MeaningOriginDescriptionLightning BeastJapaneseBased on the mythical lightning creatureA dragon would sayTsakabraskliterally lightning · beastchromatic dialectSapphire Dragon
Name: Kyanos
MeaningOriginDescriptionDeep BlueGreekAncient term for dark blueEtymologyGreek kýanos (κύανος, "dark-blue enamel, lapis lazuli"), the word behind cyan.Say itKY-ah-nosHomer's kyanos was an enamel on the shields of kings; the archive's colour chart for this type still uses the word for the scales along the spine, where the sapphire crystal content runs highest.A dragon would sayDúlhvtselhliterally deep · bluegem dialectLightning/Storm Dragon
Name: Keraunos
MeaningOriginDescriptionThunderboltGreekDragon wielding divine lightning boltsEtymologyGreek keraunós (κεραυνός, "thunderbolt"), the weapon of Zeus; possibly related to a root for "smash".Say itkeh-RAW-nosThe thunderbolt as a thrown weapon is the classical reading of a hunting discharge, which lands on prey up to 300 metres from the animal.A dragon would sayTsakliterally lightningcore DraconicRed Chromatic Dragon
Name: Krakatox
MeaningOriginDescriptionVolcanic FuryCustomMountain shattererA dragon would sayKherskorn'akhliterally fire · mountain · furychromatic dialectIce Dragon
Name: Khione
MeaningOriginDescriptionSnowGreekMajestic dragon named after the goddess of snowEtymologyGreek Chiónē (Χιόνη), from chiṓn (χιών, "snow"); the snow nymph of Greek myth, daughter of Boreas.Say itKEE-oh-neeThe daughter of the north wind in the old accounts; the archive treats the Thracian snow-nymph tradition as the earliest Mediterranean sighting of a migrating female.A dragon would sayFoshliterally snowcore DraconicWhite Chromatic Dragon
Name: Kaldr
MeaningOriginDescriptionColdNorseAncient Norse word for coldA dragon would sayTheskliterally coldchromatic dialectWhite Chromatic Dragon
Name: Kellam
MeaningOriginDescriptionFrom the Cold SpringCelticReferences icy watersA dragon would sayTheskneshthrelliterally cold · new · seasonchromatic dialectWhite Chromatic Dragon
Name: Kori
MeaningOriginDescriptionIceFinnishDirect ice referenceA dragon would sayThasliterally icechromatic dialectWhite Chromatic Dragon
Name: Kolga
MeaningOriginDescriptionCold WaveNorseOcean and cold referenceA dragon would sayThesksholvliterally cold · wavechromatic dialectWhite Chromatic Dragon
MeaningOriginDescriptionSpeechArabicKnown for diplomatic solutions and desert wisdomEtymologyCoined name; built on Arabic kalām (كلام, "speech, talk, words") with an -ir ending Arabic never attached to it.Say itKAL-ah-meerA field label rather than a recorded call; desert teams give it to any brass adult heard talking before it is seen, which is most of them.A dragon would sayVashliterally speakmetallic dialectOpal Dragon
Name: Kismet
MeaningOriginDescriptionFateTurkishReferences destinyEtymologyTurkish kısmet, from Arabic qisma ("portion, lot, allotted share"), from qasama ("to divide").Say itKIZ-metThe Anatolian survey's word for the fact that whoever the adult chooses to address is chosen; the rest of the party is not consulted.A dragon would saySkélhthliterally prophecygem dialectBronze Metallic Dragon
Name: Kairos
MeaningOriginDescriptionOpportune MomentGreekPerfect timingEtymologyGreek kairós (καιρός, "the right or critical moment"), as against chrónos, time measured.Say itKY-rosBronzes strike a raider at the turn of the tide; the observers call the timing this.A dragon would sayKestliterally nowmetallic dialectBrass Metallic Dragon
Name: Kōrero
MeaningOriginDescriptionTalkMāoriTalk, speech and the story toldEtymologyMāori kōrero ("to talk, to speak; speech, story, discussion").Say itKAW-reh-rawOne word for speech and story at once, which is how the type uses them; the archive's Māori-speaking agents supplied it for the transcripts.A dragon would sayVashliterally speakmetallic dialectBrass Metallic Dragon
Name: Kuningan
MeaningOriginDescriptionBrassMalayBrass, literally the yellow thingEtymologyMalay and Indonesian kuningan ("brass"), from kuning ("yellow") with the noun suffix -an.Say itkoo-NING-unA colour word made into a metal word; the survey's Malay teams use it for the type's finish, which the field description puts at a high copper content.A dragon would sayKerstengliterally sun · metalmetallic dialectBrass Metallic Dragon
Name: Kalidas
MeaningOriginDescriptionServant of KaliSanskritMaster of poetic expressionEtymologySanskrit Kālidāsa (कालिदास), from Kālī (the goddess) + dāsa ("servant"); the classical poet, not a word for art.Say itKAH-lee-dahsThe poet's name, kept for the type's talent; the survey has transcribed brass adults reciting to each other in metre for a full night.A dragon would sayKelidazby soundmetallic dialectBrass Metallic Dragon
Name: Kemal
MeaningOriginDescriptionPerfectionTurkishStrives for excellenceEtymologyTurkish Kemal, from Arabic kamāl (كمال, "perfection, completeness"); the same word as Kamal.Say itkeh-MAHLThe Turkish form; the Anatolian edge of the range is where the survey logs the type's largest adults.A dragon would sayBelshliterally beautifulmetallic dialectBrass Metallic Dragon
Name: Kavir
MeaningOriginDescriptionSalt DesertPersianThe salt desert of central IranEtymologyPersian kavīr (کویر, "salt desert, salt flat"), the common noun behind the Dasht-e Kavir.Say itkah-VEERThe salt flats are where the Persian survey finds the type's mineral licks; the field description's copper and zinc diet is taken from the crust.A dragon would sayShorkstorkresstorliterally sea · earth · hot · earthmetallic dialectBrass Metallic Dragon
Name: Kiron
MeaningOriginDescriptionTeacherGreekEducator of manyEtymologyVariant spelling of Greek Cheírōn (Χείρων), the centaur who tutored Achilles and Asclepius, from kheír ("hand"); "teacher" is his role, not the word.Say itKY-ronThe tutor's name for a type that instructs whether asked or not; the survey's field guides to the desert were half dictated by brass adults.A dragon would sayLyev-orliterally know · -ermetallic dialectBrass Metallic Dragon
Name: Kadir
