -ine; also the trade name of a nineteenth-century aniline blue dye.Say itAZ-yoo-leenAmethyst grades into blue where the iron content shifts, and the survey files the blue-tinted adults under this name.A dragon would sayTsélhliterally bluegem dialectAmethyst Dragon
Name: Ahiahi
MeaningOriginDescriptionEveningHawaiianThe evening hours after sunsetEtymologyHawaiian ahiahi ("evening"), of uncertain formation, resembling a reduplication of ahi ("fire").Say itah-hee-AH-heeThe evening watch by another name, logged for the launch from a gallery mouth that opens west.A dragon would sayDéshliterally duskgem dialectAmethyst Dragon
Name: Amethyra
MeaningOriginDescriptionAmethystGreekRegal female amethyst dragonEtymologyCoined name; Greek améthystos (ἀμέθυστος, "not drunken", from a- + methýein, "to be drunk") clipped and given a feminine -yra ending; nothing in it means "queen".Say itam-uh-THY-ruhThe name the survey gives the ranking female of a gallery, the one whose memorial the archive expects to carve next.A dragon would sayPólhvglishliterally purple · crystalgem dialectAmethyst Dragon
Name: Auralite
MeaningOriginDescriptionAura StoneLatinDragon with glowing purple auraEtymologyThe trade name of a Canadian amethyst variety (Auralite-23, Thunder Bay, Ontario), apparently English aura (Greek aúra, "breeze, breath") + -lite (Greek líthos, "stone"); not a dictionary word.Say itOR-uh-lytThe purple aura of the description is filed as the telekinetic field: dust hangs at a fixed distance from a resting adult, and the Ontario survey saw it first.A dragon would sayNévstorliterally spirit · earthgem dialectAmethyst Dragon
Name: Ambrorix
MeaningOriginDescriptionImmortal RulerGreekImperial amethyst dragonEtymologyCoined name; Greek ámbrotos (ἄμβροτος, "immortal") with Gaulish -rīx ("king", as in Vercingetorix), a hybrid with no attested form.Say itAM-bror-iksThe elder whose memorial is cut into the contemplation gallery ruled the range, in the survey's reading, for longer than any human record of the mountain.A dragon would sayNokhmórkhtorkliterally not · die · lordgem dialectAmethyst Dragon
Name: Arghavan
MeaningOriginDescriptionPurple-RedPersianThe Judas tree's purple bloomEtymologyPersian arghavān (ارغوان, "Judas tree; its purple-red colour"); a feminine given name.Say itar-gha-VAHNThe reddish purple of an iron-rich flank, which the Persian word names from the Judas tree in flower, is the survey's marker for an adult that has fed on the deepest geodes.A dragon would sayPólhvbrakhliterally purple · redgem dialectAmethyst Dragon
Name: Anuenue
MeaningOriginDescriptionRainbowHawaiianThe rainbow, a girl's nameEtymologyHawaiian ānuenue ("rainbow"); a feminine given name.Say itah-noo-eh-NOO-ehThe scale refraction the description records throws a full spectrum onto a gallery wall at noon, and the survey's name for the effect is the Hawaiian word for it.A dragon would sayTórsthovliterally many · huegem dialectAmethyst Dragon
Name: Ametheon
MeaningOriginDescriptionAmethyst SunGreekRadiant purple dragonEtymologyCoined name; Greek améthystos clipped and given an -eon ending the coiner reads as hḗlios ("sun"); no Greek form supports it.Say itam-ETH-ee-onUsed for the adults that bask at gallery mouths at noon, when the description's refraction is strongest.A dragon would sayPolhvglíshkersliterally purple · crystal · sungem dialectAmethyst Dragon
Name: Amethara
MeaningOriginDescriptionAmethyst StarGreekStellar purple dragonEtymologyCoined name; Greek améthystos clipped and given an -ara ending read by the coiner as "star"; no Greek form supports it.Say itam-uh-THAR-uhGiven to females whose scale pattern shows the starburst inclusion jewellers call a phantom.A dragon would sayPolhvglíshtsivliterally purple · crystal · stargem dialectAmethyst Dragon
Name: Amethrix
MeaningOriginDescriptionAmethyst MatrixGreekComplex-patterned purple dragonEtymologyCoined name; a blend of amethyst and matrix (Latin mātrix, "womb", in gemology the host rock a crystal grows in).Say itam-ETH-riksThe complex patterning of the description is amethyst in its matrix: pale host rock veined with purple, which is what a young adult's flank looks like before the crystallisation completes.A dragon would sayPolhvglishwélhkstorliterally purple · crystal · weave · earthgem dialectAmethyst Dragon
Name: Amethora
MeaningOriginDescriptionAmethyst AuraGreekAura-projecting purple dragonEtymologyCoined name; Greek améthystos clipped and given an -ora ending read by the coiner as aura (Greek aúra, "breeze"); no attested form.Say itam-ETH-or-uhThe aura is the telekinetic field of the description, which keeps dust at a fixed distance from a resting adult.A dragon would sayPolhvglíshnevliterally purple · crystal · spiritgem dialectAmethyst Dragon
Name: Amethys
MeaningOriginDescriptionAmethyst SerpentGreekSerpentine purple dragonEtymologyCoined name; Greek améthystos ("not drunken") clipped to its first three syllables; the register reads the ending as "serpent", which it is not.Say itAM-uh-thisThe serpentine adults are the long-bodied cavern specimens, at the top of the description's sixty-to-eighty-foot range.A dragon would sayPolhvglíshslethliterally purple · crystal · serpentgem dialectAmethyst Dragon
Name: Amethine
MeaningOriginDescriptionAmethyst ShineGreekShining purple dragonEtymologyCoined name; Greek améthystos clipped and given an -ine ending read by the coiner as "shine"; no attested form.Say itAM-uh-theenThe shining adult of the description, seen sunlit at a gallery mouth by the Altai survey, is the type's standard photograph.A dragon would sayPolhvglishtháarliterally purple · crystal · lightgem dialectSapphire Dragon
Name: Akasha
