MeaningOriginDescriptionDeathGreekMaster of corrosive powersA dragon would sayMorkhliterally diechromatic dialectBlack Chromatic Dragon
Name: Tenebris
MeaningOriginDescriptionDarknessLatinShadow walker of the marshesA dragon would saySkurliterally darkchromatic dialectGreen Chromatic Dragon
Name: Toxinus
MeaningOriginDescriptionPoison LordLatinKing of venomous beastsA dragon would sayShekhtorkliterally poison · lordchromatic dialectBlack Chromatic Dragon
Name: Tartarus
MeaningOriginDescriptionThe AbyssGreekRuler of bottomless pitsA dragon would sayDulvliterally deepchromatic dialectBlack Chromatic Dragon
Name: Toxifex
MeaningOriginDescriptionPoison-MakerLatinBrewer of deadly venomsA dragon would sayShekhkrev-orliterally poison · make · -erchromatic dialectBlack Chromatic Dragon
Name: Tenebrex
MeaningOriginDescriptionShadow KingLatin/CustomLord of darknessA dragon would saySkurkharthliterally dark · sovereignchromatic dialectBlack Chromatic Dragon
Name: Tenebrosus
MeaningOriginDescriptionFull of DarknessLatinWeaver of shadowsA dragon would saySkurtorsliterally dark · manychromatic dialectBlue Chromatic Dragon
Name: Thalassos
MeaningOriginDescriptionSeaGreekNamed for the deep blue ocean watersA dragon would sayShorkliterally seachromatic dialectDragon Turtle
Name: Tempestus
MeaningOriginDescriptionStormLatinCreator of maritime weatherEtymologyLatin tempestās ("weather, storm") with a coined -us ending; the same form was pruned from the storm bank.Say ittem-PES-tusA weather word the type's coastal claims share with the storm dragons; the two are told apart by the steam.A dragon would sayTharshliterally stormcore DraconicBlue Chromatic Dragon
Name: Thor
MeaningOriginDescriptionThunderNorseNamed after the Norse god of thunderA dragon would sayDromliterally thunderchromatic dialectSea Serpent
Name: Tempest
MeaningOriginDescriptionStormLatinWeather masterEtymologyOld French tempeste, from Latin tempestas ("season, weather, storm"), from tempus ("time").Say itTEM-pestThe weather that keeps watchers off the cliffs is the weather the species surfaces in; most storm sightings are made from ships that would rather not have made them.A dragon would sayTharshliterally stormcore DraconicLightning/Storm Dragon
Name: Thunderwing
MeaningOriginDescriptionStorm WingsEnglishDragon with lightning-charged wingsEtymologyEnglish thunder + wing, a transparent compound.Say itTHUN-der-wingThe wing membrane is where the charge builds; observers report a visible corona along the trailing edge in the minutes before a discharge.A dragon would sayTharshvekhliterally storm · wingcore DraconicSea Serpent
Name: Typhon
MeaningOriginDescriptionWhirlwindGreekStorm serpentEtymologyGreek Typhôn (Τυφῶν), linked to týphōs ("whirlwind") and typhō ("to smoke"); the monster buried under Etna, father of Scylla in some accounts.Say itTY-fonThe whirlwind that fathered sea monsters is read as the waterspout a large adult raises when it breaches at speed, the column of spray logged as weather by ships that never saw the animal.A dragon would sayTharshkheshliterally storm · aircore DraconicLightning/Storm Dragon
Name: Thundrus
MeaningOriginDescriptionThunder LordFantasyAncient dragon of primal stormsEtymologyCoined name; English thunder with a Latinate -us ending.Say itTHUN-drusA coinage for an old animal: the largest specimen on record, an 80-foot male on the Altai ridge, has held the same lair since the 1960s.A dragon would sayDromtorkliterally thunder · lordcore DraconicBlue Chromatic Dragon
Name: Tempestatis
MeaningOriginDescriptionOf the StormLatinBelonging to stormsA dragon would sayTharshliterally stormchromatic dialectGreen Chromatic Dragon
Name: Toxica
MeaningOriginDescriptionPoisonLatinKnown for her deadly venomous breathA dragon would sayShekhliterally poisonchromatic dialectGreen Chromatic Dragon
Name: Thicket
MeaningOriginDescriptionDense GrowthEnglishHidden killer in forest depthsA dragon would sayThikitby soundchromatic dialectGreen Chromatic Dragon
Name: Toxicon
MeaningOriginDescriptionPoison MasterGreekLord of venomsA dragon would sayShekhtorkliterally poison · lordchromatic dialectGreen Chromatic Dragon
Name: Toxophilus
MeaningOriginDescriptionPoison LoverGreekCollector of venomsA dragon would sayShekhvelshliterally poison · lovechromatic dialectGreen Chromatic Dragon
Name: Toxic
MeaningOriginDescriptionPoisonousEnglishVenom masterA dragon would sayShekhliterally poisonchromatic dialectGreen Chromatic Dragon
Name: Toxin
MeaningOriginDescriptionPoisonGreekVenom masterA dragon would sayShekhliterally poisonchromatic dialectRed Chromatic Dragon
Name: Tyrannox
MeaningOriginDescriptionTyrant KingLatin/CustomImperious ruler of mountainsA dragon would sayQorsh-orkharthliterally evil · lord · sovereignchromatic dialectRed Chromatic Dragon
Name: Tyranthus
MeaningOriginDescriptionGreat TyrantGreek/CustomImperious destroyerA dragon would sayKhorqorsh-orliterally great · evil · lordchromatic dialectRed Chromatic Dragon
Name: Titanox
MeaningOriginDescriptionTitan KingGreek/CustomColossal rulerA dragon would sayTaitanaksby soundchromatic dialectRed Chromatic Dragon
MeaningOriginDescriptionGiantGreekGreat in sizeEtymologyGreek Titanís (Τιτανίς), a female Titan; the feminine of Titán.Say ittih-TAH-nisFor a matriarch of the largest class.A dragon would sayKhorliterally greatmetallic dialectRed Chromatic Dragon
Name: Tyranix
MeaningOriginDescriptionTyrant ForceLatin/CustomUnstoppable despotA dragon would sayQorsh-orkhostliterally evil · lord · powerchromatic dialectRed Chromatic Dragon
Name: Tyrantis
MeaningOriginDescriptionOf TyrannyLatinDespot supremeA dragon would sayTairentizby soundchromatic dialectRed Chromatic Dragon
Name: Tyrannix
MeaningOriginDescriptionTyrant ForceLatin/CustomIron ruleA dragon would sayQorsh-orkhostliterally evil · lord · powerchromatic dialectRed Chromatic Dragon
Name: Tyranthex
MeaningOriginDescriptionTyrant WorkerGreek/CustomDespot craftA dragon would sayQorsh-orkrev-orliterally evil · lord · make · -erchromatic dialectRed Chromatic Dragon
Name: Tyranthox
MeaningOriginDescriptionTyrant KingGreek/CustomDespot supremeA dragon would sayQorsh-orkharthliterally evil · lord · sovereignchromatic dialectWhite Chromatic Dragon
Name: Thrym
MeaningOriginDescriptionFrost GiantNorseNamed after Norse frost giantA dragon would sayThaskhorliterally ice · greatchromatic dialectWhite Chromatic Dragon
Name: Talvi
MeaningOriginDescriptionWinterFinnishSeason referenceA dragon would sayThasthrelliterally ice · seasonchromatic dialectIce Dragon
Name: Tundra
MeaningOriginDescriptionCold UplandRussianDragon of the arctic wildernessEtymologyRussian tundra (тундра), from Kildin Sámi tūndâr ("treeless upland, bare hill").Say itTUN-drahThe Sámi word for the bare uplands, which is where the Kola survey finds the summer feeding grounds: reindeer herds and nothing to hide behind.A dragon would sayTheskskornliterally cold · mountaincore DraconicBrass Metallic Dragon
Name: Tombac
MeaningOriginDescriptionCopperMalayThe copper-rich brass of cheap goldEtymologyFrench tombac, via Portuguese tambaca from Malay tembaga ("copper"); the name of a copper-rich brass alloy that passes for gold.Say itTOM-bakThe alloy that imitates gold, and the field description's scale chemistry: high copper, some zinc, and a finish the goldsmiths' tales mistook.A dragon would sayBrakhtengliterally red · metalmetallic dialectBronze Metallic Dragon
