History Main / DraconicHumanoid

* Having been created as a setting for TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragonsFifthEdition, ''TabletopGame/TheChroniclesOfAeres'' features two races of draconic humanoids; kobolds and draconvir. Kobolds are a small race of humanoid dragons created by the FeatheredSerpent goddess Lornifas, and divided into two subraces; the brightly colored, cheerful and friendly Mystics, and the brusque, predatory, swamp-dwelling, DarkIsNotEvil Stygians. Draconvirs are former humans [[{{animorphism}} warped into a draconic shape by powerful magic]] as {{super soldier}}; the Tainted were created by an evil wizard race called the Vulgraks, whilst the Argent were blessed by the Dragon of Light and crafted as {{Good Counterpart}}s to the Tainted.

%%Skyrim's Dragonborn doesn't count, as they are biologically human, elf, or beastman.

* In ''Series/{{Farscape}}'', Scarrans, who are one of two malevolent [[TheEmpire Empires]] in the series, are roughly humanoid reptilians with lizard-like faces and long nose. They are superhumanly strong, armoured, and have a talent called "heat projection", which is a high-temperature AgonyBeam. In their first appearance, the heat projection appeared to be a dragon-style breath weapon, but more often it seems to be projected from their hands.

* In ''Series/{{Farscape}}'', Scarrans, who are one of two malevolent [[TheEmpire Empires]] in the series, are roughly humanoid reptilians with lizard-like faces and long nose. They are superhumanly strong, armoured, and have a talent called "heat projection", which is a high-temperature AgonyBeam. In their first appearance, the heat projection appeared to be a dragon-style breath weapon, but more often it seems to be projected from their hands.

* While normally absent from ''Manga/FairyTail'' when any of the dragon slayers use Dragon Force they morph into [[HalfHumanHybrids dragon hybrids]]. Also their pronounced canine teeth and sense of smell (as well as [[WeakSauceWeakness travel sickness]]) come from their magic which is very different from other forms of magic. [[spoiler:They become more proper draconic humanoids as their dragonification process accelerates before eventually ending up a fully-realized dragon.]]

* Though he usually looks fully human, Sebas Tian from ''LightNovel/{{Overlord}}'' is actually a Dragonoid.
* ''Manga/MonsterMusume'' takes this trope and adds a dash of MoeAnthropomorphism to create Draconewts and their various subspecies, who possess fairly human looking bodies and faces, but heavily scaled extremities, horns, wings, and tails. Strangely, ''actual'' dragons seem to be this too: they have not been stated to have any shapeshifting ability. The difference between Dragonewts and Dragons seems to be that Dragons can fly, while Draconewts can't.

* Of all the [[ArcVillain Shadow Dragons]] in ''Anime/DragonBallGT''. [[FinalBoss Syn/Omega Shenron]], [[AnIcePerson Eis Shenron]], [[TokenGoodTeammate Nuova Shenron]] and Oceanus Shenron (she mostly disguises herself as a human woman, but her true form is a gargoyle-like anthropomorphic dragon) are the most humanoid-looking of the bunch.

* Most dragons in ''Anime/FutureCardBuddyfight'' are humanoid, wearing clothing and armor and wielding weapons. Armordragons are particularly humanoid.

* ''Literature/{{Dragonlance}}'': The Draconians are a race of draconic humanoid that start off AlwaysChaoticEvil, and usually appear as some variety of {{mook|s}} (either regular or [[EliteMook improved]], depending on the story) for the dragonarmies. They have five subraces, Baaz, Kapak, Aurak, Bozak and Sivak. All the races have [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience scales of different color]]. Other differences between them include whether they [[TakenForGranite turn to stone]], [[HollywoodAcid dissolve into acid]] or [[ActionBomb explode]] after death. In ''Dragons of Spring Dawning'', Gilthanas and Silvara find out they are created by corrupting eggs of actual dragons with [[BlackMagic dark magic]].