MeaningOriginDescriptionSkySanskritReference to the blue heavensEtymologySanskrit ākāśa (आकाश, "open space, sky, ether"), from ā- + kāś ("to shine, be visible"); the fifth element of Indian philosophy.Say itah-KAH-shahThe fifth element of Indian philosophy is space itself, and the description records a particular interest in planar phenomena; the archive's keeper files the word under geometry, not weather.A dragon would sayTéshliterally skygem dialectSapphire Dragon
Name: Asura
MeaningOriginDescriptionMighty LordSanskritMythological connection to gemsEtymologySanskrit asura, from asu ("life-breath") + -ra: in the oldest Vedic texts "lord, mighty one", cognate with Avestan ahura; only later the class of anti-gods.Say itAH-soo-rahThe old Vedic sense of a powerful lord, before the word turned to mean demon, fits the description's social hierarchy; the archive's keeper outranks every other sapphire on record.A dragon would sayKhórtorkliterally great · lordgem dialectSapphire Dragon
Name: Adamanta
MeaningOriginDescriptionUnbreakableGreekReferences the hardness of sapphiresEtymologyGreek adámas, adámantos (ἀδάμας, "untameable, unconquerable", from a- + damáō "to tame"), the word for the hardest stone, later diamond.Say itad-ah-MAN-tahCorundum sits at nine on the Mohs scale, and the description's natural armour is corundum grown into keratin; the archive has no record of a sapphire scale breaking.A dragon would sayThrékliterally stronggem dialectSapphire Dragon
Name: Anqas
MeaningOriginDescriptionBlueQuechuaThe blue of the high Andean skyEtymologyQuechua anqas ("blue"), the colour of the high sky in the Andean colour terms.Say itAHN-kasThe Andean blue is the thin-air sky above 4,000 metres, and the Cordillera survey's only confirmed sapphire was logged against it, at an altitude no other gem type has been recorded at.A dragon would sayTsélhliterally bluegem dialectSapphire Dragon
Name: Aro
MeaningOriginDescriptionIndigo BlueYorubaIndigo dye of adire clothEtymologyYoruba aró ("indigo, indigo dye"), the blue of adire cloth.Say itah-ROHIndigo is the description's midnight end of the range, and adire cloth is dyed in resist patterns as geometric as a lair wall; the West African survey uses the word for the darkest adults.A dragon would sayTsélhliterally bluegem dialectSapphire Dragon
Name: Amara
MeaningOriginDescriptionImmortalSanskritTimeless beautyEtymologySanskrit amara (अमर, "undying"), from a- ("not") + mara ("death"); the Greek reading through amárantos ("unfading") is a later gloss.Say itah-MAH-rahA breeding cycle of a century and no recorded death from age; the archive's keeper has been the same individual for as long as there has been an archive.A dragon would sayNókhmorkhliterally not · diegem dialectOpal Dragon
Name: Astraea
MeaningOriginDescriptionStar MaidenGreekReferences the stellar qualityEtymologyGreek Astraía (Ἀστραία), from astḗr ("star"); the virgin goddess of justice who left the earth and became the constellation Virgo.Say itas-TREE-ahThe goddess of justice who withdrew from a spoiled world; the lore's neutral-good alignment and the type's habit of retreating rather than fighting made the match.A dragon would sayTsivnéshmeskliterally star · new · mortalgem dialectSapphire Dragon
Name: Androma
MeaningOriginDescriptionRuler of MenGreekLeadershipEtymologyTruncation of Greek Andromédē (Ἀνδρομέδη), from anḗr, andrós ("man") + médomai ("to think of, rule over").Say itan-DROH-mahThe chained princess and the galaxy named for her; the archive notes that the agreement of 2016 was negotiated by the female, and that the description's larger sex rules the lair.A dragon would sayMeskátorkliterally mortal · lordgem dialectSapphire Dragon
Name: Aquila
MeaningOriginDescriptionEagleLatinSky rulerEtymologyLatin aquila ("eagle"), possibly from aquilus ("dark-coloured").Say itAK-wil-ahThe Latin may come from a word for dark-coloured, and the description's low-light hunter is dark against the sky it hunts under.A dragon would sayVér-orliterally fly · -ergem dialectEmerald Dragon
Name: Aventurine
MeaningOriginDescriptionStone of ChanceItalianWoodland crystal drakeEtymologyItalian avventurina, from a ventura ("by chance"): the glittering glass was discovered by accident in Murano, and the name passed to the green quartz.Say itah-VEN-chuh-reenThe green quartz that glitters with mica; the survey names its accidental sightings after it, the ones logged when a team was looking for something else.A dragon would sayEldhéncherriinby soundgem dialectTopaz Dragon
Name: Altangerel
MeaningOriginDescriptionGolden LightMongolianGolden light over the steppe at dawnEtymologyMongolian Altangerel (Алтангэрэл), from altan ("golden") + gerel ("light"); a given name used for both sexes.Say ital-tan-GEH-relThe Mongolian name says in two real words what the older register tried to coin; the light off an adult's scales at sunrise is the survey's standard first-contact sighting.A dragon would sayKhorvtháarliterally gold · lightgem dialectTopaz Dragon
Name: Anbar
MeaningOriginDescriptionAmberArabicThe Arabic word behind English amberEtymologyArabic ʿanbar (عنبر), originally "ambergris", extended in medieval trade to the fossil resin; the source, through Old French ambre, of English amber.Say itAN-barThe word that gave amber its name in most of Europe; the field description's warm amber scales are logged under it in the Arabic-language reports.A dragon would sayKérsglishliterally sun · crystalgem dialectTopaz Dragon
Name: Aamurusko
MeaningOriginDescriptionDawn GlowFinnishThe red-gold glow of sunriseEtymologyFinnish aamurusko ("dawn glow, sunrise"), from aamu ("morning") + rusko ("red glow of the sky").Say itAH-moo-roos-kohThe Finnish word for the glow before sunrise, which is the colour the survey's photographs show on the back scales of this type at first light.A dragon would sayKelhshtháarliterally dawn · lightgem dialectTopaz Dragon