MeaningOriginDescriptionPowerfulArabicStrong in convictionEtymologyArabic qādir (قادر, "powerful, capable"), from qadara ("to be able"); one of the ninety-nine names, and the Turkish form Kadir.Say itkah-DEERCapable rather than violent; the lore file's two breath weapons are used to end a conversation, not a life.A dragon would sayKhostliterally powermetallic dialectBrass Metallic Dragon
Name: Kamal
MeaningOriginDescriptionPerfectionArabicPerfect speakerEtymologyArabic kamāl (كمال, "perfection, completeness"), from kamula ("to be complete").Say itkah-MAHLThe Arabic form; a brass story is not finished until it is complete, and the survey has watched one told over three evenings to reach its end.A dragon would sayBelshliterally beautifulmetallic dialectBrass Metallic Dragon
Name: Kagero
MeaningOriginDescriptionHeat HazeJapaneseHeat shimmer rising off sandEtymologyJapanese kagerō (陽炎, "heat haze, shimmer of hot air"), from characters meaning "sun" and "flame".Say itkah-geh-ROHThe shimmer that hides the type at noon; the survey's photographs of brass adults in the open are mostly of heat.A dragon would sayKresshelkheshliterally hot · water · airmetallic dialectBrass Metallic Dragon
Name: Kaitiaki
MeaningOriginDescriptionGuardianMāoriGuardian of a place and its peopleEtymologyMāori kaitiaki ("guardian, keeper, steward"), from kai- (agent prefix) + tiaki ("to guard, to care for").Say itky-tee-AH-keeThe Māori word for a guardian bound to a place; the lore file's protective behaviour toward the settlements inside a territory is the same bond.A dragon would saySherth-orliterally defend · -ermetallic dialectBronze Metallic Dragon
Name: Kamsya
MeaningOriginDescriptionBell MetalSanskritBell-metal bronze of Sanskrit textsEtymologySanskrit kāṃsya (कांस्य, "bell-metal, bronze"), the high-tin alloy cast for bells and vessels.Say itKAHM-syahA gong-metal name given to an animal whose call the Bay of Bengal station logged as a struck bell.A dragon would sayKemziaby soundmetallic dialectBronze Metallic Dragon
Name: Kiai
MeaningOriginDescriptionGuardianHawaiianHawaiian guardian or watchmanEtymologyHawaiian kiaʻi ("guardian, watchman, to guard"); the okina is dropped in the register spelling.Say itkee-AH-eeThe word for a guardian of a coast; the lore's protective relationship with a community is what the word already describes, and the Hawaiian logs use it for the animal that keeps a reef passage.A dragon would saySherth-orliterally defend · -ermetallic dialectBronze Metallic Dragon
Name: Kosmos
MeaningOriginDescriptionOrderGreekMaintains balanceEtymologyGreek kósmos (κόσμος, "order, good order; ornament", later "the ordered world").Say itKOZ-mosThe lore's maritime justice is a matter of order kept: the Aegean team's name for an adult that enforces a shipping lane.A dragon would sayKrestliterally commandmetallic dialectBronze Metallic Dragon
Name: Kalyx
MeaningOriginDescriptionCupGreekHolds ancient wisdomEtymologyGreek kályx (κάλυξ, "husk, seed-pod, cup of a flower"), the source of the botanical calyx; a chalice is the unrelated kýlix.Say itKAL-iksA hoard name: bronze drinking cups from wrecked cargoes are the commonest item recovered from the type's lairs.A dragon would sayDroshliterally hoardmetallic dialectBronze Metallic Dragon
Name: Ketos
MeaningOriginDescriptionSea BeastGreekSea monster of Greek myth; root of cetaceanEtymologyGreek kêtos (κῆτος, "sea monster, whale"), the beast Perseus killed; the source of Latin cetus and of "cetacean".Say itKAY-tosThe lore's diet is whale and giant squid; the Greek word covered both the prey and the thing that ate it, and the archive keeps the ambiguity.A dragon would sayShorkabraskliterally sea · beastmetallic dialectBronze Metallic Dragon
Name: Khurel
MeaningOriginDescriptionBronzeMongolianMongolian word for bronzeEtymologyMongolian khürel (хүрэл, "bronze"), the metal of the steppe cauldrons and mirrors.Say itKHOO-relAn inland word for a coastal animal; the archive keeps it for bronzes logged far up the great rivers, which the lore does not rule out.A dragon would sayStortengliterally earth · metalmetallic dialectCopper Metallic Dragon
Name: Kaji
MeaningOriginDescriptionForgeJapaneseSmithing; the smith's workEtymologyJapanese kaji (鍛冶, "forging, smithing; a smith"), from an older kanuchi ("metal-striker"); also a surname.Say itKAH-jeeJapanese for the smith's craft; the worked ore inside a lair is the description's engineering aptitude applied to metal, and the survey teams have no better word for it.A dragon would sayKrevliterally makemetallic dialectCopper Metallic Dragon
Name: Kahzan
MeaningOriginDescriptionAncient ForgeTurkish-inspiredEvokes metalworking imageryEtymologyCoined name; closest to Turkish kazan ("cauldron", also the city on the Volga) with an added h; neither "ancient" nor "forge" is in the parts.Say itkah-ZAHNThe name the Anatolian teams give to the oldest lair on their books, a copper-stained cliff above a valley of smelting slag older than any written record.A dragon would sayTherskrevliterally ancient · makemetallic dialectCopper Metallic Dragon
Name: Kitsune
MeaningOriginDescriptionFoxJapaneseThe fox, shapeshifter of folkloreEtymologyJapanese kitsune (狐, "fox"); the etymology is debated, the folk reading being ki-tsu-ne ("come and sleep").Say itkit-SOO-nehThe Japanese fox, a shapeshifter and trickster in every account; the archive reads the older fox-wife stories as copper sightings, and the Japanese station has one adult it cannot rule out.A dragon would sayBraskliterally beastmetallic dialectGold Metallic Dragon
Name: Kinryū
MeaningOriginDescriptionGolden DragonJapaneseGolden dragon of the temple mountainEtymologyJapanese kinryū (金龍), from kin ("gold") + ryū ("dragon"); the mountain name of Sensō-ji temple in Tokyo, Kinryū-zan.Say itKIN-ryooSensō-ji's founding legend has a golden dragon descend when the temple's image was found; the Kantō survey reads it as a gold adult's approval of a settlement, the guardian role the lore records.A dragon would sayKhorvkhathliterally gold · dragonmetallic dialectGold Metallic Dragon
Name: Kundan