* ''Series/{{Grimm}}'' has the Damonfeuers; although their name sounds more like a [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign bad translation]] of "fire demon," they're basically dragons. They look reptilian, they can breathe fire, and they live in zealously-guarded (and, for the more modern type, copper-lined) "lairs".
* Dragons in ''Series/{{Garo}}'' are a far cry from human, but being raised by dragons can result in draconic traits, such as immortality and even successfully [[InterSpeciesRomance conceiving a child]] with one.

* ''VideoGame/BattleForWesnoth'' has the Drakes, one of the game's factions. Unbeknownst to even the Drakes themselves, [[spoiler:they actually are dragons. Similarly to the myth of goldfish only growing to the size of their tank, Drakes are kept in a juvenile form because there's not enough space left in the kingdom of Wesnoth to support dragons. They can, under the right circumstances, become "real" dragons again.]] This process has never been shown in any campaign.
* In ''VideoGame/DungeonCrawl'', one of the playable species is Draconians, who start out in an immature brown form, but after reaching a certain level change into a random color and gain a corresponding BreathWeapon. They also lack wings, but can gain some through mutations. (Exception: black draconians gain wings at level 14, and are able to remain airborne permanently.)
* ''VideoGame/{{Maplestory}}'' has the Nova race, which resemble humans with dragon wings, horns, and tail. Two of them are playable classes: Kaiser, who can temporarily transform into the less human-like variation of a Dragon Man, and Angelic Buster, who lacks a tail.
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' has several examples:
** The Dragonspawn are said to be humans who were so devoted to the dragon flights they started to take on draconic characteristics.
** Drakonids are humanoid dragonkin used as ground troops by the dragonflights.
** In Blackwing Descent a creature that is actually called a dragonman is encountered, which is a human crossed with a dragonspawn.

* In ''VideoGame/RageOfBahamut'', one character who debuted in the ''Mysteria Academy'' event is named Grea the Dragonborn. She has horns on her head and dragon wings, a long tail, and her forearms are scaly. She later makes an appearance in another game made by Cygames, ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'' with a slightly modified appearance as only one forearm is scaly.
* The ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'' series has the mandrake major/marshal monster line, a dragonman with a sword and shield. Several humanoid dragons show up, such as Lord Drak.
* Sol Badguy from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' is a Gear (the [[TitleDrop series' namesake]], in fact), one of many magical, genetically-enhanced bioweapons created from [[MixAndMatchCritter multiple animal genes]]. His true form is that of a bipedal humanoid dragon with a crustacean-like exoskeleton[[http://images.wikia.com/guilty-gear/images/f/fc/301046.jpg]], but [[WasOnceAMan having once been human]], he wears a PowerLimiter to [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith retain his original human appearance]]. As of ''Xrd'', he now assumes (a redesigned and more human-looking version of) this form when activating his Dragon Install super, as opposed to [[PowerGlows simply glowing]] like in the past games.
* In ''VideoGame/VagrantStory'', the LizardFolk count as "dragon" type enemies, and are therefore the only way to grind up your weapon's dragon affinity for killing the rare but powerful dragon boss monsters. Some of them do breathe fire, too.
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsAdvance'' and ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2 A2]]'', one bangaa class, the dragoon, allows them to have breath weapons. Ordinarily they'd be LizardFolk, but it seems they're using their tangential relationship to dragons here.
** ''A2'' provides a straigher example with the Gria, who look mostly human, but possess draconic wings, horns, and a tail.
* ''VideoGame/{{Guncaster}}'''s hero is Cygnis Flaynithere, a red, gun-toting, magic-casting, anthropomorphic dragon who's also ''[[PurposelyOverpowered ridiculously overpowered]]''. While he has scales, horns, and wings, [[InexplicablyTailless he lacks a tail for some reason]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Wizardry}}'s'' Dracon race, which can [[BreathWeapon breathe acid]]. The manual says they are the result of a mixture of human and dragon heritage.
* The Dragonute/Dragonewt race in various ''Franchise/ShiningSeries'' games play this trope straight,
** ''VideoGame/ShiningForce'' has Elliot and his son Eric being the most notable examples.
** ''VideoGame/ShiningTheHolyArk'' has Basso the Dragon-man who breathe, can not only fire but also, ice.
** You can also play as one in both of the ''VideoGame/ShiningSoul'' games.
* ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'': Male Manaketes in the series typically have visible draconic features such as [[http://fireemblemwiki.org/w/images/9/9c/Portrait_khozen_fe03.png fangs, slitted eyes]], [[http://fireemblemwiki.org/w/images/5/59/FEMN_Medeus_01.png claws]], and [[http://fireemblemwiki.org/w/images/a/a4/FEMN_Manakete_01.png wings]]. Most of the females on the other hand are [[CuteMonsterGirl cute little girls]] who appear human aside from occasionally having PointyEars or wings.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask Majora's Mask]]'' have Lizalfos (humanoid LizardFolk) and their stronger relatives Dinolfos, who are bigger, tougher, and breath fire.
** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'' has incarnations of Lizalfos and Dinolfos, but also Aeralfos: winged lizard-men found in the City in the Sky.