Name: Theron
MeaningOriginDescriptionHunterGreekSwift and precise hunterEtymologyGreek thērṓn (θηρῶν, "hunter"), from thḗr ("wild beast"); borne by the tyrant of Acragas.Say itTHAIR-onRecorded for animals seen hunting squid at depth; the lore's electroreception is the only explanation for the strike rate in black water.A dragon would sayVorsh-orliterally hunt · -ermetallic dialectBrass Metallic Dragon
Name: Talib
MeaningOriginDescriptionSeekerArabicEternal student of lifeEtymologyArabic ṭālib (طالب, "seeker, student"), from ṭalaba ("to seek, to ask for").Say itTAH-libThe lore file gives the type an insatiable curiosity; the survey has yet to log a brass adult ending a conversation before the other party did.A dragon would sayDros-orliterally want · -ermetallic dialectBrass Metallic Dragon
Name: Tamir
MeaningOriginDescriptionTallHebrewRich in knowledgeEtymologyHebrew Tamir (תמיר, "tall, stately"), from tāmār ("date palm"); the bank's "wealthy" belongs to the unrelated Arabic tāmir ("owner of dates").Say ittah-MEERThe palm-tall stance; a brass adult rises on its hind legs to talk over a dune crest, and the horse-like head shows first.A dragon would sayGersliterally upmetallic dialectBrass Metallic Dragon
Name: Tahir
MeaningOriginDescriptionPureArabicClear thoughtEtymologyArabic ṭāhir (طاهر, "pure, clean"), from ṭahura ("to be pure").Say itTAH-heerThe clean tone of the voice; the survey's acoustic notes describe brass speech as bell-like, without the rasp of the chromatic types.A dragon would sayPelliterally clearmetallic dialectBrass Metallic Dragon
Name: Tarina
MeaningOriginDescriptionStoryFinnishStory, the tale told againEtymologyFinnish tarina ("story, tale, legend"); a feminine given name in Finland.Say itTAH-ree-nahThe Finnish survey's word for the unit of brass conversation; the lore file's information exchange runs in stories, not answers.A dragon would sayShenkliterally loremetallic dialectBronze Metallic Dragon
Name: Tumbaga
MeaningOriginDescriptionAlloyMalayRepresents divine metallic mixtureEtymologySpanish tumbaga, from Malay tembaga ("copper"); the word for the gold-copper alloy of the pre-Columbian Andes and Colombia, named by the Spaniards, not the Inca.Say ittoom-BAH-gahA red-gold alloy name applied to bronzes whose scale sheen has not yet dulled; the Pacific coast survey uses it for animals under a century old.A dragon would sayTengliterally metalmetallic dialectLunar Dragon
Name: Titan
MeaningOriginDescriptionGiantGreekA massive lunar dragonEtymologyGreek Titán (Τιτάν), the elder gods; the name's origin is unknown, and the "giant" sense is the later English one; also the largest moon of Saturn.Say itTY-tunThe largest moon of Saturn; the description's sixty-foot wingspan makes it the name the teams reach for when a silhouette crosses the disc.A dragon would sayKhorliterally greatcore DraconicBronze Metallic Dragon
Name: Theseus
MeaningOriginDescriptionLawgiverGreekCollects knowledgeEtymologyGreek Thēseús (Θησεύς); Plutarch derived it from thésis ("a placing, a founding") or thesmós ("law, institution"); the origin is unsettled, and "gatherer" belongs to none of the readings.Say itTHEE-see-usA hero's name kept for an Aegean bronze that set the rule of a strait; whether the rule was its own or the fishermen's the log does not say.A dragon would sayThiisiasby soundmetallic dialectBronze Metallic Dragon
Name: Tempus
MeaningOriginDescriptionTimeLatinKeeper of agesEtymologyLatin tempus ("time, season"), of debated deeper origin.Say itTEM-pusA memory name; the lore credits the type with a living record of shipping routes, and the older animals are consulted like charts.A dragon would sayThorsliterally agemetallic dialectEarth Dragon
Name: Terra
MeaningOriginDescriptionEarthLatinAncient guardian of soil and stoneEtymologyFrom Latin terra ("earth, land"); Terra Mater was the Roman earth goddess.Say itTERR-uhThe oldest word the archive has for the ground itself, and the one field teams reach for when a Draco terrestris surfaces through soil it has been working for centuries.A dragon would sayStorliterally earthcore DraconicCopper Metallic Dragon
Name: Theros
MeaningOriginDescriptionSummerGreekEvokes copper's warm colorEtymologyGreek théros (θέρος, "summer; harvest"), from thérein ("to heat"); the "heat" of the bank's gloss is the root, not the word.Say itTHEH-rosGreek for the hot season; the reddish scale of the description is most often photographed in late summer, when the adults sun on south-facing cliffs.A dragon would sayKresliterally hotmetallic dialectCopper Metallic Dragon
Name: Tembaga
MeaningOriginDescriptionCopperMalayThe metal itself, in the Malay wordEtymologyMalay and Indonesian tembaga ("copper"), probably from Sanskrit tāmraka, a derivative of tāmra ("copper").Say ittem-BAH-gahThe Malay word for the metal; the Kinabalu station logged its first copper at a disused mine on the lower slopes, eating the spoil heap.A dragon would sayBrakhtengliterally red · metalmetallic dialectCopper Metallic Dragon
Name: Tharos
MeaningOriginDescriptionBoldGreek-inspiredDescribes personalityEtymologyProbably from Greek thársos (θάρσος, "courage, boldness"), Modern Greek thárros; the name form is a simplification no text attests.Say itTHAH-rosGreek courage; the humor the lore records is bold rather than kind, and the field teams learn to check their boots before putting them on.A dragon would sayNokhgekhliterally not · fearmetallic dialectCopper Metallic Dragon
Name: Tamra
MeaningOriginDescriptionCopper RedSanskritCopper, and the colour of copperEtymologySanskrit tāmra (ताम्र, "copper; copper-coloured, dark red"); used in India as a feminine given name.Say itTAHM-rahSanskrit for copper and for its colour at once, which is the description's scale in one word; the Deccan teams use it for the young females, before the green comes.A dragon would sayBrakhtengbrakhliterally red · metal · redmetallic dialectCopper Metallic Dragon
Name: Tepoztli
MeaningOriginDescriptionMetalNahuatlCopper, later any metal; an axeEtymologyClassical Nahuatl tepoztli ("copper; iron, metal; axe"), the word for the one metal the Aztecs worked before iron arrived; the root of Tepoztlán.Say itteh-POHS-tleeThe Nahuatl word that meant copper before it meant metal at all; the Sierra Madre teams use it for the type, whose lairs there sit above old copper workings.A dragon would sayTengliterally metalmetallic dialectCopper Metallic Dragon
Name: Torix
MeaningOriginDescriptionTower KeeperFantasyGuardian referenceEtymologyCoined name; perhaps Latin turris ("tower") with a decorative -ix; the keeper of the gloss is not in the parts.Say itTOR-iksA generic tower name; the station uses it for a copper holding a free-standing rock pillar rather than a cliff.A dragon would saySkornsherth-orliterally mountain · defend · -ermetallic dialectGold Metallic Dragon
Name: Themis