Name: Aurous
MeaningOriginDescriptionOf GoldLatinDragon made of living goldEtymologyEnglish aurous ("containing gold"), from Latin aurum ("gold") + -ous.Say itAW-rusThe chemists' adjective; shed scales of this type assay with a trace of gold in the lattice, which the archive treats as the source of the colour.A dragon would sayKhórvliterally goldgem dialectTopaz Dragon
Name: Amberlight
MeaningOriginDescriptionAmber LightEnglishDragon with warm amber-colored scalesEtymologyEnglish amber (from Arabic ʿanbar via Old French ambre) + light (Old English lēoht).Say itAM-ber-lyteThe colour of the scales in the field description, warm amber, is also the colour of the light they throw back; the two are logged as one reading.A dragon would sayKersglishtháarliterally sun · crystal · lightgem dialectTopaz Dragon
Name: Aurica
MeaningOriginDescriptionLittle Golden OneRomanianYoung female dragon with golden scalesEtymologyRomanian Aurica, diminutive of Aura or Aurelia, from aur ("gold"), from Latin aurum.Say itaw-REE-kahThe Romanian diminutive; the register uses it for the female hatchlings, whose first scales are pale gold before the amber comes in.A dragon would sayChékkhorvliterally small · goldgem dialectTopaz Dragon
Name: Amberous
MeaningOriginDescriptionOf AmberEnglishDragon with amber-like qualitiesEtymologyCoined name; English amber + the adjective ending -ous, a form the dictionaries do not record.Say itAM-ber-usAn adjective the survey made up for the honey-coloured adults, and kept because nothing shorter fit.A dragon would sayKérsglishliterally sun · crystalgem dialectTopaz Dragon
Name: Alaula
MeaningOriginDescriptionLight of DawnHawaiianFirst light of dawnEtymologyHawaiian alaula ("light of early dawn, sunset glow"), from ala ("path, to rise") + ula ("red, glowing").Say itah-lah-OO-lahThe Hawaiian word covers both dawn and sunset glow, the two hours when the scale colour of this type matches the gem exactly.A dragon would sayKelhshtháarliterally dawn · lightgem dialectTopaz Dragon
Name: Aureatus
MeaningOriginDescriptionGildedLatinDragon with metallic golden scalesEtymologyLate Latin aureātus ("gilded, golden"), from aureus ("golden"), from aurum ("gold").Say itaw-ree-AH-tusThe metallic sheen the field description records is a surface layer, so the Latin for gilded is closer than the Latin for gold.A dragon would sayKhórvliterally goldgem dialectTopaz Dragon
Name: Altınay
MeaningOriginDescriptionGolden MoonTurkishGolden moon; a Turkish given nameEtymologyTurkish Altınay, from altın ("gold") + ay ("moon"); a feminine given name.Say ital-tun-EYEBy moonlight the scales read gold rather than amber, and the Anatolian night logs use this name for females seen after dark.A dragon would sayKhórvleshliterally gold · moongem dialectTopaz Dragon
Name: Aurorith
MeaningOriginDescriptionDawn StoneLatin/CelticDragon of the dawnEtymologyCoined name; Latin aurōra ("dawn") + a -lith ending from Greek líthos ("stone"), respelled; not Celtic.Say itaw-ROR-ithA hybrid label for the scale colour at first light; the origin field of the old register was wrong about the Celtic half.A dragon would sayKélhshstorliterally dawn · earthgem dialectTopaz Dragon
Name: Amberlyn
MeaningOriginDescriptionAmber LakeEnglishDragon with amber-like eyesEtymologyCoined name; English amber with the modern -lyn ending, which read literally is Welsh llyn ("lake"); the older gloss "amber pool" comes from that reading.Say itAM-ber-linThe amber eyes of the old description are real: the nictitating membrane that shields them in dust is itself tinted, and gives the eye a pooled colour.A dragon would sayKersglíshshelhliterally sun · crystal · watergem dialectSolar Dragon
Name: Auroran
MeaningOriginDescriptionDawn's ChildLatinDragon born at sunriseA dragon would sayKelshneshliterally dawn · newcore DraconicTopaz Dragon
Name: Amberglow
MeaningOriginDescriptionAmber GlowEnglishDragon of amber radianceEtymologyEnglish amber (from Arabic ʿanbar) + glow (Old English glōwan).Say itAM-ber-glohThe stored-heat glow at dusk is amber on infrared as well as by eye; the survey's night-vision logs use this word for it.A dragon would sayKersglishtháarliterally sun · crystal · lightgem dialectRuby Dragon
Name: Ardor
MeaningOriginDescriptionBurning PassionLatinHeat that does not coolEtymologyLatin ardor ("burning, heat; passion"), from ardēre ("to burn").Say itAR-dorOne Latin word for the heat and the temper; the Apennine survey applies it to the twenty minutes of full heat state the field description allows before an adult must cool.A dragon would sayKháskhevliterally burn · passiongem dialectRuby Dragon
Name: Akane
MeaningOriginDescriptionDeep RedJapaneseA wise dragon with ancient ruby markingsEtymologyJapanese akane (茜), the madder plant and the deep red dye taken from its root; a feminine given name.Say itah-KAH-nehMadder red is the colour the Japanese survey records on the underside of the wing membrane, where the scales thin and the heat shows through first before a flame.A dragon would sayDúlhvbrakhliterally deep · redgem dialectRuby Dragon
Name: Akagane
MeaningOriginDescriptionRed MetalJapaneseCopper, the red metalEtymologyJapanese akagane (赤金 or 銅, "copper"), from aka ("red") + kane ("metal"): the native word for copper before the Sino-Japanese dō.Say itah-kah-GAH-nehThe old Japanese word for copper is "red metal", and the field description's mineral diet includes it; the Kamioka survey has recovered heat-rounded copper beads from the lair floor.A dragon would sayBrákhtengliterally red · metalgem dialectRuby Dragon
Name: Arunima
