MeaningOriginDescriptionMoonArabicA desert dragon most powerful during full moonsEtymologyArabic qamar (قمر), "moon", strictly the moon from its third night onward, as against hilāl ("crescent").Say itkah-MARThe Arabic word excludes the thin crescent, and the Zagros team's logs agree with it: no descent of this type has been recorded on the first two nights after the new moon.A dragon would sayLeshliterally mooncore DraconicCopper Metallic Dragon
Name: Quillon
MeaningOriginDescriptionSword GuardFrenchRepresents protective natureEtymologyFrench quillon, the cross-guard of a sword hilt, probably from quille ("skittle, pin"), a borrowing of Old High German kegil.Say itKEE-yonThe bar that keeps a blade from the hand; the description's protection of small communities is of that kind, indirect and rarely noticed until it is missing.A dragon would sayGorshsherth-orliterally weapon · defend · -ermetallic dialectLunar Dragon
Name: Quasar
MeaningOriginDescriptionStar-likeEnglishA brilliantly glowing dragonEtymologyEnglish quasar, a 1964 clipping of quasi-stellar (radio source), from Latin quasi ("as if") + stēlla ("star").Say itKWAY-zarA point of light that is not a star; the teams' term for a logged fix that turns out to be an animal holding position, which the description's gravity manipulation allows.A dragon would sayTsivliterally starcore DraconicCopper Metallic Dragon
Name: Quarix
MeaningOriginDescriptionStone FriendFantasyEarth connectionEtymologyCoined name; perhaps English quarry (Latin quadrāria) with a decorative -ix; the friend of the gloss is not in the parts.Say itKWAR-iksA generic stone name; the station uses it for the worked rock face of a lair entrance, cut square like a quarry.A dragon would sayStorrethliterally earth · friendmetallic dialectSilver Metallic Dragon
Name: Quicksilver
MeaningOriginDescriptionLiving SilverEnglishSwift as liquid metalEtymologyOld English cwicseolfor ("living silver"), from cwic ("alive") + seolfor ("silver"), a calque of Latin argentum vivum; the old name for mercury.Say itKWIK-sil-verThe old name for the metal that moves is kept in the register for the alternate form the lore describes, silver that walks into a settlement on two legs.A dragon would sayTherkselvliterally live · silvermetallic dialectSilver Metallic Dragon
Name: Quickclaw
MeaningOriginDescriptionQuick ClawEnglishWith swift silver clawsEtymologyEnglish compound of quick (Old English cwic, "alive", later "fast") + claw (Old English clawu).Say itKWIK-klawThe strike on a mountain goat, timed from survey footage, is over before the animal turns its head.A dragon would sayVrikkrelliterally swift · clawmetallic dialectMesoamerican Dragon
Name: Quetzalcoatl
MeaningOriginDescriptionFeathered SerpentAztecThe legendary plumed serpent deity representing wisdom and creationA dragon would sayVekhslethliterally wing · serpentcore DraconicEarth Dragon
Name: Quake
MeaningOriginDescriptionEarth ShakerEnglishCauses tremors when walkingEtymologyFrom Old English cwacian ("to shake, tremble").Say itKWAYKSeismic stations near active dens register the footfall of a walking adult as a shallow tremor, and more than one earthquake report has been reattributed after DragonWatch review.A dragon would sayStortrekh-orliterally earth · strike · -ercore DraconicEarth Dragon
Name: Quarry
MeaningOriginDescriptionStone PitEnglishMining dragonEtymologyFrom Middle English quarey, from Old French quarriere, from Latin quadrum ("square"), for the place where squared building stone is cut.Say itKWOR-eeRecorded for dragons that work a claim alongside a mining community, trading protection for the right to the ore, an arrangement the lore lists as typical.A dragon would sayStorgromliterally earth · cavecore DraconicAir Dragon
Name: Quetzalli
MeaningOriginDescriptionPrecious FeatherNahuatlIridescence worth a king's cloakEtymologyNahuatl quetzalli ("precious feather, quetzal plume"), from the root of quetzal; a feminine given name.Say itkeht-SAH-leeThe iridescent scales in the lore record shift from white to pale blue with the angle of light, as quetzal plumes do, and the Sierra Madre survey holds one shed scale that does the same on a desk.A dragon would sayDroshvekhliterally hoard · wingcore DraconicIce Dragon
Name: Qasa