MeaningOriginDescriptionLawGreekGreek goddess of divine lawEtymologyGreek thémis (θέμις, "law, custom, divine order"), from tithénai ("to set down"); the Titaness who personified it and sat beside Zeus.Say itTHEM-isThe lore records an inclination to law and order that no other type shares; the Aegean teams give the Titaness's name to the oldest resident female.A dragon would sayJethliterally good · commandmetallic dialectGold Metallic Dragon
Name: Tadashi
MeaningOriginDescriptionRighteousJapaneseJapanese name meaning correct or justEtymologyJapanese Tadashi (正, "correct, righteous, just"), from the adjective tadashii; a common masculine given name.Say ittah-DAH-sheeThe lore records a consistency of ethical judgement in this type; the Kantō survey gives the name to a male that has been observed refusing an easy kill.A dragon would sayJethliterally good · commandmetallic dialectSilver Metallic Dragon
Name: Takara
MeaningOriginDescriptionTreasureJapaneseTreasure kept in the lairEtymologyJapanese takara (宝, "treasure"), a feminine given name.Say ittah-KAH-rahThe Japanese Alps station's name for a female of this type whose lair was mapped after abandonment and found to hold worked silver in three chambers.A dragon would sayDroshliterally hoardmetallic dialectSilver Metallic Dragon
Name: Tlamatini
MeaningOriginDescriptionSageNahuatlOne who knows thingsEtymologyNahuatl tlamatini ("one who knows things", a sage or scholar), from mati ("to know") with the object prefix tla-.Say ittlah-mah-TEE-neeThe Nahuatl word for a sage is used for the type on the strength of the lore's interest in poetry and philosophy, which the surveys have recorded only at second hand from the villages.A dragon would sayLyev-orliterally know · -ermetallic dialectFaerie Dragon
Name: Titli
MeaningOriginDescriptionButterflyHindiButterfly, a Hindi girl's nameEtymologyHindi titlī (तितली, "butterfly"), used as a girl's name.Say itTIT-leeThe wing shape and scale structure are a butterfly's; the field guides put the two side by side because at distance they cannot be told apart.A dragon would sayVer-orliterally fly · -ercore DraconicFaerie Dragon
Name: Tuike
MeaningOriginDescriptionTwinkleFinnishTwinkle, a Finnish girl's nameEtymologyFinnish tuike ("twinkle, sparkle"), from tuikkia ("to twinkle"); a given name.Say itTOO-ee-kehSeen across a Finnish lake at night, a roost twinkles like a low star, and the lake-forest teams log the sightings by the shore the light stands over.A dragon would sayLithliterally brightcore DraconicFaerie Dragon
Name: Twinkle
MeaningOriginDescriptionTwinkleEnglishA dragon that twinkles like starsEtymologyEnglish twinkle, from Old English twinclian ("to wink, blink"), a frequentative of an older twink.Say itTWING-kulSeen from across a valley at night, a roost is indistinguishable from stars until a wind moves the branch.A dragon would sayLithliterally brightcore DraconicFire Dragon
Name: Taiyo
MeaningOriginDescriptionGreat SunJapaneseEastern dragon with solar energy powersEtymologyJapanese taiyō (太陽, "sun"), literally "great yang", the bright principle; a masculine given name.Say itTY-yohThe Japanese survey records the only population that sleeps facing east, taking the first light on the chest scales.A dragon would sayKhorkersliterally great · suncore DraconicFire Dragon
Name: Tanwen
MeaningOriginDescriptionWhite FireWelshWhite heat of a full dischargeEtymologyWelsh tân ("fire") + gwen ("white, blessed"): "white fire"; a feminine given name.Say itTAN-wenThe hottest flame is white; the Snowdonia survey's spectrograph puts a full-adult discharge past the lore file's 3000°F, where the colour leaves the flame.A dragon would sayFeskkherliterally white · firecore DraconicMiddle Eastern Dragon
Name: Tiamat
MeaningOriginDescriptionMother of DragonsBabylonianPrimordial sea dragon of creationA dragon would sayKhathbrek-orliterally dragon · hatch · -ercore DraconicFire Dragon
Name: Tanguy
MeaningOriginDescriptionFire DogBretonProtective dragon with controlled flamesEtymologyBreton Tanguy, from tan ("fire") + ki ("dog"): "fire dog", the name of a sixth-century Breton saint.Say ittahn-GHEEThe Breton survey uses it for the yearlings that trail an adult on a hunt and finish the wounded prey.A dragon would sayKherbraskliterally fire · beastcore DraconicFire Dragon
Name: Tsog
MeaningOriginDescriptionGlowing EmberMongolianEmber and vigour togetherEtymologyMongolian tsog (цог, "ember, glowing coal"; also "vigour, splendour"); an element in given names such as Tsogbayar.Say itTSOGMongolian tsog is both the ember and the vigour of a living thing; the Altai survey, working the range of the 1742 sighting, uses it for a lair that is still warm.A dragon would sayThaarkherliterally light · firecore DraconicFire Dragon
Name: Tarasque
MeaningOriginDescriptionBeast of TarasconFrenchHybrid dragon with devastating flamesEtymologyFrench Tarasque, from Tarascon, the Provençal town where Saint Martha tamed the beast; "terror" is a folk gloss on the sound.Say ittah-RASKA Rhône monster kept for the Provençal survey's one confirmed lair on the Alpilles; the terror gloss is not supported.A dragon would sayTereskby soundcore DraconicWater Dragon
Name: Tai
MeaningOriginDescriptionTideMaoriSpirit of the coastal tideEtymologyMāori tai ("tide, sea, coast"), cognate with Hawaiian kai; used in given names and place names.Say itTIEThe iwi that hold rāhui over a stretch of coast are honouring a boundary the adult set first; the New Zealand logs record no incident where the rāhui was kept.A dragon would saySholvliterally wavecore DraconicSea Serpent
Name: Thalassa
MeaningOriginDescriptionSeaGreekPrimordial sea spiritEtymologyGreek thálassa (θάλασσα, "sea"), a pre-Greek loanword; also the primordial sea goddess.Say itthah-LAH-sahThe Greek sea, whose word is older than Greek; the archive uses it for the Aegean population as a whole.A dragon would sayShorkliterally seacore DraconicSea Serpent
Name: Tangaroa
MeaningOriginDescriptionOcean GodPolynesianMaster of sea lifeEtymologyMāori Tangaroa (Hawaiian Kanaloa), the Polynesian god of the sea; the name has no agreed gloss and "ocean god" is his role.Say ittahng-ah-ROH-ahThe father of fish and reptiles in Māori tradition, whose children fled to the sea and the forest; the archive reads the split as the moment this species left the land.A dragon would sayShorkthakhliterally sea · godcore DraconicWater Dragon
Name: Tyyne
MeaningOriginDescriptionCalmFinnishPatient watcher of still lakesEtymologyFinnish tyyni ("calm, still", of weather or water); Tyyne is the feminine given-name form.Say itTEW-nehThe still-water adults of the Finnish lake district are the most patient hunters in the archive, logged holding position under a shoal for hours before the current is raised.A dragon would sayThesliterally peacecore DraconicWater Dragon
Name: Thames
MeaningOriginDescriptionDark WaterCelticMystery of river depthsEtymologyFrom Brittonic Tamesas (Latin Tamesis), usually explained as "dark one" from a root seen in Sanskrit tamas ("darkness"), though "flowing" has also been proposed.Say itTEMZDark river, the usual reading of the old British name; the deep-channel adults in tidal rivers are the hardest to observe.A dragon would saySkurshelliterally dark · watercore DraconicWater Dragon
Name: Thalassic