MeaningOriginDescriptionDawn GlowSanskritThe ruddy glow before sunriseEtymologySanskrit aruṇimā (अरुणिमा, "redness, the ruddy glow of dawn"), from aruṇa ("reddish, dawn"); a feminine given name in Hindi and Bengali.Say itah-ROO-nee-mahThe Himalayan survey times its approaches for this light, when a basking adult on an east ridge is the same colour as the sky behind it and the thermograph is the only instrument that separates them.A dragon would sayKelhshtháarliterally dawn · lightgem dialectRuby Dragon
Name: Aruna
MeaningOriginDescriptionRuddy DawnSanskritCharioteer of the sunEtymologySanskrit aruṇa (अरुण, "reddish-brown, ruddy; dawn"); the personified dawn who drives the chariot of the sun, and the elder brother of Garuda.Say itah-ROO-nahThe red charioteer who rides ahead of the sun is, in the archive's reading, a dawn flier seen against the sunrise; the Deccan survey's adult leaves its ridge twenty minutes before the sun clears it.A dragon would sayBrákhkelhshliterally red · dawngem dialectRuby Dragon
Name: Apu
MeaningOriginDescriptionMountain LordQuechuaLord and spirit of the peakEtymologyQuechua apu ("lord; mountain spirit"), the title given to the great peaks of the Andes and to the spirits that hold them.Say itAH-pooThe Andean peaks with the richest ore carry the title, and the archive reads the offerings left to them as the oldest continuous record of the field description's territorial adult: one lord, one mountain, one hundred square miles.A dragon would saySkórntorkliterally mountain · lordgem dialectRuby Dragon
Name: Alisferi
MeaningOriginDescriptionFlame-ColouredGeorgianScarlet, the colour of flameEtymologyGeorgian alisperi (ალისფერი, "scarlet, crimson"), from ali ("flame") + peri ("colour"): flame-coloured.Say itah-lees-PEH-reeThe Caucasus survey took the word from Svaneti, where the field description's 100 square miles of mountain territory is the one range the villagers do not graze; they give the colour of the ridge at dusk as the reason.A dragon would sayKhérthovliterally fire · huegem dialectRuby Dragon
Name: Aušrinė
MeaningOriginDescriptionMorning StarLithuanianDawn goddess, the morning starEtymologyLithuanian Aušrinė, from aušra ("dawn"): the morning star, a goddess of Baltic tradition; cognate with Latin Aurora.Say itowsh-REE-nehThe Baltic morning star is read in the archive as a dawn flier over the Lithuanian plain, where the survey has no confirmed lair and files the sightings under migration.A dragon would sayKélhshtsivliterally dawn · stargem dialectRuby Dragon
Name: Aarni
MeaningOriginDescriptionTreasure GuardianFinnishFinnish spirit that guards buried treasureEtymologyFinnish Aarni, the spirit that guards buried treasure in folk tradition, as in aarnihauta ("treasure hoard") and aarnivalkea, the ghost-fire said to burn over hidden gold.Say itAAR-neeThe Lapland survey reads the aarnivalkea, the fire that burns over buried gold on midsummer night, as a cooling adult on its hoard; the field description's mineral diet means the gold is real and the guardian is not a ghost.A dragon would sayDroshshérth-orliterally hoard · defend · -ergem dialectDiamond Dragon
Name: Adamantine
MeaningOriginDescriptionUnbreakableGreekA dragon with scales as hard as diamondsEtymologyGreek adamántinos (ἀδαμάντινος, "of adamant, unbreakable"), from adámas (ἀδάμας), a- ("not") + damáō ("to tame").Say itad-uh-MAN-teenThe register's word for the scale itself: a true crystalline lattice, as the lore records, that the IDRI materials bench could not scratch with anything softer than another shed scale.A dragon would sayThrékliterally stronggem dialectDiamond Dragon
Name: Adamar
MeaningOriginDescriptionDiamond SeaFantasyDragon with waves of diamond-like scalesEtymologyCoined name; Greek adámas ("adamant") + Latin mare ("sea"), a hybrid no language made; the sea belongs to another type.Say itAD-uh-marThe wave pattern a diamond's back throws in low sun, which the glacier teams call a sea; the name is theirs, not a word.A dragon would sayPelhglíshshorkliterally clear · crystal · seagem dialectDiamond Dragon
Name: Adamaris
MeaningOriginDescriptionDiamond GraceSpanish/ModernDragon with elegant diamond featuresEtymologyModern given name of the Spanish-speaking Americas, variously read as Ada + Maris or as Greek adámas + Latin maris ("of the sea"); the grace of the gloss is a name-book reading.Say itah-dah-MAH-reesA modern given name the Andean station borrowed for its brood female; the meaning is the name-book's, not a translation.A dragon would sayPelhglíshbelhshliterally clear · crystal · beautifulgem dialectDiamond Dragon
Name: Adamantha
MeaningOriginDescriptionDiamond FlowerGreek/FantasyDragon with diamond-petal scalesEtymologyCoined name; Greek adámas ("adamant") + ánthos ("flower"), a compound no Greek text uses.Say itad-uh-MAN-thahThe brood female's name at the Pamir station; the flower is the open-winged sunning posture that the lore's cold tolerance makes unnecessary and the animals adopt anyway.A dragon would sayPelhglíshmelhshliterally clear · crystal · flowergem dialectDiamond Dragon
Name: Adamanth
MeaningOriginDescriptionDiamond SpiritGreek/ModernDragon with diamond-strong spiritEtymologyCoined name; adamant (Greek adámas) clipped to a name shape; the spirit is not in the parts.Say itAD-uh-manthA clipped form used in radio traffic, where Adamantine takes too long; the spirit reading is the name-book's.A dragon would sayPelhglíshnevliterally clear · crystal · spiritgem dialectDiamond Dragon
Name: Adamantis
MeaningOriginDescriptionUnyieldingGreekDragon wielding diamond energyEtymologyGreek Adamántios (Ἀδαμάντιος), a given name from adámas ("untameable"), in a shortened Latinate form the language itself did not use.Say itad-uh-MAN-tisThe Pindus station's second name for its resident male; unyielding is the lore's Lawful Good seen from the wrong side of a boundary.A dragon would sayThrékliterally stronggem dialectDiamond Dragon