MeaningOriginDescriptionPure GoldHindiRefined gold of the jeweller's benchEtymologyHindi kundan (कुंदन, "pure, refined gold"), the highly refined gold used in Rajasthani jewellery; a masculine given name.Say itKOON-dunThe jewellers' word for the purest gold; assay of a shed scale from a Rajasthan adult came back above the fineness of the local kundan work.A dragon would sayPelkhorvliterally clear · goldmetallic dialectGold Metallic Dragon
Name: Koruyucu
MeaningOriginDescriptionProtectorTurkishTurkish for protectorEtymologyTurkish koruyucu ("protector, guardian"), from korumak ("to protect") with the agent suffix -yucu.Say itko-roo-yoo-JOOThe Anatolian teams' word for the adult that holds the pass above the villages, the settlement-guardian role the lore describes.A dragon would saySherth-orliterally defend · -ermetallic dialectFaerie Dragon
Name: Kelebek
MeaningOriginDescriptionButterflyTurkishThe Turkish word for butterflyEtymologyTurkish kelebek ("butterfly"), a native Turkic word attested since the medieval dictionaries.Say itkeh-leh-BEKThe Anatolian beechwoods hold a violet-winged population that the survey first logged as an unknown butterfly at two feet across.A dragon would sayVer-orliterally fly · -ercore DraconicFaerie Dragon
Name: Kaste
MeaningOriginDescriptionDewFinnishThe Finnish word for dewEtymologyFinnish kaste ("dew"), from kastaa ("to wet, to dip").Say itKAHSS-tehThe species drinks by rolling in wet grass at first light, and the Finnish lake-forest teams find the tracks before they find the animal.A dragon would sayShelliterally watercore DraconicFire Dragon
Name: Kenna
MeaningOriginDescriptionBorn of FireScottishGraceful dragon with aurora-like wing patternsEtymologyFeminine form of Kenneth, from Gaelic Cináed, traditionally read as cin ("born") + aed ("fire"); the reading is debated and a Pictish origin has been proposed.Say itKEN-ahHatchlings leave the shell with the flame sacs already active after the 24-month gestation; the Scottish nest thermographs show the egg glowing a week before it opens.A dragon would sayKherbrekliterally fire · hatchcore DraconicSea Serpent
Name: Kai
MeaningOriginDescriptionOceanHawaiianOcean guardianEtymologyHawaiian kai ("sea, seawater, ocean"); the water bank's reviewed gloss.Say itKYThe Hawaiian word for the sea, used in the register for the Pacific island population, where the shelf drops fastest of anywhere in the survey.A dragon would sayShorkliterally seacore DraconicFire Dragon
Name: Keahi
MeaningOriginDescriptionThe FireHawaiianTropical dragon with volcanic powersEtymologyHawaiian ke ahi ("the fire"), ke being the definite article; a unisex given name.Say itkeh-AH-heeHawaiian is the only language in the archive with a working vocabulary for lava types, and Keahi is the survey's name for the animal filmed crossing a pāhoehoe field at Kīlauea in 2018.A dragon would sayKherliterally firecore DraconicFire Dragon
Name: Kor
MeaningOriginDescriptionEmberTurkishBed of coals at restEtymologyTurkish kor ("ember, glowing coal").Say itKORThe ember is the animal at rest: the lore file's scales hold heat for hours, and the Turkish survey finds sleeping adults on infrared as a bed of coals.A dragon would sayKherliterally firecore DraconicFire Dragon
Name: Kulshedra
MeaningOriginDescriptionMarsh SerpentAlbanianShadow dragon with night flamesEtymologyAlbanian kulshedra, from Latin chersydrus, Greek khersýdros ("amphibious serpent", from khérsos "dry land" + hýdra "water snake"); the fire-breathing storm dragon of Albanian folklore.Say itkool-SHED-rahThe Albanian survey's kulshedra is the only fire dragon in the archive recorded starting fires to stop rain, which is what the folklore says it does.A dragon would sayShelstorslethliterally water · earth · serpentcore DraconicSea Serpent
Name: Kelpie
MeaningOriginDescriptionWater HorseScottishShape-shifting water spiritEtymologyScots kelpie, of uncertain origin; often derived from Gaelic cailpeach or colpach ("heifer, colt"). "Water horse" is what it is, not what the word says.Say itKEL-peeThe Scottish loch tradition is kept for the sea-loch sightings, where a long neck in the water was taken for a horse's head by watchers on the shore.A dragon would sayShelrolkabraskliterally water · ride · beastcore DraconicWater Dragon
Name: Kiyo
MeaningOriginDescriptionClearJapaneseDweller in the cleanest waterEtymologyJapanese kiyo (清, "clear, pure"), as in kiyoi ("clear, clean"); a feminine given name.Say itKEE-yohAdults will not lair in fouled water; a survey area that loses its dragon has usually lost its water quality first, and the clean-water dependency is the species' first listed vulnerability.A dragon would sayPelliterally clearcore DraconicWater Dragon
Name: Kairi
MeaningOriginDescriptionOcean VillageJapaneseKeeper of coastal watersEtymologyJapanese given name, commonly written 海里, from kai (海, "sea") + ri (里, "village" or "league").Say itKY-reeSea village, a name for the coastal communities that live alongside water dragons and report them least.A dragon would sayShorkkhernliterally sea · territorycore DraconicWater Dragon
Name: Kiri
MeaningOriginDescriptionMistJapaneseSpirit of the fog-bound shoreEtymologyJapanese kiri (霧, "mist, fog"); a feminine given name.Say itKEE-reeAdults surface in fog more often than in clear weather; most Japanese coastal sightings in the archive were logged at under fifty metres visibility.A dragon would sayShelkheshliterally water · aircore DraconicWater Dragon
Name: Kaimana
MeaningOriginDescriptionOcean PowerHawaiianStrength of the seaEtymologyHawaiian kai ("sea") + mana ("power"); also the Hawaiian word for "diamond".Say itky-MAH-nahSea power; a tail built for propulsion is the power the name refers to.A dragon would sayShorkkhostliterally sea · powercore DraconicEarth Dragon
Name: Karst
MeaningOriginDescriptionLimestoneGermanCave-dwelling elderEtymologyFrom German Karst, the name of the Kras (Carso) limestone plateau of Slovenia and Italy, later applied to all such eroded limestone terrain.Say itKARSTGiven to cave-dwelling elders whose dens exploit natural limestone galleries, the one terrain where the species tunnels less than it inherits.A dragon would sayStorliterally earthcore DraconicAir Dragon
Name: Kaze