MeaningOriginDescriptionOf the SeaGreekBorn of ocean watersEtymologyEnglish adjective from Greek thálassa (θάλασσα, "sea") + -ic.Say itthuh-LAS-ikOf the sea, the adjective itself; born of ocean waters, as the description says.A dragon would sayShorkliterally seacore DraconicEarth Dragon
Name: Toprak
MeaningOriginDescriptionSoilTurkishSoil-scaled burrowerEtymologyFrom Turkish toprak ("soil, earth, land"), Old Turkic topraq; a masculine given name.Say ittop-RAHKRecorded in the Anatolian surveys for males whose scale colour has been logged shifting with the soil of each new territory, the mineral diet rewriting the camouflage over decades.A dragon would sayStorliterally earthcore DraconicEarth Dragon
Name: Tectus
MeaningOriginDescriptionCoverLatinUnderground guardianEtymologyFrom Latin tectus ("covered, hidden"), past participle of tegere ("to cover").Say itTEK-tusField shorthand for a dragon known only from its tunnel signature, never sighted at the surface in the whole run of a survey.A dragon would saySkov-enliterally hide · -edcore DraconicEarth Dragon
Name: Terra Nova
MeaningOriginDescriptionNew EarthLatinYoung earth shaperEtymologyFrom Latin terra ("earth") + nova ("new"), the phrase behind the place-name Newfoundland.Say itTERR-uh NOH-vuhField shorthand for a juvenile still learning territory from its parents, at the start of a rearing period the lore puts at about thirty years.A dragon would sayNeshstorliterally new · earthcore DraconicEarth Dragon
Name: Terra Rex
MeaningOriginDescriptionEarth KingLatinRuler of earth dragonsEtymologyFrom Latin terra ("earth") + rex ("king").Say itTERR-uh REKSGiven to a dominant male whose claim is respected by every other earth dragon in the range, the territorial order the lore describes as lawful.A dragon would sayStorkharthliterally earth · sovereigncore DraconicEarth Dragon
Name: Trausti
MeaningOriginDescriptionTrustyIcelandicTrusty guardian of the mining claimEtymologyIcelandic masculine given name from Old Norse traustr ("trusty, firm, strong") and traust ("trust, protection").Say itTROW-steeMining communities that trade protection for mining rights use it for the male that has kept its side of the arrangement longest, a record the archive puts at four centuries.A dragon would sayEskrethliterally yes · friendcore DraconicEarth Dragon
Name: Terra Prime
MeaningOriginDescriptionFirst EarthLatinPrimordial earth dragonEtymologyFrom Latin terra ("earth") + primus ("first"), in the English form prime.Say itTERR-uh PRYMEApplied to the oldest specimen in any given range, the one whose thousand-year workings the younger dragons build off.A dragon would sayPrithstorliterally first · earthcore DraconicEarth Dragon
Name: Tatzelwurm
MeaningOriginDescriptionClaw-WormGermanAlpine claw-worm of the cave countryEtymologyFrom German Tatze ("paw, claw") + Wurm ("worm; dragon", archaic); the legendary cave-dwelling lizard-serpent of Alpine folklore.Say itTAHT-sel-vurmAlpine reports of a clawed serpent seen at cave mouths were reattributed after DragonWatch review to juvenile Draco terrestris, and the folk name stayed on the file.A dragon would sayKrelslethliterally claw · serpentcore DraconicEarth Dragon
Name: Terra Firma
MeaningOriginDescriptionSolid EarthLatinStable earth guardianEtymologyFrom Latin terra firma ("solid land"), terra ("earth") + firma ("firm, steady"), the sailor's phrase for dry ground.Say itTERR-uh FUR-muhGiven to dragons whose tunnels are so carefully sited that the ground above never subsides, the stability the lore attributes to instinctive avoidance of weak rock.A dragon would sayStorliterally earthcore DraconicEarth Dragon
Name: Tellus
MeaningOriginDescriptionEarthLatinGround-goddess of the worked fieldsEtymologyFrom Latin tellus, telluris ("earth, ground, land"); Tellus Mater was the Roman goddess of the productive earth.Say itTEL-usRecorded for females whose tunnelling turns the subsoil so thoroughly that the farmland downslope of the den is logged as unusually fertile, the habitat effect the lore credits the species with.A dragon would sayStorliterally earthcore DraconicEarth Dragon
Name: Tellumo
MeaningOriginDescriptionEarth FatherLatinMale power of the deep groundEtymologyLatin, from tellus ("earth"); the masculine counterpart of Tellus named by Varro, as reported in Augustine, City of God 7.23.Say ittel-LOO-mohApplied to a territorial male that holds a mining claim against every rival, the lawful and orderly boundary-keeping the observation notes record as the species’ usual temper.A dragon would sayStordrakhdorliterally earth · blood · givecore DraconicEarth Dragon
Name: Terra Crest
MeaningOriginDescriptionEarth CrownLatinWorld rulerEtymologyFrom Latin terra ("earth") + English crest (from Latin crista, "tuft, comb"); a modern hybrid coinage.Say itTERR-uh KRESTGiven to a range's dominant individual, whose claim boundary the other earth dragons in the survey have been observed to respect without contest.A dragon would sayStorthronliterally earth · horncore DraconicAir Dragon
Name: Tsubasa
MeaningOriginDescriptionWingJapaneseA span of sixty feetEtymologyJapanese tsubasa (翼, "wing"); a given name for boys and girls.Say ittsoo-BAH-sahThe lore record's 40-to-60-foot span is the largest in the archive relative to body weight; the Japan Alps survey's one measured membrane, from a moult, was thinner than a sheet of paper and would not tear.A dragon would sayVekhliterally wingcore DraconicDragon Turtle
Name: Typhoon
MeaningOriginDescriptionGreat WindGreekController of devastating stormsEtymologyFrom Cantonese tai fung (大風, "great wind") via Portuguese tufão, with the spelling shaped by Greek Typhôn and Arabic ṭūfān.Say itty-FOONAdults surface ahead of typhoons and ride the storm surge inshore, which is why the coastal claims in the Ryukyus are marked highest on the storm charts.A dragon would sayKhorkheshliterally great · aircore DraconicLightning/Storm Dragon
Name: Torden
MeaningOriginDescriptionThor's RumbleNorseBattle-scarred dragon of northern stormsEtymologyDanish and Norwegian torden ("thunder"), from Old Norse Þórr ("Thor") + dynr ("din, rumble").Say itTOR-denThor's din, in a language that never separated the god from the noise; the Scandinavian ridge-line populations are the most weather-active in the archive.A dragon would sayThakhdromliterally god · thundercore DraconicLightning/Storm Dragon
Name: Tonitrua
MeaningOriginDescriptionRolling ThunderLatinMajestic female dragon of stormsEtymologyLatin tonitrua, plural of tonitrus ("thunder"), so literally "thunders", the repeated peals; the Latin word is neuter and carries no queen.Say ittoh-NIT-roo-ahRepeated thunder with no lightning between the peals is the sign the survey teams listen for: an adult calling, not a storm.A dragon would sayTanaityuuaby soundcore DraconicLightning/Storm Dragon
Name: Thunderclap
MeaningOriginDescriptionCrack of ThunderEnglishDragon creating deafening thunderEtymologyEnglish thunder + clap ("a sudden loud noise"), attested since the 14th century.Say itTHUN-der-klapA single clap with no rumble after it is a discharge, not weather; the survey teaches new agents to count the silence.A dragon would sayDromliterally thundercore DraconicLightning/Storm Dragon