MeaningOriginDescriptionIceQuechuaIce of the Andean nightEtymologyQuechua qasa ("ice, frost"), the word for the hard freeze of the Andean altiplano night.Say itKAH-sahThe Cordillera Blanca survey is the archive's only tropical record of the type, kept alive by the altiplano's nightly freeze and the tropical glaciers that are shrinking around the lairs.A dragon would sayThasliterally icecore DraconicAmethyst Dragon
Name: Quartz
MeaningOriginDescriptionHard StoneGermanDragon with crystalline body structureEtymologyGerman Quarz, from Middle High German twarc, probably from a West Slavic word related to tvrdý ("hard"); the etymology is disputed.Say itKWORTSAmethyst is quartz coloured by iron and irradiation, and the description's diet of quartz-family stone means the name is the dragon's food as much as its colour.A dragon would sayThrékstorliterally strong · earthgem dialectAmethyst Dragon
Name: Qispi
MeaningOriginDescriptionGlassQuechuaGlass, crystal; also freedomEtymologyQuechua qispi ("glass, crystal"; as a verb, "to be free, to escape").Say itKIS-peeThe Andean survey's word for the translucent adults, and the Quechua verb sense fits: a fully crystallised dragon the description says no psionic effect can touch.A dragon would sayGlíshliterally crystalgem dialectTopaz Dragon
Name: Qori
MeaningOriginDescriptionGoldQuechuaGold, as in QorikanchaEtymologyQuechua quri ("gold"), the first element of Qorikancha, the golden enclosure of Cusco.Say itKOH-reeThe Andean word for the metal; the survey's Altiplano logs use it for the deep-gold adults whose scales read as worked metal at distance.A dragon would sayKhórvliterally goldgem dialectDiamond Dragon
Name: Quispe
MeaningOriginDescriptionCrystalQuechuaCrystal, glass; a common Andean surnameEtymologyQuechua qispi ("crystal, glass; free"), in the Spanish spelling that made it one of the commonest Andean surnames.Say itKEES-pehThe Andean station's word for a scale, borrowed from the surname of half its staff; the lore's peaks above 15,000 feet are the ordinary working height there.A dragon would sayGlíshliterally crystalgem dialectOpal Dragon
Name: Quest
MeaningOriginDescriptionSeekingLatinReferences seeking natureEtymologyOld French queste ("a search"), from Latin quaesita, from quaerere ("to seek").Say itKWESTThe lore's mineral diet keeps adults searching: an opal-type territory is a prospecting map, and the survey teams follow the claw marks.A dragon would sayDrósliterally wantgem dialectMoonstone Dragon
Name: Quinn
MeaningOriginDescriptionWiseIrishIntelligent dragon with knowing eyesEtymologyIrish Ó Cuinn, "descendant of Conn"; conn means "chief" or "sense, reason, intelligence", and the "wise" gloss rests on the second.Say itKWINAn intelligence name for the type the description calls the most contemplative in the register; the Irish logs use it for the adult that answered a recorded call with the same phrase in a different order.A dragon would saySkékhliterally eldergem dialectMoonstone Dragon
Name: Quilla
MeaningOriginDescriptionMother MoonIncanMoonEtymologyQuechua killa ("moon"), the moon goddess Mama Killa ("Mother Moon") of the Inca, spelled Quilla in the Spanish orthography.Say itKEE-yahMother Moon of the Inca, who was said to weep silver; the Andean team applies it to the resident female of the Vilcanota lair, the one with the largest documented moonstone hoard.A dragon would sayBrek-órleshliterally hatch · -er · moongem dialectEuropean Dragon
Name: Quentin
MeaningOriginDescriptionFifth-BornLatinA diplomatic dragon skilled in human relationsA dragon would sayZekabrekliterally five · hatchcore DraconicChinese Dragon
Name: Qinglong
MeaningOriginDescriptionAzure DragonChinese AstrologyEastern guardian dragon representing spring seasonA dragon would sayTselkhathliterally blue · dragoncore DraconicChinese Dragon
Name: Qiulong
MeaningOriginDescriptionAutumn DragonChinese FolkloreDragon associated with the autumn seasonA dragon would sayDeshthrelkhathliterally dusk · season · dragoncore DraconicChinese Dragon
MeaningOriginDescriptionGroup DragonChinese LiteratureDragon leading othersA dragon would sayThaskkhathliterally clan · dragoncore DraconicMiddle Eastern Dragon
Name: Qetesh
MeaningOriginDescriptionSacred SerpentEgyptian/ArabianDragon of beauty and natureA dragon would sayShrethslethliterally sacred · serpentcore DraconicMiddle Eastern Dragon
Name: Qarin
MeaningOriginDescriptionCompanionArabianDragon guardian spiritA dragon would sayRethliterally friendcore DraconicMiddle Eastern Dragon