MeaningOriginDescriptionWindJapaneseWind that crosses the Japan AlpsEtymologyJapanese kaze (風, "wind"); the same character read fū in Fujin.Say itKAH-zehThe plain word, from the country whose mountain-shrine records the survey rates as the longest continuous sighting series after the Altai; the Japan Alps teams log the species on every autumn front.A dragon would sayKheshliterally aircore DraconicAir Dragon
Name: Kartal
MeaningOriginDescriptionEagleTurkishHunter over the Anatolian plateauEtymologyTurkish kartal ("eagle"); a masculine given name.Say itkar-TAHLThe eagle is the only competitor the species tolerates in a thermal, and the Anatolian survey has filmed an adult and a golden eagle circling the same column a hundred metres apart.A dragon would sayVer-orliterally fly · -ercore DraconicAir Dragon
Name: Kári
MeaningOriginDescriptionGust of WindOld NorseThe wind of the Norse giantsEtymologyOld Norse Kári ("gust, curly one"), the personified wind, son of Fornjót and brother of the sea and of fire; a masculine given name in Iceland.Say itKOW-reeThe Norse gave the wind a brother in fire and one in the sea, and the Icelandic survey records all three types within sight of each other on the Vatnajökull margin.A dragon would sayKheshliterally aircore DraconicAir Dragon
Name: Kahu
MeaningOriginDescriptionHarrier HawkMāoriHunter over the Southern AlpsEtymologyMāori kāhu ("harrier hawk"); a given name for boys and girls.Say itKAH-hooThe harrier that quarters the tussock is the Southern Alps survey's model for the species' lowland hunt: low, slow, upwind, and finished in one strike.A dragon would sayVer-orliterally fly · -ercore DraconicLightning/Storm Dragon
Name: Kaminari
MeaningOriginDescriptionSound of the GodsJapaneseSerpentine dragon riding storm cloudsEtymologyJapanese kaminari (雷, "thunder"), from kami (神, "god") + nari (鳴り, "sounding, ringing").Say itkah-mee-NAH-reeThe old reading of thunder as a god sounding is closer to the field data than it looks: the roar that precedes a storm is recorded on the Kanto parabolic tapes before any cloud is on the radar.A dragon would sayThakhvrashliterally god · roarcore DraconicLightning/Storm Dragon
Name: Kyuuden
MeaningOriginDescriptionBall LightningJapaneseNoble dragon of celestial electricityEtymologyJapanese kyūden (球電, "ball lightning"), from kyū (球, "ball") + den (電, "electricity, lightning"); the more common homophone kyūden (宮殿) means "palace", the source of the old "Lightning Palace" reading.Say itKYOO-denBall lightning sightings cluster around known lairs; the archive holds eleven reports of a slow-moving sphere leaving a ridge cave, and treats all of them as a juvenile's static discharge.A dragon would sayKyuuyuudanby soundcore DraconicLightning/Storm Dragon
Name: Kidlat
MeaningOriginDescriptionLightningTagalogStrike from the monsoon skyEtymologyTagalog kidlát ("lightning"); used as a masculine given name in the Philippines.Say itkid-LAHTThe Luzon survey works the Cordillera during the monsoon, when the adults hunt the flooded terraces from cloud base and the strikes come every few minutes.A dragon would sayTsakliterally lightningcore DraconicLightning/Storm Dragon
Name: Kimbunga
MeaningOriginDescriptionHurricaneSwahiliCyclone off the Indian Ocean coastEtymologySwahili kimbunga ("hurricane, cyclone, whirlwind").Say itkim-BOON-gahThe cyclones that cross the Mozambique Channel carry adults inland to the rift escarpment; the Kenyan survey's two confirmed sightings both followed one.A dragon would sayTharshliterally stormcore DraconicIce Dragon
Name: Khüiten
MeaningOriginDescriptionColdMongolianCold peak of the AltaiEtymologyMongolian khüiten (хүйтэн, "cold"); Khüiten Peak in the Altai is the highest point in Mongolia.Say itHOO-ee-tenThe Altai peak that carries the word for cold stands in the same range as the 1742 boundary stone, and the Mongolian survey treats it as the type's oldest documented lair.A dragon would sayTheskliterally coldcore DraconicIce Dragon
Name: Klaki
MeaningOriginDescriptionIceIcelandicHard ice over frozen groundEtymologyIcelandic klaki ("ice, frozen ground"), from Old Norse klaki; also used in Iceland as a nickname for the country itself.Say itKLAH-keeThe word the Vatnajökull survey uses for the ground an adult has breathed on: hard, clear, and a metre deeper than the frost around it.A dragon would sayThasliterally icecore DraconicIce Dragon
Name: Kuura
MeaningOriginDescriptionWhite FrostFinnishHoarfrost on every needleEtymologyFinnish kuura ("hoarfrost, rime"), the white frost that forms on trees and grass on a clear cold night.Say itKOO-rahThe Lapland teams find a lair by the kuura: a band of white-frosted pines running the length of a valley, downwind of a single point.A dragon would sayFeskthasliterally white · icecore DraconicIce Dragon
Name: Kaamos
MeaningOriginDescriptionPolar NightFinnishWeeks without sun, watched from belowEtymologyFinnish kaamos ("polar night", the weeks of winter darkness north of the Arctic Circle), usually taken as a loan from Sámi (Northern Sámi skábma).Say itKAH-mosThe polar night is the survey's blind season: dawn and dusk, the type's two activity periods, merge into one long twilight and the parabolic teams work by sound alone.A dragon would sayThasnurkhliterally ice · nightcore DraconicCrystal Dragon
Name: Kunzite
MeaningOriginDescriptionPink SpodumeneMineral-basedA pink dragon with perfect cleavageEtymologyNamed in 1903 for George Frederick Kunz, the Tiffany gemmologist who described it, + the mineral suffix -ite; the pink variety of spodumene.Say itKUNTS-ytePink adults with perfect cleavage shed scale plates that the IDRI collection catalogues as spodumene; the lithium in them is dietary.A dragon would sayKelhshthóvglishliterally dawn · hue · crystalgem dialectCrystal Dragon
Name: Kide
MeaningOriginDescriptionCrystalFinnishA single crystal; a sparkEtymologyFinnish kide ("crystal"; also "spark"), the plain word for a crystal grain of ice, salt or quartz.Say itKEE-dehThe Finnish word for a single crystal grain, and for a spark; the Lapland survey uses it for the small hatchlings, fully formed at birth, that the lore describes growing over centuries.A dragon would sayGlíshliterally crystalgem dialectCrystal Dragon