Name: Tempesto
MeaningOriginDescriptionStormItalianPassionate storm dragonEtymologyCoined form; Italian tempesta ("storm") with a masculine -o ending, which also happens to be the first-person form of tempestare ("to storm").Say ittem-PES-tohAn Italian storm is an Apennine storm; the ridge lairs between Abruzzo and Umbria are the densest cluster in the European archive.A dragon would sayTharshliterally stormcore DraconicLightning/Storm Dragon
Name: Tempestrix
MeaningOriginDescriptionStorm MistressLatinFemale dragon commanding tempestsEtymologyCoined name; Latin tempestas ("storm") with the feminine agent suffix -trix; not attested in Latin.Say ittem-PES-triksThe dominant female of the Pyrenees group holds the summit lair, and the survey's weather logs for that ridge are the busiest in Europe.A dragon would sayTharshtorkliterally storm · lordcore DraconicLightning/Storm Dragon
Name: Thundertail
MeaningOriginDescriptionLightning TailEnglishDragon with electricity-conducting tailEtymologyEnglish thunder + tail, a transparent compound.Say itTHUN-der-taylThe tail is the animal's earth: adults drag the tip along wet rock before a large discharge, and the ground contact is visible as a second flash.A dragon would sayTsakskelliterally lightning · tailcore DraconicLightning/Storm Dragon
Name: Tempestas
MeaningOriginDescriptionSeason of StormsLatinEmbodiment of storm forcesEtymologyLatin tempestas ("period of time, season, weather, storm"); the Roman goddess Tempestas had a temple vowed in 259 BC after a fleet survived a storm.Say ittem-PES-tasWeather and season in one Latin word, which is how the animal experiences them: the storm months are the active months, and the rest is rest.A dragon would sayTharshthrelliterally storm · seasoncore DraconicLightning/Storm Dragon
Name: Thunderforge
MeaningOriginDescriptionThunder ForgeEnglishDragon creating storms at willEtymologyEnglish thunder + forge, a transparent compound.Say itTHUN-der-forjThe lair is a forge in fact: the metal an adult collects is found part-melted and fused into the rock by repeated discharge.A dragon would sayDromkrevliterally thunder · makecore DraconicLightning/Storm Dragon
Name: Tempestare
MeaningOriginDescriptionTo StormItalianDragon heralding great stormsEtymologyItalian tempestare ("to storm, to hail, to batter"), from tempesta ("storm").Say ittem-pes-TAH-rehThe verb covers hail as well as thunder, and hail is what the Apennine villages report after an adult passes overhead in summer.A dragon would sayTharshliterally stormcore DraconicLightning/Storm Dragon
Name: Thundermane
MeaningOriginDescriptionThunder ManeEnglishDragon with electrically charged maneEtymologyEnglish thunder + mane, a transparent compound.Say itTHUN-der-maynThe spinal ridge that acts as a lightning rod stands up under charge like hair; the survey photographs show it fully raised in the seconds before a strike.A dragon would sayDromthoshliterally thunder · scalecore DraconicLightning/Storm Dragon
Name: Thunderbane
MeaningOriginDescriptionThunder SlayerEnglishDragon fighting through stormsEtymologyEnglish thunder + bane ("killer, ruin", from Old English bana), a transparent compound.Say itTHUN-der-baynAdults have been recorded flying into a cell and collapsing it, which the survey reads as clearing a rival's weather from the territory.A dragon would sayDromdreth-orliterally thunder · slay · -ercore DraconicLightning/Storm Dragon
Name: Thundermark
MeaningOriginDescriptionThunder MarkEnglishDragon marking storms' arrivalEtymologyEnglish thunder + mark, a transparent compound.Say itTHUN-der-markThe mark is the fused rock at a boundary; the Altai stone of 1742 sits on a strike scar, and the survey now looks for the scar before the writing.A dragon would sayDromskerkliterally thunder · territory · markcore DraconicIce Dragon
Name: Tsurara
MeaningOriginDescriptionIcicleJapaneseIcicle hung from the eavesEtymologyJapanese tsurara (氷柱, "icicle", literally "ice pillar"); used as a feminine given name.Say ittsoo-RAH-rahThe Hokkaido survey names the females for the icicles that hang from a lair mouth after a night's breathing, some of them longer than a person.A dragon would sayThasliterally icecore DraconicIce Dragon
Name: Tuisku
MeaningOriginDescriptionSnowstormFinnishDriving snow across the fellsEtymologyFinnish tuisku ("snowstorm, driving snow"); a rare Finnish given name for either sex.Say itTOO-ees-kooThe Lapland word for snow driven sideways; the survey huts on the fells are built for it, and for the adult that uses it to cross open ground unseen.A dragon would sayFoshtharshliterally snow · stormcore DraconicCrystal Dragon
Name: Tejas
MeaningOriginDescriptionSplendourSanskritRadiant force of a healing maleEtymologySanskrit tejas (तेजस्, "splendour, brilliance, fiery energy"), from the root tij ("to be sharp"); a masculine given name in India.Say itTAY-jusThe word Indian survey teams use for the healing energy field in the ability notes, felt as a warmth at the 500 m line and measurable as nothing at all.A dragon would sayBélhshliterally beautifulgem dialectCrystal Dragon
Name: Tourmalix
MeaningOriginDescriptionMixed GemFrenchA dragon with multi-colored crystal formsEtymologyCoined name; French tourmaline, from Sinhala tōramalli ("carnelian; a parcel of mixed gems"), with a decorative -ix ending.Say itTOOR-mah-liksThe multi-coloured crystal forms of the description are a single animal, and the Sinhala word for a mixed parcel of gems is the honest name for it.A dragon would sayTúrmaliksby soundgem dialectCrystal Dragon
Name: Topazix
MeaningOriginDescriptionGolden CrystalSanskritA golden dragon with perfect cleavageEtymologyCoined name; Greek topázios (τοπάζιος), of uncertain origin, either the Red Sea island Topazos or Sanskrit tapas ("heat, fire"), with a decorative -ix ending.Say itTOH-paz-iksThe perfect cleavage of the description is a real trait and a real weakness: golden adults shed whole scale plates when struck, and the plates are what the IDRI collection holds.A dragon would sayKhórvglishliterally gold · crystalgem dialectAmethyst Dragon
Name: Tanzanite
MeaningOriginDescriptionStone of TanzaniaGeographicTanzanite-colored dragonEtymologyNamed by Tiffany & Co. in 1968 for Tanzania, the only source of the blue-violet zoisite; the country's name is a 1964 blend of Tanganyika and Zanzibar.Say itTAN-zuh-nytThe blue-violet adults are the ones the survey wants: their colour shifts with viewing angle, like the stone, and a flank that reads blue from one ridge reads purple from the next.A dragon would sayGlíshstorliterally crystal · earthgem dialectCrystal Dragon
Name: Thulite
MeaningOriginDescriptionStone of ThuleGeographicA pink dragon with manganese tracesEtymologyNamed in 1823 for Thule, the classical name for the far north applied to Norway, + the mineral suffix -ite; the pink manganese zoisite.Say itTHOO-lyteThe pink adults with manganese traces are the Norwegian population, the northernmost lairs of the type, above the tree line at Telemark.A dragon would sayThyúlaitby soundgem dialectCrystal Dragon
Name: Tezcatl