* Dragon Fang Fogel of ''VideoGame/OgreBattleTheMarchOfTheBlackQueen'' used to be a human, but he was cursed into this form after he killed the Divine Dragon Bytalth in his quest to seek more power.
* The Drake/Bahamun race from the ''VideoGame/ClassOfHeroes'' series are defined by their draconic characteristics. The Drakes from the first game had wings growing from their backs, but the Bahamun from the second game have smaller wings that sprout from their head as a second set of UnusualEars. Both races can learn a BreathWeapon attack that scorches every enemy on the battlefield, growing in power as they level up.
* ''VideoGame/MegaManX4'': Magma Dragoon is a dragon-styled Reploid made in resemblance to Akuma of ''Franchise/StreetFighter'', with powerful combat moves and fire powers.
* In ''VideoGame/RogueLegacy'', [[spoiler:the Dragon is an unlockable class]]. It resembles a human with dragon wings and the ability to breathe fire.

* ''VideoGame/OverlordMinions'' has the Dragonkin, a race of half-human, half-dragon creatures. Only two of them appear, and they're both end-game boss fights.
* ''VideoGame/ChronoCross'' features the ancient Dragonian civilization, a reptilian race closely attuned with nature, who lived in the islands of El Nido and left behind powerful magical relics and wondrous ruins. Though the truth is a bit more complicated: [[spoiler:the Dragonians are actually the evolved form of the dinosaur-descended Reptites seen in ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'', from an alternate timeline where Lavos didn't make them extinct. But an experiment in the main timeline's future pulled the Dragonians into the past, where they fought with similarly time-displaced humans and were defeated. The survivors settled with the humans in El Nido, giving rise to various demihuman subspecies before dying out. But not before they set things into motion that could get their revenge against those pesky humans...]]
* ''VideoGame/AtelierIris2TheAzothOfDestiny'' has Gray, a dragonslayer that was once a human. Due to killing so many dragons in his life, the dragon king punished him by cursing him with their shape, turning him into a dragon man.
* The UsefulNotes/{{NES}} version of ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTournamentFighters'' has Hothead, a former fireman who unwittingly unleashed an ancient Samurai dragon's spirit.

* ''VideoGame/Wizard101'' has draconians who serve [[BigBad Malistare]], but it's implied that they're just stringing him along until he reawakens the [[SealedEvilInACan Dragon Titan]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Paladins}}'':
** Drogoz is a wingless humanoid dragon who compensates for his lack of wings with a jetpack. His weapon of choice is a rocket launcher and while he can't breathe fire, he can hock up big, unstable loogies that explode when fired upon. He also has a huge love for gold and hates being called a lizard.
** The April 2020 Battle Pass features the skins "[[https://web2.hirez.com/paladins//wp-content/uploads/2020/03/SA_Viktor_DraconicFighter.png Draconic Fighter Viktor]]" and "[[https://web2.hirez.com/paladins//wp-content/uploads/2020/03/SA_Khan_DraconicEnforcer.png Draconic Enforcer Khan]]" that make the characters into humanoid dragons.
* Lilac in ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet'' is an anthropomorphic water dragon, with their characteristic whiskers as her ultra-long, ultra-thin twintails instead. That being said, she barely resembles a dragon at all. Merga in ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet2'' is a straighter example; she has a clearly dragon-like appearance.

* ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'': The 2017 Halloween Terror event added a Dragon skin for Symmetra. This skin, while keeping her humanoid form, gives her red and purple-grey skin covered in scales and armor plates, horns, a draconic tail or crest growing from the back of her head and yellow VolcanicVeins along her chest and right arm. It also turns her skirt into a pair of dragon wings growing from the small of her back.
* ''VideoGame/BodyBlows'': One of the extraterrestrial fighters introduced in ''Body Blows Galactic'', named Dragon, is a resident of a Reptile dominated planet. He has a muscular human-like frame and also a head, claws, and feet likes those of numerous portrayals of dragons.
* Midori's dragon form in ''VideoGame/FantasyStrike'' is humanoid and incorporates [[NonMammalianHair his facial hair]].
* Hybrid in ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'' is a muscular and spiky humanoid dragon whose appearance comes in three stages of clothedness, ranging from a full bright red ninja outfit to a virtually-naked array of leather belts and a pauldron.
* ''VideoGame/AgeOfWonders'': Draconians are a species of humanoid dragons created when the true dragons, facing extinction at the hands of the humans who had settled into their homelands, sacrificed their remaining eggs to create a new humanoid race to hold humanity at bay until such a time as the ancient dragon species could be brought back safely. Ironically, as both are Neutral-aligned species noted chiefly for their ambition and their desire to carve out a place for themselves in the world, humans and draconians tend to get along fairly well and are often allied with one another. They tend to be skilled in magic, due to their highly magical origins, and tend to eschew most tools in favor of their strength and natural weapons. They are physically very variable: Several draconians have vestigial wings, which in some cases are well-developed enough to allow them to fly, but many are wingless. Further, while most have typical humanoid proportions, some are hulking and heavily muscled and a few are quadrupedal like their dragon ancestors. Particularly large and developed draconian nations are sometimes capable of flattering true dragons into joining them, and the draconian army roster includes two types of true dragons as high-end monster units: the multi-headed hydras and the large, powerful red dragons.
* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'':
** Goro is a member of the Shokan, a race of dragon-human hybrids with, fiery breath, four arms and scaly skin.
** ''VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception'''s BigBad is Onaga the Dragon King who was the original ruler of Outworld before Shao Kahn poisoned him. He has green, scaly skin, wings, horns, three fingers on each hand and clawed feet.
** During the story mode of ''VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon'', it is revealed that Kano has been captured and been subject to the Red Dragon Clan's experiments to create dragon-human hybrids but is freed by new protagonist Taven before they can finish. Kano's non-canon ladder ending rejuvenates the process and transforms him into a black dragon-human hybrid.
** As of ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'', ''Shao Kahn himself'' appears to now be a DraconicHumanoid instead of... whatever he was in earlier games. He has clawed fingers and toes, yellow eyes like past dragons such as Onaga, and, when deprived of his armour, scales and spikes covering his skin. Basically, he looks like a mixture between a dragon and an [[OurOrcsAreDifferent orc]].

* ''VideoGame/AfterArmageddonGaiden'': The leader of the game's group of protagonists is Radune, a humanoid dragon warrior.

* Draco Centauros from ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' is a humanoid girl with dragon horns, wings, and a tail as well as the ability to [[BreathWeapon breathe fire]].
* Ragnir from ''VideoGame/{{Brawlhalla}}'' is a dragon who took a slightly humanoid form in order to compete in the Valhalla tournament.