Name: Kislap
MeaningOriginDescriptionSparkleTagalogSparkle off faceted scalesEtymologyTagalog kislap ("sparkle, glint, flash"), the noun for a brief flash of light off a surface.Say itkees-LAHPThe Philippine survey's word for the flash of an adult turning in sun, the signal the cordillera watch teams log by time and bearing rather than by sight of the animal.A dragon would sayLíthliterally brightgem dialectAmethyst Dragon
Name: Kalixia
MeaningOriginDescriptionBeautyGreekStunning dragon with perfect purple scalesEtymologyCoined name; Greek kállos (κάλλος, "beauty") with a decorative -ixia ending; nothing in it means "pure".Say itkah-LIK-see-uhThe survey's word for a flawless flank, every scale refracting the same violet, a rarity worth noting since most adults carry milky inclusions.A dragon would sayBélhshliterally beautifulgem dialectAmethyst Dragon
Name: Kecubung
MeaningOriginDescriptionAmethystIndonesianAmethyst, named for the purple datura flowerEtymologyIndonesian and Malay kecubung ("amethyst"), the gem named for the datura shrub of the same name, whose trumpet flowers are purple.Say itkuh-CHOO-boongA gem named for a poison flower, which the survey finds apt: the description's telepathic defence leaves a team with the same headache and blurred sight the plant does.A dragon would sayPólhvglishliterally purple · crystalgem dialectSapphire Dragon
Name: Kalani
MeaningOriginDescriptionThe HeavensHawaiianReference to the sky-blue colorEtymologyHawaiian ka lani ("the sky, the heavens; the royal one"), a given name for both sexes.Say itkah-LAH-neeHawaiian gives the same word to the sky and to royalty, and the description gives this type both: the sky-blue scale and the strict hierarchy underneath it.A dragon would sayTéshliterally skygem dialectSapphire Dragon
Name: Kahurangi
MeaningOriginDescriptionPrecious BlueMāoriTreasured, sky-blue pounamuEtymologyMāori kahurangi ("blue; precious, treasured"), from kahu ("cloak") + rangi ("sky"); also the palest and most prized variety of pounamu.Say itkah-hoo-RAHNG-eeA cloak of sky is what the description's azure wing membrane looks like folded, and the word's second sense, treasured, is the hoard.A dragon would sayDróshtselhliterally hoard · bluegem dialectSapphire Dragon
Name: Kailea
MeaningOriginDescriptionSea JoyHawaiianDual meaning of blue elementsEtymologyModern Hawaiian-style name; kai ("sea") + lea ("joy", from le'a); "sky" would be lani, which is not in it.Say itky-LAY-ahA modern coinage; the survey uses it for a juvenile's first flights over water, which the description's territorial adults do not permit for long.A dragon would sayShorkábrethliterally sea · joygem dialectSapphire Dragon
Name: Kymara
MeaningOriginDescriptionWaveGreekOcean referenceEtymologyCoined name; Greek kŷma (κῦμα, "wave, swell") with a -ra ending Greek did not attach; attested only as a modern given name.Say itky-MAR-ahThe wave is the one the description's psionic push makes in loose gravel before the animal is seen; the survey logs the ripple, then leaves.A dragon would sayShólhvliterally wavegem dialectSapphire Dragon
Name: Konpeki
MeaningOriginDescriptionDeep AzureJapaneseDeep blue of sea and skyEtymologyJapanese konpeki (紺碧, "deep blue, azure"), from kon ("navy blue") + heki ("blue-green jade").Say itkohn-PEH-keeThe Japanese word for a blue so deep it reads as jade; the description's iridescence shifts a spine scale through exactly that range as the animal turns.A dragon would sayDúlhvtselhliterally deep · bluegem dialectSapphire Dragon
Name: Kaiuli
MeaningOriginDescriptionDeep Blue SeaHawaiianThe dark-blue water past the reefEtymologyHawaiian kai ("sea") + uli ("dark, deep blue"): kai uli, the deep blue water beyond the reef.Say itky-OO-leeThe blue beyond the reef is the description's midnight end of the scale range, and the survey's colour card for the spine ridge is a photograph of open Pacific water.A dragon would sayDulhvtsélhshorkliterally deep · blue · seagem dialectEmerald Dragon
Name: Khadra
MeaningOriginDescriptionVerdantArabicVerdant one of the oasisEtymologyArabic khaḍrāʾ (خضراء), feminine of akhḍar ("green"); a feminine given name, and the epithet of green places from the Alhambra gardens to the Green Dome.Say itKHAD-rahThe Arabic feminine for green; the archive has no desert record of the type, and the name is used by the Levant survey for the females of the cedar forests.A dragon would sayZálhkliterally greengem dialectEmerald Dragon
Name: Kijani
MeaningOriginDescriptionLeaf-GreenSwahiliGreen, the colour of a leafEtymologySwahili kijani ("green"), from jani ("leaf") with the diminutive prefix ki-: "leaf-like".Say itkee-JAH-neeSwahili names the colour after the leaf; the Taita hills record of 1981, the type's only East African sighting, was filed under the guide's word.A dragon would sayMélhshzalhkliterally flower · greengem dialectTopaz Dragon
Name: Kogane
MeaningOriginDescriptionYellow MetalJapaneseGold, literally yellow metalEtymologyJapanese kogane (黄金, "gold"), from ko- ("yellow") + kane ("metal").Say itkoh-GAH-nehThe Japanese word for gold is literally yellow metal, which is what a shed scale of this type assays as: a mineral lattice with a trace of the metal in it.A dragon would sayKersthóvtengliterally sun · hue · metalgem dialectTopaz Dragon
Name: Kahroba
MeaningOriginDescriptionAmberPersianAmber, the straw-snatcherEtymologyPersian kahrubā (کهربا, "amber"), from kāh ("straw") + rubā ("snatching"), for the static charge that makes rubbed amber pick up straw; the source of Turkish kehribar.Say itkah-roo-BAHRubbed amber picks up straw, and a shed scale of this type does the same; the Persian name records the trick a millennium before anyone called it static.A dragon would sayKérsglishliterally sun · crystalgem dialectTopaz Dragon
Name: Kōwhai
MeaningOriginDescriptionYellowMāoriYellow; the golden-flowered treeEtymologyMāori kōwhai ("yellow"), also the name of the tree whose golden flowers gave the colour its word.Say itKOH-fyThe Māori word for yellow comes from a flowering tree, and the survey's Aotearoa reports use it for adults seen against the same gold.A dragon would sayKérsthovliterally sun · huegem dialectRuby Dragon