MeaningOriginDescriptionMirrorNahuatlObsidian mirror, black and polishedEtymologyNahuatl tezcatl ("mirror"), the polished obsidian mirror of the Mexica, the first element of the god-name Tezcatlipoca.Say itTESS-kahtlThe black adults of the Mexican volcanic belt have scale faces polished by their own movement to a true mirror, and the Nahuatl word for the obsidian mirror was theirs first.A dragon would sayGlíshliterally crystalgem dialectAmethyst Dragon
Name: Tyyni
MeaningOriginDescriptionCalmFinnishStill weather, still mindEtymologyFinnish tyyni ("calm, still", of weather or water); a feminine given name.Say itTUU-neeThe meditation the description records reads on instruments as stillness: no dust moves in a gallery where an adult is at rest, and the Finnish word for windless water is the one the survey chose.A dragon would sayThésliterally peacegem dialectAmethyst Dragon
Name: Tasogare
MeaningOriginDescriptionTwilightJapaneseThe hour when faces cannot be toldEtymologyJapanese tasogare (黄昏, "dusk, twilight"), from the older tasokare, "who is that?", the hour when a face cannot be made out.Say ittah-soh-GAH-rehThe word asks who is there, which is the parabolic team's question at the hour an adult launches and the ridge goes violet.A dragon would saySkurtháarliterally dark · lightgem dialectAmethyst Dragon
Name: Twilight
MeaningOriginDescriptionEvening LightEnglishDusk-dwelling purple dragonEtymologyEnglish twilight, from Old English twi- ("two, half") + lēoht ("light"), the half-light between day and night.Say itTWY-lytThe type's active hours begin in the half-light, and the survey's evening watch is timed to the moment the gallery mouth goes violet.A dragon would sayDeshtháarliterally dusk · lightgem dialectAmethyst Dragon
Name: Takipsilim
MeaningOriginDescriptionVeil of DuskTagalogTwilight, when dusk coversEtymologyTagalog takipsilim ("twilight, dusk"), from takip ("cover, lid") + silim ("dusk").Say ittah-kip-SEE-limThe Tagalog word says the dark is a lid coming down, which is how a gallery mouth looks from across the valley when the light goes and the adult inside has not yet moved.A dragon would sayDeshskóv-enliterally dusk · hide · -edgem dialectAmethyst Dragon
Name: Twilara
MeaningOriginDescriptionTwilight StarEnglishEvening star dragonEtymologyCoined name; English twilight clipped and given an -ara ending read by the coiner as "star"; no attested form.Say ittwih-LAR-uhGiven to females logged at first light, Venus still up, before the survey's morning watch stands down.A dragon would saySkurtháartsivliterally dark · light · stargem dialectAmethyst Dragon
Name: Tehuilotl
MeaningOriginDescriptionRock CrystalNahuatlRock crystal of the Aztec lapidariesEtymologyNahuatl tehuilotl ("rock crystal, glass"), the clear quartz the Aztec lapidaries cut for ear-spools and labrets, recorded in the Florentine Codex.Say itteh-WEE-lohtlThe Florentine Codex prices clear quartz alongside the green stones, and the dietary study finds the type eats exactly that grade when the purple runs out.A dragon would sayStórglishliterally earth · crystalgem dialectSapphire Dragon
Name: Thalassia
MeaningOriginDescriptionOf the SeaGreekSea-inspired nameEtymologyGreek thalassía (θαλασσία), feminine of thalássios ("of the sea"), from thálassa; also the botanical genus of turtle-grass.Say itthah-LASS-ee-ahA sea word kept for the colour alone; the description's lairs are inland and underground, and the archive's keeper has never been logged near salt water.A dragon would sayShórkliterally seagem dialectMoonstone Dragon
Name: Thora
MeaningOriginDescriptionThunderNorseStorm-riding dragon with weather powerEtymologyOld Norse Þóra, a feminine of Þórr ("thunder"), the god's name; a common medieval Scandinavian given name.Say itTHOR-ahOut of domain for the type, but kept in the Norwegian logs for a female first recorded during the only thunderstorm in which this type has been seen airborne.A dragon would sayDrómliterally thundergem dialectSapphire Dragon
Name: Tucana
MeaningOriginDescriptionToucanLatinExotic birdEtymologyLatinised from Tupi tukana by way of Portuguese tucano; the southern constellation.Say ittoo-KAH-nahA tropical bird on a mountain animal; the survey keeps it only because the constellation sits over the Small Magellanic Cloud, which the archive's keeper asked about by name.A dragon would sayVér-orliterally fly · -ergem dialectSapphire Dragon
Name: Taurus
MeaningOriginDescriptionBullLatinEarth strengthEtymologyLatin taurus, from Greek taûros ("bull").Say itTOR-usThe bull of the zodiac, kept for the description's diet of large prey; a sapphire's trap can take a full-grown bull and has, on the Anatolian survey's record.A dragon would sayKhórbraskliterally great · beastgem dialectSapphire Dragon
Name: Triangulum
MeaningOriginDescriptionTriangleLatinPerfect formEtymologyLatin triangulum ("triangle"), from trēs ("three") + angulus ("corner").Say ittry-ANG-yoo-lumThe geometric patterns of the description's lairs begin with the triangle; the first chamber of the archive is tiled in them, to a tolerance the survey could not measure.A dragon would sayTraiénggyulamby soundgem dialectGarnet Dragon
Name: Tsavorite
MeaningOriginDescriptionStone of TsavoGeographyNamed after green garnet from TsavoEtymologyNamed in 1974 for Tsavo National Park in Kenya, where the green grossular garnet was found, with the suffix -ite; the name carries no meaning of "green fire".Say itTSAH-vor-iteAn adult that has fed on chromium-rich rock shows green flashes along the scale edge; the Tsavo record of 2003 is the only East African sighting of the type in the archive.A dragon would sayTséeldhoːraitby soundgem dialectTopaz Dragon
Name: Topazius
MeaningOriginDescriptionTopazLatinAncient dragon who guards topaz depositsEtymologyMedieval Latin topazius ("topaz"), the Vulgate's word for the stone (Job 28:19), from Greek tópazos.Say ittoh-PAY-zee-usThe Latin of the Vulgate and the lapidaries; the name under which the earliest European reports of a golden gem-scaled dragon were filed.A dragon would sayKhórvglishliterally gold · crystalgem dialectTopaz Dragon
Name: Topazine
MeaningOriginDescriptionTopaz-LikeEnglishDragon resembling living topazEtymologyEnglish topaz + the adjective ending -ine ("of the nature of"), recorded in a few older dictionaries as topazine.Say itTOH-pah-zeenThe old lapidaries' adjective for anything topaz-coloured; the survey applies it to juveniles not yet confirmed as the type.A dragon would sayKhórvglishliterally gold · crystalgem dialectTopaz Dragon
Name: Topazus
MeaningOriginDescriptionTopazLatinLiving topaz dragonEtymologyLatin topazus ("topaz"), Pliny's form of Greek tópazos, named after the Red Sea island Topazos where the ancients mined a yellow stone.Say ittoh-PAY-zusPliny's word; the island stone he describes was probably peridot, and the archive notes the same confusion in the earliest sightings of this type.A dragon would sayKhórvglishliterally gold · crystalgem dialectTopaz Dragon
Name: Topazoth
MeaningOriginDescriptionTopaz EssenceEnglishPure topaz dragonEtymologyCoined name; topaz with an -oth ending on the pattern of Hebrew plurals, which supplies no meaning.Say itTOH-pah-zothA label for the purest-coloured adults; the construction is stated and nothing more.A dragon would sayKhorvglíshvrethliterally gold · crystal · true · namegem dialectMesoamerican Dragon