Name: Adamastra
MeaningOriginDescriptionStar DiamondGreek/FantasyDragon with celestial diamond powerEtymologyCoined name; Greek adámas ("adamant") + Latin astra ("stars"), a hybrid; Adamastor, the giant of the Cape in Camões, is the nearest real name.Say itad-uh-MAS-trahStar and stone together, the shape of the type in the night sky by the lore's account of scales that hold light.A dragon would sayTsivpélhglishliterally star · clear · crystalgem dialectDiamond Dragon
Name: Asteris
MeaningOriginDescriptionLittle StarGreekDragon with diamond starlight essenceEtymologyGreek Astéris (Αστέρης), a given name from astéri (αστέρι, "star"), the modern diminutive of astḗr.Say itas-TEH-reesA hatchling's name: the lore's long investment in offspring education starts with a scale-glow too faint to see by day.A dragon would sayChekátsivliterally small · stargem dialectDiamond Dragon
Name: Adamaris Prime
MeaningOriginDescriptionFirst DiamondFantasyDragon of primal diamond energyEtymologyAdamaris (a modern Spanish-language given name of unclear formation) + Latin prīmus ("first") in its English form.Say itah-dah-MAH-rees PRYMEThe first of the Andean station's registered specimens, the brood female's mother by the station's reckoning.A dragon would sayPrithpélhglishliterally first · clear · crystalgem dialectDiamond Dragon
Name: Adamanthra
MeaningOriginDescriptionDiamond StarGreek/FantasyDragon of stellar diamond powerEtymologyCoined name; adamant (Greek adámas) with a -thra ending; there is no star in the parts.Say itad-uh-MAN-thrahA generic diamond name; the star is the crew's for the night glow the lore's scales produce.A dragon would sayPelhglíshtsivliterally clear · crystal · stargem dialectDiamond Dragon
Name: Adamantis Rex
MeaningOriginDescriptionDiamond KingLatinDragon king of diamond realmEtymologyAdamantis (a Latinate form of Greek Adamántios, "untameable") + Latin rēx ("king").Say itad-uh-MAN-tis REKSThe register has no kings; the lore's social structure is a council of elders, and the name is the Pindus crew's for the oldest of them.A dragon would sayPelhglíshkharthliterally clear · crystal · sovereigngem dialectDiamond Dragon
Name: Asterion Rex
MeaningOriginDescriptionStar KingGreek/LatinDragon king of diamond starsEtymologyGreek Asteríōn ("starry") + Latin rēx ("king").Say itas-TEER-ee-on REKSThe name the register gives the constellation-sized male over the Karakoram; kings are the crew's, not the lore's.A dragon would sayTsívkharthliterally star · sovereigngem dialectDiamond Dragon
Name: Adamaris Queen
MeaningOriginDescriptionDiamond Grace QueenFantasyDragon queen of diamond graceEtymologyAdamaris (a modern Spanish-language given name of unclear formation) + English queen (Old English cwēn).Say itah-dah-MAH-rees KWEENThe Andean brood female with the title the crew gave her; the lore's social structure has elders, not queens.A dragon would sayBélhshkharthliterally beautiful · sovereigngem dialectOpal Dragon
Name: Aetheria
MeaningOriginDescriptionOf the Upper AirGreekRepresents the ethereal beauty of the dragonEtymologyCoined name; Greek aithḗr (αἰθήρ, "upper air, clear sky") with a Latin -ia ending; Aetheria was also an ancient name for Ethiopia, unrelated.Say itee-THEER-ee-ahAdults of this type cruise at the height where the sky goes clear and thin; the IDRI altitude logs place them above every other gem type.A dragon would sayGérskheshliterally up · airgem dialectOpal Dragon
Name: Asteria
MeaningOriginDescriptionStarryGreekReferences the stellar appearanceEtymologyGreek Astería (Ἀστερία), from astḗr (ἀστήρ, "star"); the Titaness of falling stars and night oracles.Say itas-TEER-ee-ahThe Titaness of falling stars and night divination; the archive reads the oracle tradition as an early account of the type's psionic reach.A dragon would sayTsívliterally stargem dialectOpal Dragon
Name: Alohi
MeaningOriginDescriptionShiningHawaiianTo shine, sparkle, glitterEtymologyHawaiian alohi ("to shine, sparkle; brilliant"); a given name for both sexes.Say itah-LOH-heeThe Kīlauea survey's word for an adult over the lava field at night, lit from below by the vent the lore's geothermal habitat requires.A dragon would sayTháarliterally lightgem dialectOpal Dragon
Name: Avalon
MeaningOriginDescriptionIsle of ApplesCelticReferences mythical originsEtymologyMedieval Latin Insula Avallonis, from Welsh afal ("apple"): the Isle of Apples of Arthurian legend; nothing in it means "light".Say itAV-ah-lonThe mist-covered island of the legend is filed in the archive under the mist-and-illusion habitats of the lore; the apples are not explained.A dragon would sayÉldhelanby soundgem dialectLunar Dragon
Name: Andromeda
MeaningOriginDescriptionRuler of MenGreekA commanding lunar presenceEtymologyGreek Androméda (Ἀνδρομέδα), from anḗr, andrós ("man") + médomai ("to think of, rule"); the chained princess of Ethiopia, later a constellation.Say itan-DROM-eh-dahThe chained princess and the nearest galaxy; the teams log the type against it in autumn, when it stands high enough to navigate on.A dragon would sayMeskatorkliterally mortal · lordcore DraconicLunar Dragon
Name: Astra
MeaningOriginDescriptionStarsLatinA dragon that bridges moon and star energyEtymologyLatin astra, plural of astrum ("star"), from Greek ástron.Say itAS-trahThe plural, for the type's habit of holding position among the stars rather than crossing them; the parabolic teams log a fixed point for an hour and then a slow drift.A dragon would sayTsivliterally starcore DraconicGarnet Dragon
Name: Almandine