Name: Kardinal
MeaningOriginDescriptionCardinal RedGermanA regal dragon with deep red coloringEtymologyGerman Kardinal, from Latin cardinālis ("principal", from cardō, "hinge"); the colour kardinalrot takes its name from the scarlet robes of the cardinals.Say itkar-dee-NAHLThe Schwarzwald teams use the German colour word for the deep vestment red of a mature adult, as distinct from the brighter hatchling scale that has not yet taken on its full mineral load.A dragon would sayBrákhliterally redgem dialectRuby Dragon
Name: Kōgyoku
MeaningOriginDescriptionRed JewelJapaneseThe native Japanese word for rubyEtymologyJapanese kōgyoku (紅玉), from kō (紅, "crimson") + gyoku (玉, "jewel, jade"): the native word for ruby, also the name of a red apple variety.Say itKOH-gyoh-kooThe Japanese survey's plain word for the type; the lair it monitors above the Kamioka mine is the only one recorded inside a working shaft, and the miners use this word and no other.A dragon would sayBrákhglishliterally red · crystalgem dialectRuby Dragon
Name: Kokino
MeaningOriginDescriptionScarletGreekA dragon whose presence glows with ruby lightEtymologyGreek kókkino (κόκκινο), neuter of kókkinos ("scarlet"), from kókkos, the kermes berry whose insects gave the ancient scarlet dye.Say itKOH-kee-nohModern Greek for the colour; the Pindus shepherds who report the type to the Balkan survey use the plain word and nothing else.A dragon would sayBrákhliterally redgem dialectRuby Dragon
Name: Kohaku
MeaningOriginDescriptionRed and WhiteJapaneseA dragon with scales ranging from amber to rubyEtymologyJapanese kōhaku (紅白, "red and white", the paired colours of celebration); the same reading written 琥珀 means "amber", the usual sense of the given name.Say itKOH-hah-kooThe Japanese survey's word for a juvenile in moult, red scale over the white of new corundum growing beneath; the pattern is the same one prized in kōhaku koi.A dragon would sayBrákhfeskliterally red · whitegem dialectRuby Dragon
Name: Kurenai
MeaningOriginDescriptionDeep CrimsonJapaneseSafflower crimson of old JapanEtymologyJapanese kurenai (紅, "crimson"), the deep red dyed from safflower petals; the reading is traced to kure-no-ai, "the indigo of Kure", the Chinese kingdom of Wu.Say itkoo-REH-nighThe old court crimson, the colour the Japanese survey matches to the resting scale of the Kamioka adult; the dye faded in a season, and the scale has not in the forty years the lair has been watched.A dragon would sayDúlhvbrakhliterally deep · redgem dialectRuby Dragon
Name: Kuruvinda
MeaningOriginDescriptionCorundumSanskritThe word behind corundumEtymologySanskrit kuruvinda (कुरुविन्द, "ruby"), the word behind Tamil kurundam and English corundum, the mineral of which ruby is the red form.Say itkoo-roo-VIN-dahThe field description gives the scales the molecular structure of corundum, and the word for the mineral is this one; the Sri Lankan survey has the type's only recorded scale sample with a full crystallographic analysis.A dragon would sayBrákhglishliterally red · crystalgem dialectObsidian Dragon
Name: Kurogane
MeaningOriginDescriptionBlack IronJapaneseBlack iron of the Shirataki flowEtymologyJapanese kurogane (黒鉄, "black metal"), the old word for iron, from kuro ("black") + kane ("metal").Say itkoo-roh-GAH-nehHokkaido's Shirataki flow is the largest obsidian source in Japan, and the survey there records scales by weight: black iron is what the samples feel like in the hand.A dragon would sayDoskátengliterally black · metalgem dialectObsidian Dragon
Name: Kivuli
MeaningOriginDescriptionShadowSwahiliShadow on the Rift Valley glassEtymologySwahili kivuli ("shadow, shade"), a Bantu noun of the ki- class.Say itkee-VOO-leeThe Kenyan Rift is obsidian country from Naivasha to Eburru, and the survey there logs the type as the herders do, as a shadow that moves against the sun.A dragon would saySkúrliterally darkgem dialectObsidian Dragon
Name: Keskin
MeaningOriginDescriptionSharpTurkishSharp as Cappadocian obsidianEtymologyTurkish keskin ("sharp, keen"), from kesmek ("to cut"); a common surname.Say itkess-KEENAnatolia's obsidian at Göllü Dağ and Nemrut was traded to the Levant nine thousand years ago, and the Cappadocia survey uses the Turkish word for what the shard cloud does to a tent.A dragon would sayTréshliterally toothgem dialectObsidian Dragon
Name: Kimya
MeaningOriginDescriptionSilenceSwahiliSilence before the shard cloudEtymologySwahili kimya ("silence, quiet").Say itKEEM-yahThe Rift survey's first warning sign is not on the IDRI list: the birds stop, then the humming of the description starts, and the silence in between is the time to leave.A dragon would sayStélhliterally silentgem dialectDiamond Dragon
Name: Karat
MeaningOriginDescriptionCarob SeedArabic/GreekDragon of diamond-like purityEtymologyEnglish carat, via Italian carato from Arabic qīrāṭ (قيراط), from Greek kerátion ("carob seed, little horn"), the seed once used as a jeweller's weight; the k- spelling is the gold-purity sense.Say itKAR-atThe weight of a diamond is a seed; the register weighs a shed scale at eleven carats and a full adult, by the lore's dimensions, at rather more.A dragon would sayKératby soundgem dialectDiamond Dragon
Name: Kirkas
MeaningOriginDescriptionBright and ClearFinnishClear, of water, sky or soundEtymologyFinnish kirkas ("clear, bright, lucid", of water, sky or sound), from the same root as kirkastaa ("to clarify, to glorify").Say itKEER-kahsThe word the Finnish lake crews use for water in which the bottom shows; the register borrowed it for a telepathic contact that leaves no doubt what was said.A dragon would sayLíthpelhliterally bright · cleargem dialectDiamond Dragon
Name: Karatine
MeaningOriginDescriptionPure BeingModernDragon of diamond purityEtymologyCoined name; karat (Arabic qīrāṭ, a jeweller's weight) with an -ine ending; no being in the parts.Say itKAR-uh-teenThe purity grade as a name; the lore's Lawful Good is the crews' gloss on it.A dragon would sayPelés-orliterally clear · be · -ergem dialectDiamond Dragon
Name: Kongo