Name: Tezcatlipoca
MeaningOriginDescriptionSmoking MirrorAztecA dragon of darkness and changeA dragon would sayKherkhelvglishliterally fire · cloud · crystalcore DraconicObsidian Dragon
Name: Tūhua
MeaningOriginDescriptionObsidianMāoriObsidian of Mayor IslandEtymologyMāori tūhua ("obsidian"), also the Māori name of Mayor Island, the source of most of the obsidian traded across pre-European New Zealand.Say itTOO-hoo-ahMayor Island's obsidian was carried the length of the country, and the Bay of Plenty survey holds one confirmed lair in its caldera, logged by the glow off the crater lake.A dragon would sayDoskáglishliterally black · crystalgem dialectObsidian Dragon
Name: Tliltic
MeaningOriginDescriptionBlackNahuatlBlack as the codex inkEtymologyNahuatl tlīltic ("black"), from tlīlli ("black ink, soot").Say itTLEEL-teekThe codex painters' black, made of soot, and the plainest Nahuatl word for the scales; the Sierra de las Navajas miners used it for the animal before the survey had a name.A dragon would sayDóskliterally blackgem dialectObsidian Dragon
Name: Tajam
MeaningOriginDescriptionSharpMalaySharp as the Krakatau glassEtymologyMalay and Indonesian tajam ("sharp, keen").Say itTAH-jamThe Sunda Strait survey replaced the volcano's name with the word for its glass: the 1883 ejecta is still sharp enough to cut, and so is what lives in the new cone.A dragon would sayTréshliterally toothgem dialectObsidian Dragon
Name: Tahimik
MeaningOriginDescriptionSilentTagalogSilent on the Taal caldera rimEtymologyTagalog tahimik ("silent, quiet, peaceful").Say ittah-HEE-mikThe Taal survey works a caldera inside a lake, and the type there is logged by absence: the lake birds go silent, and the thermal band shows a cold outline on the warm rim.A dragon would sayStélhliterally silentgem dialectOpal Dragon
Name: Tlanextli
MeaningOriginDescriptionClear LightNahuatlLight, brightness, dawn clarityEtymologyNahuatl tlanextli ("light, brightness, clarity"), from tlanēci ("to dawn, to grow light").Say ittlah-NESH-tleeThe Querétaro survey's word for the clear light a fire-opal adult throws at dawn over the mine terraces where the lore's opal deposits are worked.A dragon would sayPelhtháarliterally clear · lightgem dialectOpal Dragon
Name: Tsukikage
MeaningOriginDescriptionMoon ShadowJapaneseMoonlight, literally the moon's shadowEtymologyJapanese tsukikage (月影), from tsuki (月, "moon") + kage (影, "shadow, light"): moonlight, the light the moon casts; also a surname.Say ittsoo-kee-KAH-gehUnder moonlight the colour play drops to nothing and the adult is a pale shape and its shadow; the night logs record the shadow first.A dragon would sayLéshskurliterally moon · darkgem dialectOpal Dragon
Name: Tempo
MeaningOriginDescriptionTimeLatinReferences rhythmic natureEtymologyItalian tempo ("time"), from Latin tempus; the musical sense of pace is from the Italian.Say itTEM-pohThe colour play cycles with the animal's breathing, and the parabolic teams time it to estimate stress.A dragon would sayThórsliterally agegem dialectMoonstone Dragon
Name: Tsuki
MeaningOriginDescriptionMoon, MonthJapaneseSerene dragon with crystalline scales that glow with inner lightEtymologyJapanese tsuki (月), "moon" and by extension "month"; the character is the standard word for both.Say itTSOO-keeA word that counts months by moons, which is how the Japan Alps team logs this type: clutches laid at the new moon and hatched at the full, every cycle recorded on the cave wall.A dragon would sayLéshliterally moongem dialectMoonstone Dragon
Name: Thalia
MeaningOriginDescriptionFlourishingGreekThriving dragon with vibrant moonstone scalesEtymologyGreek Tháleia (Θάλεια), from thállein ("to bloom, flourish"); one of the Muses and one of the Graces.Say itTHAH-lee-ahThe Muse of comedy is an odd fit for an animal the description calls contemplative, but the Greek sense is growth, and the island lairs are the only ones where hatchlings have been logged in consecutive years.A dragon would sayThérkliterally livegem dialectMoonstone Dragon
Name: Talia
MeaningOriginDescriptionMorning dewHebrewFresh dragon with dewy scalesEtymologyHebrew Ṭalya (טליה), from ṭal ("dew") + yah (a divine element), usually glossed "dew from God"; also a form of Greek Thalia.Say itTAH-lee-ahDew is what the description's dewdrop-scaled hatchlings look like at first light, according to the Judean hills report the archive holds from 2002.A dragon would sayKélhshshelhliterally dawn · watergem dialectLunar Dragon
Name: Tsuki-Ryu
MeaningOriginDescriptionMoon DragonJapaneseA celestial dragon that embodies lunar energy and tidal forcesEtymologyJapanese tsuki (月, "moon") + ryū (竜, "dragon") joined with a hyphen; the native compound would read getsuryū (月竜) in Sino-Japanese, so the hyphenated form is a modern coinage built from two real words.Say itTSOO-kee-RYOOThe plate name of the type: the register entered it under the two plain Japanese words, moon and dragon, before Draconis lunaris was assigned, and the field teams still say it that way.A dragon would sayLeshkhathliterally moon · dragoncore DraconicLunar Dragon
Name: Tsukuyomi
MeaningOriginDescriptionMoon ReaderJapaneseA dragon that interprets lunar omensEtymologyJapanese Tsukuyomi (月読), from tsuku (月, "moon") + yomi (読み, "reading, counting"): the moon deity of the Kojiki, whose name records the counting of months by the moon.Say ittsoo-koo-YOH-meeThe moon that counts; the description's stellar navigation is, in the archive's reading, a calendar the type keeps by the phases, since its eye colour shifts with them and its descents follow them.A dragon would sayLeshskor-orliterally moon · see · -ercore DraconicLunar Dragon
Name: Tokki
MeaningOriginDescriptionRabbitKoreanThe rabbit pounding rice cake on the moonEtymologyKorean tokki (토끼, "rabbit, hare"), the animal seen in the moon's markings pounding rice cake in Korean and Japanese tradition.Say itTOH-keeThe moon rabbit; the teams keep it for the small dark shape a juvenile makes against the disc, which the description's semi-transparency cannot hide at that angle.A dragon would sayVorsh-asliterally hunt · -ingcore DraconicDragon Turtle
Name: Tidecaller
MeaningOriginDescriptionTide CallerEnglishMaster of tidal forcesEtymologyEnglish tide (Old English tīd, "time, season", later the sea's tide) + caller; a modern compound.Say itTYDE-kaw-lerAdults time their approach to the flood tide to enter shallow harbours and withdraw on the ebb; the older crews say the animal calls the tide rather than waits for it.A dragon would saySholvvrash-orliterally wave · roar · -ercore DraconicDragon Turtle
Name: Torrentus
MeaningOriginDescriptionRushing StreamLatinController of water forcesEtymologyLatin torrens ("rushing, scorching; a torrent"), from torrēre ("to parch"), with a coined -us ending the word does not take.Say ittor-REN-tusThe Latin word for a torrent began as the word for scorching, which the archive notes without comment beside the steam-gland readings.A dragon would sayVrikshemliterally swift · rivercore DraconicDragon Turtle
Name: Tidalon