MeaningOriginDescriptionDeep Red GarnetLatinNamed after the rich red variety of garnetEtymologyFrom Latin alabandina ("stone of Alabanda"), the Carian town in Pliny where red garnets were cut and traded, with the mineral suffix -ine.Say itAL-man-deenThe iron aluminium silicate of the diet the lore records; the Gore Mountain teams read the crimson-burgundy scale as almandine laid down layer by layer from what the animal eats.A dragon would sayBrakhdrákhglishliterally red · blood · crystalgem dialectGarnet Dragon
Name: Andradite
MeaningOriginDescriptionAndrada's StoneMineralogyNamed after a green-yellow garnet varietyEtymologyNamed in 1868 by Dana for José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva, the Brazilian mineralogist who first described a variety of it, with the mineral suffix -ite; the name carries no meaning of "earth" or "guardian".Say itan-DRAD-iteThe calcium-iron garnet of metamorphic skarn, the rock the lore says the lairs are cut into; a lair mouth ringed with andradite is a lair still in use.A dragon would sayÉndradaitby soundgem dialectGarnet Dragon
Name: Almansor
MeaningOriginDescriptionThe VictoriousArabicVictorious garnet-scaled oneEtymologyArabic al-Manṣūr (المنصور, "the victorious, the one given victory"), from naṣr ("victory"); the regnal name of Abbasid caliphs and of the Andalusian Almanzor. Not a stone name.Say ital-man-SORThe Andalusian survey applies it to a hoard-holder that has never lost a challenge: negotiation first, as the lore records, and the full draconic ferocity when that fails.A dragon would sayTréskliterally victorygem dialectGarnet Dragon
Name: Anar
MeaningOriginDescriptionPomegranatePersianThe fruit the garnet is named forEtymologyPersian anār (انار, "pomegranate"); a given name in Persian and Turkic use, the fruit whose seeds gave the garnet its name.Say itah-NARThe Iranian survey found pomegranate orchards below every lair on the Zagros side, planted by villages that learned the animal leaves a tended orchard alone.A dragon would sayÉnerby soundgem dialectGarnet Dragon
Name: Arun
MeaningOriginDescriptionRed DawnSanskritThe red of first lightEtymologySanskrit aruṇa (अरुण, "reddish, the red of dawn"); the charioteer of the sun in Hindu tradition and a common masculine given name.Say itAH-roonThe lore's night hunters land at first light, and the Rajasthan survey logs the returns by the same red on the wings.A dragon would sayBrákhkelhshliterally red · dawngem dialectMoonstone Dragon
Name: Ayla
MeaningOriginDescriptionMoon HaloTurkishSwift dragon with moonbeam-catching scalesEtymologyTurkish ayla ("halo around the moon"), from ay ("moon"); the common "moonlight" gloss is an approximation.Say itAY-lahThe halo that ice crystals throw around the moon is the same effect the wing membrane makes when the animal passes between the observer and the disc.A dragon would sayLeshtháarliterally moon · lightgem dialectMoonstone Dragon
Name: Alana
MeaningOriginDescriptionLittle RockIrishValuable dragon with rare moonstone qualitiesEtymologyFeminine of Alan, whose origin is disputed: Breton or Old Breton alan ("little rock" or "handsome") or Irish a leanbh ("O child"); the "precious" gloss is modern.Say itah-LAH-nahThe archive keeps the Breton reading, for the moonstones the description says the animals carry into their lairs a stone at a time.A dragon would sayChékstorliterally small · earthgem dialectMoonstone Dragon
Name: Adara
MeaningOriginDescriptionVirginArabicPure dragon with unblemished scalesEtymologyArabic ʿadhrāʾ (عذراء, "virgin, maiden"); the star Adhara in Canis Major takes its name from the plural, al-ʿadhārā ("the virgins").Say itah-DAH-rahThe archive keeps the name for the star: Adhara is one of the points scratched into the Zagros cave wall, in the correct relation to Sirius.A dragon would sayAdáarraby soundgem dialectMoonstone Dragon
Name: Atarau
MeaningOriginDescriptionMoon GlowMaoriMoonlight on the waterEtymologyMāori atarau ("moonlight"), from ata ("shadow, reflection, early morning") + rau ("many, leaf"); the Southern Alps and Kāpiti use it for moonlight on water.Say itAH-tah-rah-ooThe Māori word for moonlight on water; the Southern Alps team uses it for the reflection the animal makes crossing a tarn, which is often the only part of it the camera catches.A dragon would sayLeshtháarliterally moon · lightgem dialectMoonstone Dragon
Name: Arianwen
MeaningOriginDescriptionSilver WhiteWelshSilver and white, a Welsh saint's nameEtymologyWelsh Arianwen, from arian ("silver") + gwen ("white, fair, blessed"); the name of a daughter of Brychan in Welsh tradition.Say itar-ee-AN-wenSilver and white are the two colours the description gives after pearl; the Snowdonia team applies the name to the Glyderau female for the silver cast of her scales in the camera trap images.A dragon would saySélhvfeskliterally silver · whitegem dialectMoonstone Dragon
Name: Ayberk
MeaningOriginDescriptionStrong MoonTurkishMoon that is firm and strongEtymologyTurkish Ayberk, from ay ("moon") + berk ("firm, strong, solid"); a masculine given name.Say itAY-berkA masculine moon name for the Taurus male, the largest of the type on record at fifty-one feet, at the top of the description's range.A dragon would sayThrékleshliterally strong · moongem dialectLunar Dragon
Name: Artemis
MeaningOriginDescriptionMoon HuntressGreekA swift dragon that excels in nighttime huntingEtymologyGreek Ártemis (Ἄρτεμις), goddess of the hunt and later of the moon; the name is pre-Greek and its meaning is unknown, so the gloss is her function, not her root.Say itAR-teh-missThe huntress of the night sky by function only; the survey teams keep the name for the hunting descents the description records, an adult dropping through a pocket of altered gravity onto prey it has watched from far above.A dragon would sayLeshvorsh-orliterally moon · hunt · -ercore DraconicLunar Dragon
Name: Aysel