MeaningOriginDescriptionMetal-HardJapaneseDiamond-hard; the vajra; a mountainEtymologyJapanese kongō (金剛), from kin (金, "metal, gold") + gō (剛, "hard, strong"): the Buddhist rendering of Sanskrit vajra, hence "diamond, indestructible"; also Mount Kongō and a battleship.Say itKOHN-gohThe term Japanese scholars used for the stone that cannot be broken, borrowed by the register for the scale whose hardness the materials bench could not rank on any scale it owned.A dragon would sayTéngthrekliterally metal · stronggem dialectOpal Dragon
Name: Kiran
MeaningOriginDescriptionSun RaySanskritA ray of sunlightEtymologySanskrit kiraṇa (किरण, "ray of light, sunbeam"); a given name for both sexes across India.Say itKIH-runA single ray is what the parabolic teams see first: one scale catching the sun across a valley, minutes before the lore's full play of colour resolves into an animal.A dragon would sayKerstháarliterally sun · lightgem dialectOpal Dragon
Name: Kirameki
MeaningOriginDescriptionSparkleJapaneseGlitter of light on a surfaceEtymologyJapanese kirameki (煌めき, "sparkle, glitter"), from kirameku ("to glitter"), written with the character for brilliance.Say itkee-rah-MEH-keeThe Kyushu team's word for the pinpoint glitter of a wet adult leaving a hot spring, every scale edge catching the light separately.A dragon would sayLíthliterally brightgem dialectOpal Dragon
Name: Kajo
MeaningOriginDescriptionGlowFinnishFaint glow, light of dawnEtymologyFinnish kajo ("glow, faint light"), as in aamunkajo ("dawn glow"), from kajastaa ("to glimmer"); a rare given name.Say itKAH-yohThe faint glow of the scales before the sun clears the ridge; the Finnish survey logs the kajo of an adult ten minutes before the animal.A dragon would sayTháarliterally lightgem dialectOpal Dragon
Name: Kito
MeaningOriginDescriptionGemSwahiliPrecious stone, jewelEtymologySwahili kito ("precious stone, gem"; plural vito), a native Bantu word, unlike the Arabic loan johari.Say itKEE-tohThe Rift Valley survey's plain word for what the lore says the type eats; a kito found half-dissolved on a lair floor is logged as a meal, not a hoard.A dragon would sayGlíshliterally crystalgem dialectGarnet Dragon
Name: Kızıl
MeaningOriginDescriptionScarletTurkishRed of the Kızılırmak clayEtymologyTurkish kızıl ("red, scarlet, crimson"), from Old Turkic qïzïl; the word in Kızılırmak ("Red River").Say itKUH-zuhlThe red of the Kızılırmak clay, the colour of the type; the Anatolian survey works the same hills where Alabanda cut garnets for Rome.A dragon would sayBrákhliterally redgem dialectGarnet Dragon
Name: Kura
MeaningOriginDescriptionRed TreasureMāoriRed, precious; a chief's feathersEtymologyMāori kura ("red, glowing; precious, treasure"), once the red feathers worn as ornament by a chief.Say itKOO-rahRed and precious in one word; the survey borrowed it for the hoard, which the lore says is defended with full draconic ferocity.A dragon would sayBrákhdroshliterally red · hoardgem dialectMoonstone Dragon
Name: Kuutar
MeaningOriginDescriptionMoon MaidenFinnishDaughter of the Moon who spins silverEtymologyFinnish Kuutar, from kuu ("moon") + the feminine suffix -tar ("daughter of"): the moon maiden of the Kalevala, who spins silver thread.Say itKOO-tarThe Kalevala's moon daughter spins silver on the edge of a cloud; the Lapland team reads the passage as a sighting, a pale animal working a ridge at night with the light behind it.A dragon would sayLeshnéshmeskliterally moon · new · mortalgem dialectMoonstone Dragon
Name: Konane
MeaningOriginDescriptionBright MoonlightHawaiianBright as moonlightEtymologyHawaiian kōnane ("bright as moonlight, clear"), also the name of the Hawaiian board game.Say itkoh-NAH-nehThe Hawaiian word for a night bright enough to see by; the Mauna Kea report of 2008 was made in exactly that light, at 500 m, without instruments.A dragon would sayLíthleshliterally bright · moongem dialectMoonstone Dragon
Name: Kalista
MeaningOriginDescriptionMost beautifulGreekStunning dragon with perfect scalesEtymologyGreek kallístē (καλλίστη), superlative of kalós ("beautiful"); the same word as Callisto, the nymph who became the Great Bear.Say itkah-LISS-tahThe most beautiful, and the Great Bear by another spelling; the field guides use it for the adult sheen at its fullest, at the full moon the description says is the animals' peak.A dragon would sayBélhshliterally beautifulgem dialectLunar Dragon
Name: Kaguya
MeaningOriginDescriptionShining NightJapaneseThe moon princess of the bamboo cutter's taleEtymologyJapanese Kaguya-hime (かぐや姫), the princess sent from the moon in the Taketori Monogatari; usually read as kagayaku ("to shine") + ya ("night"), though the tale's own spelling gives no characters to prove it.Say itkah-GOO-yahThe princess who returned to the moon; the archive reads the tale's ascent, with its escort of shining beings, as an early account of a family group climbing out of the mesosphere.A dragon would sayThaarnurkhliterally light · nightcore DraconicLunar Dragon
Name: Kira
MeaningOriginDescriptionDarkIrishA dragon of night shadowsEtymologyAnglicised form of Irish Ciara, feminine of ciar ("dark, black"); the same spelling is also a Russian and a Japanese name of unrelated origin.Say itKEER-ahThe dark one; applied to the individuals whose scales stay dull through a full moon, which the description does not explain and the teams have not either.A dragon would saySkurliterally darkcore DraconicMesoamerican Dragon
Name: Kinich
MeaningOriginDescriptionSun FaceMayaA solar dragon associated with daylight and warmthA dragon would sayKersshevliterally sun · eyecore DraconicSolar Dragon
Name: Khepri
MeaningOriginDescriptionMorning SunEgyptianDragon representing the rising sunA dragon would sayKelshkersliterally dawn · suncore DraconicDragon Turtle
Name: Kame
MeaningOriginDescriptionTurtleJapaneseTurtle, given for long lifeEtymologyJapanese kame (亀, "turtle, tortoise"); a common feminine given name into the early twentieth century, chosen for the turtle's long life.Say itKAH-mehGiven to daughters for the turtle's ten thousand years; the archive's oldest logged female off Kyushu has been under observation since the Ryukyu survey began.A dragon would sayStorkabraskliterally armor · beastcore DraconicDragon Turtle
