Dragonflight
- This article is about the types of dragons. For the expansion, see World of Warcraft: Dragonflight.
“I cannot help but wonder if things would have turned out different if the titans had elevated even one more dragonflight.”
Dragonflights (aka flights) represent the overarching organizations that uphold the objectives of the dragons. They are significantly large and structured groups,[2] primarily made up of their respective color's dragons, though they also include lesser dragonkin such as drakonid, dragonspawn, and even mortals. In early history, there were many dragonflights (there were dragons in every color of the rainbow),[3] yet there were five flights that held dominion over their brethren. It was these five flights that the Keepers chose to shepherd the budding world, and the leaders of each group are called the Dragon Aspects. The five great dragonflights are identified by their coloration: black, blue, bronze, green, and red.
Lesser dragonflights and organizations beyond the main five also exist, which are usually off-shoots of the other flights in some capacity. After the fall of Deathwing, the dragons, including the former Aspects and Alexstrasza herself, lost most of their power, along with most of their eggs in the Wyrmrest Temple sanctums and their ability to further reproduce.[4][5] Following the blooming of Amirdrassil, the Aspects were empowered this time by Azeroth herself. Though gifted with their ancestral power again, it remains to be seen if their ability to reproduce has also returned.
Members of all the dragonflights used to intermingle a lot, but after the Dragon Wars, most flights now keep to themselves.[6] This did not affect the various lesser dragonkin left behind on the Dragon Isles, who appear to have been spared from the horrors that divided their kind. Five major oathstones are located at the seats of power for each dragonflight throughout the Dragon Isles.[7] These monuments of trust were created by the keepers when history began on the Dragon Isles to symbolize the bond between each flight and their titan patrons.[8] They serve as symbols of the dragonflights' power[9] and of their oaths to Azeroth.[7]
Primary
There were once many more dragonflights, but eventually five rose to prominence as the others declined:
Name | Description | Aspect | Former leader(s) | Capital(s) |
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Red dragonflight | Granted dominion over life by Eonar the Lifebinder. | Alexstrasza the Life-Binder | N/A | Valdrakken, Ruby Lifeshrine (Waking Shores) |
Green dragonflight | Granted dominion over the Emerald Dream by Eonar the Lifebinder. | Merithra of the Dream | Ysera the Awakened | Valdrakken, Eye of Ysera (Emerald Dream) |
Bronze dragonflight | Granted dominion over time by Aman'Thul the Highfather. | Nozdormu the Timeless One | N/A | Valdrakken, Caverns of Time (Tanaris) |
Blue dragonflight | Granted dominion over magic by Norgannon the Dreamweaver. | Kalecgos the Spell-Weaver | Malygos the Spell-Weaver † | Valdrakken, Nexus (Borean Tundra) |
Black dragonflight | Granted dominion over the earth by Khaz'goroth the Shaper. | Ebyssian the Earth-Warder | Deathwing the Destroyer † | Valdrakken, Obsidian Throne (Waking Shores) |
Other draconic groups
Several other organizations have cropped up, some of which claim to be dragonflights themselves. Most of them are offshoots of other dragonflights, predominantly the black dragonflight.
Name | Description | Leader(s) | Former leader(s) | Capital |
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Chromatic dragonflight | Created by Nefarian using the blood of the various other flights. | Unknown | Deathwing † Nefarian † |
Blackrock Spire |
Infinite dragonflight | Corrupted members of the bronze dragonflight seeking to disrupt the timeways. They pursue a corruption of the main timeline to one where they rule supreme and control the dictation of events, in order to avoid what they believe to be worse fates. | Murozond † Eternus |
N/A | Valdrakken |
Netherwing dragonflight | Spawned from black dragon eggs infused with raw nether-energies when Draenor was torn apart. | Vyranoth | N/A | Thaldraszus |
Twilight dragonflight | Created by Sintharia by using the power of the nether dragons; feed vampirically on magical energies. | Unknown | Deathwing † Sintharia † Zeryxia † Vexiona † |
Twilight Caverns |
Nightmare dragonflight | Green dragons who have been corrupted by the Emerald Nightmare. | Defunct | Ysera † Xavius † |
Emerald Nightmare |
Thorignir | A brood of storm dragons that have sworn themselves to the service of the titans, specifically the keeper Odyn. | Vyranoth | N/A | Thorim's Peak |
Brood of Nithogg | A brood of storm dragons that have refused to swear to the titans, believing themselves to be superior. | Nithogg | N/A | Nastrondir |
Plagued dragons | A failed attempt at creating a plagued dragonflight by the Cult of the Damned. | Defunct | Vectus † | Scholomance |
Frostbrood | The elite frost wyrms of the Scourge; raised from the fallen blue dragons of Sindragosa's Fall and led by her as well. | Defunct | Sindragosa † | Icecrown Citadel |
Primalists | An elementally empowered group of dragonkin and cultists who believe that Azeroth's true, elemental, form was usurped by the titans. | Primal Incarnates: Iridikron |
Vyranoth Fyrakk † Raszageth † |
Dragon Isles |
In the RPG
Dragons group in five dragonflights that claim ancestry to the greatest of their kind. Each color is proud of its heritage and lineage and remembers the name of all those who have gone before. These flights are further separated into small family groups known as broods. Each occupies and holds territory within Azeroth‘s less populated areas. Some are commonly seen; others have nearly been driven to extinction by wars among their own kind.
Each of these five flights keeps secrets of its own and adheres to separate ideologies from the rest. They are led by powerful entities known as Aspects, one from each color, who rule over their flights as powerful gods looking down on their less fortunate descendants. For the most part, all dragons are of the same species with similar bone structure, anatomy, and physical capacity. Each flight, however, is distinct with different goals, interests, and ideals. The cautious traveler remembers the ancient words spoken by one of Azeroth's most powerful mages: Let sleeping dragons lie.[10]
Notes
- At some point during the War of the Ancients, the demons created the Glaive of the Aspects, a powerful weapon imbued with stolen powers from the dragonflights.[11]
- The Prismatic Blades are weapons similarly imbued with draconic power, but willingly forged by dragons during the reign of the Kaldorei Empire.
Gallery
The dragons in World of Warcraft.
The dragons in Warcraft III.
See also
References
- ^ Mount Journal entry for [Reins of the Violet Proto-Drake]
- ^ World of Warcraft: The Magazine Volume I Issue II, pg. 21
- ^ Day of the Dragon, pg. 160
- ^ Dawn of the Aspects: Part 1, pg. 84: "...and her ability to lay more had been forever taken away, but in addition to all that she lived with the knowledge that the other dragonflights had also suffered so. She might have accepted her loss of power, but not this loss of her kind's future. After all, she had been the Life-Binder."
- ^ [10-45] The Last of the Last
- ^ [10-70] Stay a While
- ^ a b Alexstrasza's Welcome
- ^ The Art of World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, pg. 59
- ^ [10-70] Reporting for Duty
- ^ Manual of Monsters, pg. 27
- ^ Game Guide/BC Raid Areas#Doom Lord Kazzak
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