MeaningOriginDescriptionMoon FloodTurkishMoonlight poured out across a hillsideEtymologyTurkish Aysel, from ay ("moon") + sel ("flood, torrent"): moonlight poured out, a feminine given name.Say itEYE-selMoonlight as a flood; on the nights the type descends over the Anatolian plateau the teams log the scales lighting the ground beneath it.A dragon would sayLeshshelliterally moon · watercore DraconicLunar Dragon
Name: Argentum
MeaningOriginDescriptionSilverLatinA dragon with silver-white scalesEtymologyLatin argentum ("silver"), from a root meaning "white, shining", cognate with Greek árgyros.Say itar-JEN-tumThe metal named for shining, kept for the adults whose scales read white rather than opalescent under a full moon.A dragon would saySelvliterally silvercore DraconicLunar Dragon
Name: Aumoe
MeaningOriginDescriptionMidnightHawaiianThe dead of night, the sleeping hourEtymologyHawaiian aumoe ("midnight, late night"), from au ("time, current") + moe ("sleep"): the sleeping hour.Say itow-MOH-ehThe sleeping hour; the Haleakalā station logs the type highest at midnight and lowest near dawn, the reverse of what the earlier surveys expected.A dragon would sayNurkhliterally nightcore DraconicSolar Dragon
Name: Amaterasu
MeaningOriginDescriptionHeavenly LightJapaneseElegant dragon with graceful solar auraA dragon would sayTeshthaarliterally sky · lightcore DraconicSolar Dragon
MeaningOriginDescriptionSun GoddessHittiteFeminine dragon radiating warm golden lightA dragon would sayKersthakhliterally sun · godcore DraconicSolar Dragon
Name: Asteri
MeaningOriginDescriptionStarGreekDragon bearing stellar markingsA dragon would sayTsivliterally starcore DraconicSolar Dragon
Name: Apollus
MeaningOriginDescriptionLight BearerLatinMessenger dragon of solar propheciesA dragon would sayThaardorv-orliterally light · carry · -ercore DraconicSolar Dragon
Name: Aurin
MeaningOriginDescriptionGolden OneFantasyDragon with scales of precious goldA dragon would sayKhorvliterally goldcore DraconicSolar Dragon
Name: Auryx
MeaningOriginDescriptionGolden KingFantasyDragon ruling solar domainsA dragon would sayKhorvkharthliterally gold · sovereigncore DraconicSolar Dragon
Name: Aurorax
MeaningOriginDescriptionDawn BringerLatinDragon heralding sunriseA dragon would sayKelshdorv-orliterally dawn · carry · -ercore DraconicSolar Dragon
Name: Aurealis
MeaningOriginDescriptionGolden DawnLatinDragon of morning lightA dragon would sayKhorvkelshliterally gold · dawncore DraconicSolar Dragon
Name: Aurero
MeaningOriginDescriptionGolden KingLatinDragon ruling solar territoriesA dragon would sayKhorvkharthliterally gold · sovereigncore DraconicDragon Turtle
Name: Ao Gui
MeaningOriginDescriptionGiant TurtleChineseAncient water deity combining dragon and turtle aspectsEtymologyChinese áo (鰲, the giant sea turtle of legend, whose legs propped up the sky) + guī (龜, "turtle"); the bank's "blue-green" gloss has no character behind it.Say itOW-GWAYThe plate name of the type: the Chinese giant turtle whose legs held up the sky is the earliest account of a surfaced adult read as a landmass, and the archive lists it first.A dragon would sayKhorstorkabraskliterally great · armor · beastcore DraconicDragon Turtle
Name: Ayotl
MeaningOriginDescriptionTurtleNahuatlTurtle, root of the armadillo's nameEtymologyNahuatl āyōtl ("turtle"), the first element of āyōtōchtli ("turtle-rabbit", the armadillo).Say itAH-yohtlThe Aztec word also names the armadillo as a turtle-rabbit, and the Gulf of Mexico survey borrows the habit: anything armoured and slow on the beach is logged under it first.A dragon would sayStorkabraskliterally armor · beastcore DraconicDragon Turtle
Name: Aegirscale
MeaningOriginDescriptionSea ScaleNorseBearer of impenetrable shell-scalesEtymologyOld Norse Ægir (the sea giant of the Eddas; the name is a poetic word for "sea") + English scale; a modern compound.Say itAY-geer-skaylThe Eddic sea giant brews ale for the gods in a cauldron the size of a hall; the archive reads the boiling cauldron as a North Sea steam release.A dragon would sayShorkthoshliterally sea · scalecore DraconicDragon Turtle
Name: Akupara
MeaningOriginDescriptionBoundlessSanskritWorld-turtle of the PuranasEtymologySanskrit akūpāra (अकूपार, "unbounded, boundless"; also "the sea" and "the tortoise"), the world-turtle of the Puranas.Say itah-koo-PAH-rahThe world-turtle whose name means the boundless sea; the Bay of Bengal teams use it for any adult whose shell length they cannot bracket from shore.A dragon would sayNokhmorkhliterally not · diecore DraconicDragon Turtle
Name: Abyssal
MeaningOriginDescriptionOf the DeepLatinCreature of the ocean depthsEtymologyEnglish abyssal, from Latin abyssus, from Greek ábyssos ("bottomless").Say ituh-BISS-ulThe abyssal plain is where every tracked adult goes to rest between coastal visits; sonar contact is lost below 3,000 m and the archive has no record of what happens there.A dragon would sayDulvliterally deepcore DraconicDragon Turtle
Name: Aquadon
MeaningOriginDescriptionWater ToothLatinRuler of marine domainsEtymologyCoined name; Latin aqua ("water") + Greek -odṓn ("tooth") on the pattern of iguanodon; no attested form.Say itAK-wuh-donThe beak of an adult is keratin over bone, and the tooth reading is the one the necropsy reports use.A dragon would saySheltreshliterally water · toothcore DraconicDragon Turtle
Name: Aquaton
MeaningOriginDescriptionWater BeingLatinCreature of liquid realmEtymologyCoined name; Latin aqua ("water") with a -ton ending; no attested form.Say itAK-wuh-tonA generic water epithet with no recorded source.A dragon would saySheles-orliterally water · be · -ercore DraconicDragon Turtle
Name: Ada