Name: Kilpikonna
MeaningOriginDescriptionShield ToadFinnishShield toad, the Finnish turtleEtymologyFinnish kilpikonna ("tortoise, turtle"), literally kilpi ("shield") + konna ("toad").Say itKIL-pee-kon-nahThe Finnish word describes the animal as a shield with a toad under it, which is roughly what a hauled-out juvenile looks like from the Baltic shore.A dragon would sayKilpikaanaby soundcore DraconicDragon Turtle
Name: Kaimetsu
MeaningOriginDescriptionDestructionJapaneseLegendary beast known for sinking shipsEtymologyJapanese kaimetsu (壊滅, "destruction, annihilation"), from kai (壊, "break") + metsu (滅, "destroy"); the bank's "ocean" reading confuses it with kai (海, "sea").Say itky-MET-sooThe word the Japanese harbour logs use for what one adult does to a moored fleet; the archive keeps it as a name rather than a verdict.A dragon would sayDrethliterally slaycore DraconicDragon Turtle
Name: Kalypso
MeaningOriginDescriptionHidden OneGreekMysterious guardian of underwater cavesEtymologyGreek Kalypsṓ (Καλυψώ), from kalýptō ("to cover, conceal"); the nymph of Ogygia.Say itkah-LIP-sohThe nymph who held Odysseus on an island for seven years is read in the archive as an adult female hauled out long enough for a shipwrecked crew to mistake her shell for the island.A dragon would saySkov-enliterally hide · -edcore DraconicDragon Turtle
Name: Kurma
MeaningOriginDescriptionTortoiseSanskritVishnu's tortoise, bearer of the mountainEtymologySanskrit kūrma (कूर्म, "tortoise"); the second avatar of Vishnu, who bore Mount Mandara on his shell while the ocean of milk was churned.Say itKOOR-mahThe tortoise that held a mountain on its back while the gods churned the ocean; the archive reads the churning as a steam release seen from the Indian coast and the mountain as the shell.A dragon would sayStorkabraskliterally armor · beastcore DraconicSea Serpent
Name: Kraken
MeaningOriginDescriptionTwisted OneNorwegianGigantic tentacled sea monsterEtymologyNorwegian kraken, definite form of krake ("a stunted or twisted creature"), from the root of krok ("crook, hook"); the name of the Norwegian sea monster from the eighteenth century.Say itKRAH-kenPontoppidan's Norwegian accounts of a creature the size of an island, sinking with a whirlpool behind it, match the lore file's dive behaviour closely enough that the archive treats them as this species rather than a cephalopod.A dragon would sayGrakhliterally cursecore DraconicSea Serpent
Name: Kanaloa
MeaningOriginDescriptionOcean GodHawaiianGod of sea creaturesEtymologyHawaiian Kanaloa, the same god as Māori Tangaroa; the name has no agreed gloss and "ocean god" is his role.Say itkah-nah-LOH-ahThe Hawaiian form of the Polynesian sea god, kept beside Tangaroa for the island logs, where the squid-god's tradition and the serpent's are hard to separate.A dragon would sayShorkthakhliterally sea · godcore DraconicEuropean Dragon
Name: Korbinian
MeaningOriginDescriptionRaven-likeGermanicA dark-scaled dragon with exceptional intelligenceA dragon would saySkurver-orliterally dark · fly · -ercore DraconicEuropean Dragon
Name: Konrad
MeaningOriginDescriptionBrave CounselGermanicA wise dragon advising other dragonsA dragon would sayNokhgekhshenvashliterally not · fear · know · speakcore DraconicEuropean Dragon
Name: Klaus
MeaningOriginDescriptionVictory of the PeopleGermanicA champion dragon of common causesA dragon would sayMeskatreskliterally mortal · victorycore DraconicEuropean Dragon
Name: Knut
MeaningOriginDescriptionKnotNorseA dragon skilled in binding magicA dragon would sayNatby soundcore DraconicEuropean Dragon
Name: Kare
MeaningOriginDescriptionCurlyNorseA dragon with curved hornsA dragon would sayKerby soundcore DraconicChinese Dragon
Name: Kuilong
MeaningOriginDescriptionChief DragonChinese MythologyLeader among dragonsA dragon would sayTorkkhathliterally lord · dragoncore DraconicChinese Dragon
Name: Kunlong
MeaningOriginDescriptionEarth DragonChinese MythologyDragon associated with the earth elementA dragon would sayStorkhathliterally earth · dragoncore DraconicChinese Dragon
Name: Kuanglong
MeaningOriginDescriptionWild DragonChinese LiteratureUntamed and fierce dragonA dragon would sayGroskkhathliterally wild · dragoncore DraconicChinese Dragon
Name: Kanlong
MeaningOriginDescriptionWatching DragonChinese LiteratureVigilant guardian dragonA dragon would saySkorkhathliterally see · dragoncore DraconicChinese Dragon
Name: Kulong
MeaningOriginDescriptionCool DragonChinese CultureDragon associated with coolnessA dragon would sayTheskkhathliterally cold · dragoncore DraconicMesoamerican Dragon
Name: Kukulcan
MeaningOriginDescriptionPlumed SnakeMayaThe Mayan version of the feathered serpent god associated with rain and windA dragon would sayVekhslethliterally wing · serpentcore DraconicMesoamerican Dragon
Name: Kabrakan
MeaningOriginDescriptionEarthquakeMayaA dragon causing earth tremors and destructionA dragon would sayKebrekanby soundcore DraconicMesoamerican Dragon
Name: Kauil
MeaningOriginDescriptionFire LordMayaA dragon controlling sacred flamesA dragon would sayKhertorkliterally fire · lordcore DraconicMiddle Eastern Dragon
Name: Kur
MeaningOriginDescriptionMountain DragonSumerianPrimordial dragon dwelling beneath the earthA dragon would saySkornkhathliterally mountain · dragoncore DraconicMiddle Eastern Dragon
Name: Karkadan
MeaningOriginDescriptionHorn BearerArabianDragon with a prominent horn like a rhinocerosA dragon would sayThrondorv-orliterally horn · carry · -ercore DraconicMiddle Eastern Dragon
Name: Kingu
MeaningOriginDescriptionWarrior DragonBabylonianDragon commander of armiesA dragon would sayDrekh-orkhathliterally fight · -er · dragoncore DraconicMiddle Eastern Dragon
Name: Kishar
MeaningOriginDescriptionEarth MotherBabylonianDragon of earthly powersA dragon would sayStorbrek-orliterally earth · hatch · -ercore DraconicMiddle Eastern Dragon
Name: Kurnugea
MeaningOriginDescriptionLand of No ReturnSumerianDragon of finalityA dragon would sayNokhgorkhernliterally not · come · territorycore Draconic