MeaningOriginDescriptionTide LordEnglishController of ocean movementsEtymologyCoined name; English tidal with an -on ending; nothing in it means "lord".Say itTY-duh-lonA generic tide epithet with no recorded source.A dragon would saySholvtorkliterally wave · lordcore DraconicDragon Turtle
Name: Tidefury
MeaningOriginDescriptionTide FuryEnglishMaster of angry seasEtymologyEnglish tide + fury (Latin furia, "rage"); a modern compound.Say itTYDE-fyoor-eeA spring tide with an adult moving inshore on it; the Bristol Channel logs record the bore arriving early and twice its usual height.A dragon would saySholvnerkhliterally wave · furycore DraconicDragon Turtle
Name: Tideslayer
MeaningOriginDescriptionTide SlayerEnglishMaster of maritime flowsEtymologyEnglish tide + slayer (Old English slēan, "to strike"); a modern compound.Say itTYDE-slay-erAn adult lying across a tidal channel stops the flow; the survey records slack water an hour early on those days.A dragon would saySholvdreth-orliterally wave · slay · -ercore DraconicDragon Turtle
Name: Tideweaver
MeaningOriginDescriptionTide WeaverEnglishShaper of ocean flowsEtymologyEnglish tide + weaver (Old English wefan); a modern compound.Say itTYDE-wee-verAdults cross and recross a strait on successive tides, and the survey plots the track as a weave across the chart.A dragon would saySholvwelk-orliterally wave · weave · -ercore DraconicDragon Turtle
Name: Tidebane
MeaningOriginDescriptionTide DeathEnglishDestroyer of ocean flowsEtymologyEnglish tide + bane (Old English bana, "slayer, killer"); a modern compound.Say itTYDE-baynA tidal channel blocked by a resting adult runs dry on the ebb and floods late; the shellfish beds behind it die first.A dragon would saySholvmorkhliterally wave · diecore DraconicDragon Turtle
Name: Tidefox
MeaningOriginDescriptionTide FoxEnglishClever ocean masterEtymologyEnglish tide + fox (Old English fox); a modern compound.Say itTYDE-foksA nickname from the Orkney survey for a juvenile that raided creels on the ebb and was gone before the flood.A dragon would saySholvbraskliterally wave · beastcore DraconicSea Serpent
Name: Taniwha
MeaningOriginDescriptionWater MonsterMāoriPowerful water spirit protectorEtymologyMāori taniwha, from Proto-Polynesian *tanifa ("shark, sea monster"; Samoan tanifa is a man-eating shark); the guardian creatures of rivers and sea caves.Say itTAH-nee-fahThe Māori guardians of river mouths and sea caves are read as territorial adults known to the people who lived beside them, tolerated and avoided in the way the lore file describes.A dragon would sayShelbraskliterally water · beastcore DraconicSea Serpent
Name: Tehom
MeaningOriginDescriptionThe DeepHebrewAncient water beast of creationEtymologyHebrew tǝhôm (תְּהוֹם, "the deep, abyss"), cognate with Akkadian Tiāmat; the primordial waters of Genesis 1.Say itteh-HOHMThe deep over which darkness lay is the archive's oldest word for the nesting depth: the lore file places the eggs below the shelf break, where no survey light reaches.A dragon would sayDulvliterally deepcore DraconicSea Serpent
Name: Tethys
MeaningOriginDescriptionNurseGreekMother of water spiritsEtymologyGreek Tēthýs (Τηθύς), usually linked to tḗthē ("grandmother") or títthē ("nurse"); the Titaness of fresh water and mother of the rivers.Say itTEE-thisThe nurse of rivers is read as an old female whose territory takes in the river mouths of a coast, the young of a season following her in.A dragon would saySherth-orliterally defend · -ercore DraconicSea Serpent
Name: Thuban
MeaningOriginDescriptionGreat SerpentArabicThe serpent star of DracoEtymologyArabic thuʿbān (ثعبان, "large serpent, dragon"); the name of Alpha Draconis, the pole star of the pyramid builders.Say itTHOO-bahnThe serpent star that was the pole when the pyramids were raised; the survey uses it for the largest adult in the Red Sea logs, sighted on night crossings by its bearing on the old pole.A dragon would sayKhorslethliterally great · serpentcore DraconicSea Serpent
Name: Timingila
MeaningOriginDescriptionWhale SwallowerSanskritSea monster that swallows whalesEtymologySanskrit timiṅgila (तिमिङ्गिल), from timi ("a great fish, whale") + gila ("swallower", from gṝ, "to swallow"); the sea monster of the epics that swallows whales whole.Say ittih-MING-gih-lahThe whale-swallower of the Mahabharata is read as the largest adult in the Indian Ocean logs; the lore file lists marine mammals as the main prey, and the epics' scale is the only stretch.A dragon would sayShorkabraskvork-orliterally sea · beast · jaw · -ercore DraconicEuropean Dragon
Name: Thorvald
MeaningOriginDescriptionThor's PowerNorseA storm dragon commanding thunder and lightningA dragon would sayThakhkhostliterally god · powercore DraconicEuropean Dragon
Name: Theodor
MeaningOriginDescriptionDivine GiftGreekA dragon blessed with magical abilitiesA dragon would sayThakhdor-asliterally god · give · -ingcore DraconicEuropean Dragon
Name: Tomas
MeaningOriginDescriptionTwinAramaicA dragon born with unique dual powersA dragon would sayShakliterally twocore DraconicEuropean Dragon
Name: Torsten
MeaningOriginDescriptionThor's StoneNorseA dragon with thunder powersA dragon would sayThakhstorliterally god · earthcore DraconicChinese Dragon
Name: Tianlong
MeaningOriginDescriptionCelestial DragonChinese MythologyGuardian of heavenly palaces and divine treasuresA dragon would sayTeshkhathliterally sky · dragoncore DraconicChinese Dragon
Name: Tulong
MeaningOriginDescriptionEarth DragonChinese CultureDragon governing soil and landA dragon would sayStorkhathliterally earth · dragoncore DraconicMesoamerican Dragon
Name: Tepeu
MeaningOriginDescriptionConquerorMayaA sky dragon associated with rulership and divine authorityA dragon would sayTresk-orliterally victory · -ercore DraconicMesoamerican Dragon
Name: Tecuani
MeaningOriginDescriptionDevourerAztecA fierce dragon known for its hunting prowessA dragon would sayVork-orliterally jaw · -ercore DraconicMesoamerican Dragon
Name: Tlaloc
MeaningOriginDescriptionEarth LordAztecA dragon deity controlling rain and thunderA dragon would sayStortorkliterally earth · lordcore DraconicMesoamerican Dragon
Name: Tohil
MeaningOriginDescriptionObsidianMayaA fire-breathing dragon of volcanic originsA dragon would sayDoskaglishliterally black · crystalcore DraconicMesoamerican Dragon
Name: Tezcat
MeaningOriginDescriptionMirror SpiritAztecA dragon reflecting truth and wisdomA dragon would sayGlishnevliterally crystal · spiritcore DraconicMesoamerican Dragon
MeaningOriginDescriptionMountain HeartAztecA dragon of earth's coreA dragon would saySkorndrelkliterally mountain · heartcore DraconicMesoamerican Dragon
Name: Tzapotlatena
MeaningOriginDescriptionTree MotherAztecA dragon of healing plantsA dragon would sayNelkabrek-orliterally forest · hatch · -ercore DraconicMiddle Eastern Dragon
Name: Tanin
MeaningOriginDescriptionGreat SerpentHebrewSea dragon of immense sizeA dragon would sayKhorslethliterally great · serpentcore DraconicMiddle Eastern Dragon
Name: Tannin
MeaningOriginDescriptionSerpent LordHebrewDragon of the ocean depthsA dragon would saySlethtorkliterally serpent · lordcore DraconicMiddle Eastern Dragon