MeaningOriginDescriptionIslandTurkishIslandEtymologyTurkish ada ("island"); a feminine given name.Say itAH-dahA surfaced adult is an island for as long as it chooses; the Aegean crews have landed on more than one.A dragon would sayThrevliterally islandcore DraconicDragon Turtle
Name: Aquafin
MeaningOriginDescriptionWater FinLatinGlider through ocean depthsEtymologyCoined name; Latin aqua ("water") + English fin; no attested form.Say itAK-wuh-finThe flippers are the one part of the animal the shell does not cover, and the part every field sketch gets wrong.A dragon would sayEkwafinby soundcore DraconicDragon Turtle
Name: Aquafire
MeaningOriginDescriptionWater FireLatinWielder of steam forcesEtymologyCoined name; Latin aqua ("water") + English fire; no attested form.Say itAK-wuh-fyreThe steam glands in the throat are the whole of the name: water taken in, fire given back, at 200 °C by the lore file's measurement.A dragon would sayShelkherliterally water · firecore DraconicDragon Turtle
Name: Aquamir
MeaningOriginDescriptionWater WorldLatinSovereign of liquid realmEtymologyCoined name; Latin aqua ("water") + Slavic mir ("world, peace"); no attested form.Say itAK-wuh-meerA generic water epithet; the world reading suits an animal that has been mistaken for one.A dragon would saySheltorskhernliterally water · many · territorycore DraconicDragon Turtle
Name: Aquaron
MeaningOriginDescriptionWater RulerLatinMaster of liquid realmEtymologyCoined name; Latin aqua ("water") with a -ron ending; nothing in it means "ruler".Say itAK-wuh-ronA generic water epithet with no recorded source.A dragon would saySheltorkliterally water · lordcore DraconicSea Serpent
Name: Aspidochelone
MeaningOriginDescriptionShield TurtleGreekIsland-sized sea monsterEtymologyGreek aspidochelṓnē, from aspís ("shield") + chelṓnē ("turtle"); the island-sized sea beast of the Physiologus.Say itas-pih-doh-keh-LOH-neeThe bestiary beast mistaken for an island by sailors who lit fires on its back is read as an adult surfacing to bask, the armoured dorsal fins the lore file describes taken for rocks.A dragon would sayStorkstorkabraskliterally armor · armor · beastcore DraconicSea Serpent
Name: Aalto
MeaningOriginDescriptionWaveFinnishThe Finnish word for a waveEtymologyFinnish aalto ("wave"), a common word and surname.Say itAHL-tohThe plain Finnish wave; the Baltic survey uses it for the bow wave of a submerged adult, seen before the animal itself.A dragon would saySholvliterally wavecore DraconicSea Serpent
Name: Abzu
MeaningOriginDescriptionDeep WaterSumerianLord of freshwaterEtymologySumerian abzu (Akkadian apsû), from ab ("water") + zu ("deep", or "to know"); the freshwater deep beneath the earth, and Tiamat's mate.Say itAHB-zooThe deep beneath the earth is read as the drowned cave systems the lore file names as lair sites, the freshwater that seeps into them from above.A dragon would sayDulvshelliterally deep · watercore DraconicSea Serpent
Name: Adamastor
MeaningOriginDescriptionUntamedPortugueseGiant of the Cape of StormsEtymologyCoined by Camões in Os Lusíadas (1572) from Greek adámastos ("untamed"); the giant of the Cape of Storms who bars the way to the Indian Ocean.Say itah-dah-mah-STORThe untamed giant who rose out of the sea off the Cape is read as a large adult in the Agulhas current, where the Cape survey logs the roughest water and the largest animals in the southern hemisphere.A dragon would sayGroskliterally wildcore DraconicSea Serpent
Name: Acoatl
MeaningOriginDescriptionWater SnakeNahuatlWater snake of the lagoonsEtymologyNahuatl ācōātl, from ātl ("water") + cōātl ("snake"); the ordinary word for a water snake.Say itah-KOH-ahtlThe plain Nahuatl water snake; the Gulf survey uses it for juveniles in the lagoons behind the barrier islands, before they take the open sea.A dragon would sayShelslethliterally water · serpentcore DraconicEuropean Dragon
Name: Adalbert
MeaningOriginDescriptionNoble-brightGermanicA silver-scaled dragon known for its wisdom and diplomatic natureA dragon would sayVreshlithliterally honor · brightcore DraconicEuropean Dragon
Name: Aldrich
MeaningOriginDescriptionOld PowerGermanicAn ancient dragon with vast magical abilitiesA dragon would sayTherskhostliterally ancient · powercore DraconicEuropean Dragon
Name: Alaric
MeaningOriginDescriptionAll-RulerGermanicA dominant dragon commanding respectA dragon would sayTorstorkliterally many · lordcore DraconicEuropean Dragon
Name: Alvis
MeaningOriginDescriptionAll-WiseNorseA scholarly dragon with vast knowledgeA dragon would sayTorsskekhliterally many · eldercore DraconicEuropean Dragon
MeaningOriginDescriptionGreat SerpentIncaA mythical dragon-serpent representing water and fertilityA dragon would sayKhorslethliterally great · serpentcore DraconicMesoamerican Dragon
Name: Acatl
MeaningOriginDescriptionReed SpiritAztecA swift dragon of wind and musicA dragon would sayAkeɾalby soundcore DraconicMesoamerican Dragon
Name: Atl
MeaningOriginDescriptionWater SpiritAztecA dragon ruling over lakes and riversA dragon would sayShelnevliterally water · spiritcore DraconicMesoamerican Dragon
Name: Ayauhteotl
MeaningOriginDescriptionMist SpiritAztecA dragon of fog and cloudsA dragon would sayShelkheshnevliterally water · air · spiritcore DraconicMiddle Eastern Dragon
Name: Azhdaha
MeaningOriginDescriptionDragon KingPersianAncient earth dragon with control over mountains and cavesA dragon would sayKhathkharthliterally dragon · sovereigncore DraconicMiddle Eastern Dragon
Name: Asag
MeaningOriginDescriptionStone DemonSumerianRocky-skinned dragon that brings diseaseA dragon would sayStorgorkhnevliterally earth · evil · spiritcore DraconicMiddle Eastern Dragon
Name: Ahura
MeaningOriginDescriptionLight BringerPersianRadiant dragon of divine lightA dragon would sayThaardorv-orliterally light · carry · -ercore DraconicMiddle Eastern Dragon