* ''VideoGame/{{Arknights}}'' has ''three'' distinct LittleBitBeastly races based on dragons
** Draco are based on western dragons, and have thick spiked tails and multiple or branching horns.
** The Lung are based on eastern dragons. Of the two appearing so far, Ch'en has a tufted tail and branching horns, and her uncle Wei Yenwu is [[NonStandardCharacterDesign a full-on anthropomorphic dragon, with scales and a snout]].
** Vouivre are based on wyverns, and have a single pair of horns, pointed ears, and a slimmer tail with a point at the end.
* ''Videogame/AlteredBeast'' had a Weredragon that while having human proportions [[https://blogtectoy.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/altered-beast-12.png had a more animal stance]], something not all followed in ''[[http://gaminghell.co.uk/images/pabeast4.jpg Project Altered Beast]]''. It also appeared in ''Videogame/SegaHeroes'', [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/sega-heroes/images/5/5f/WeredragonBeastModelSH.png/revision/latest?cb=20190929162440 even more humanoid]] because it remained on the ground instead of always flying.

* ''Webcomic/WintersInLavelle'' has the "Blue Princes" (and most recently, a Blue Princess as well), half-dragon/half-human offspring of a Dragon capable of shape-shifting into a handsome man who decided to usurp the kingdom. Unfortunately for the princes, they are as less easily able to hide their heritage and from what has been seen, and implied, it's generally the rule that they look monstrous and malformed with horns, scales, and asymmetrically sized arms.

* Every female dragon in ''Webcomic/DraconiaChronicles''. [[BizarreSexualDimorphism The males are dragon classic, however.]]
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Ellen looks like this while briefly silhouetted [[http://www.egscomics.com/comic/2018-05-02 here]] and later comes to the conclusion that she [[http://www.egscomics.com/comic/sister3-290 absorbed dragon powers]].

* In the space arc of ''Webcomic/ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace'', the Dragons are a humanoid antagonistic space-faring race.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse'': Draego-Man is a tragic example. Created as a humanoid dragon to fight for Eternia against the evil Snakemen, he has scaly skin, giant wings capable of flight,fire breathe and even the ability to coat his combat equipment in fire, to say nothing of enahnced strength and durability. Alas, when the war ended, he found himself ostracized not only by the humans who saw him as a monster, but by the dragons who saw him as an abomination (particularly their leader Granamyr). This resulted in Draego-Man eventually being recruited by [[BigBad Skeletor]], and even helping the villain enslave a clutch of dragon eggs, leading to Dragon Blast Skeletor.

* Downplayed in ''Literature/DragonsInOurMidst'', with Billy being a human with [[FireBreathingWeapon fire-breathing abilities]] from that of his dragon father, and Bonnie resembling a regular-looking human girl... with large scaly ''[[WingedHumanoid wings]]'', from her dragon mother.

* M.C.A. Hogarth's ''Literature/{{Paradox}}'': In ''Even the Wingless'' the [[http://mcah.wikia.com/wiki/Chatcaava Chatcaava]] look like humanoid drakes in their [[ShapeShifting natural forms]], though most females have a second pair of arms instead of wings.
* In ''Literature/TheRogueKing'', some of the raptereon species are classed as this.
* The first mythos (mythological creatures) Sonic comes across in ''Literature/SonicTheHedgehogInTheFourthDimension'' are Dragonkin; snake-like creatures with arms and legs.
* ''The Dragon with the Girl Tattoo'' by ARR Roberts is a parody of the ''Literature/MillenniumSeries'' set in a world of humanoid dragons. The "girl" that [[PunnyName Lizbreath Salamander]] has tattooed on her back is seen as [[FaeriesDontBelieveInHumansEither a mythical creature]].

* ''The Dragon with the Girl Tattoo'' by ARR Roberts is a parody of ''Literature/TheMillenniumSeries'' set in a world of humanoid dragons. The "girl" that [[PunnyName Lizbreath Salamander]] has tattooed on her back is seen as [[FaeriesDontBelieveInHumansEither a mythical creature]].

* ''TabletopGame/{{Crimestrikers}}'' is set on Creaturia, a WorldOfFunnyAnimals that had a population of draconic humanoids in the distant past -- until they were [[FinalSolution hunted to extinction]]. In ThePresentDay, DNA discovered on ancient artifacts allows a dragon to be created through {{Genetic Engineering|Is The New Nuke}}, with more to possibly follow.

* Yubel of ''Anime/YugiohGX'' is described in-universe as draconic, despite actually [[DragonsAreDemonic belonging to the fiend archetype]]. A fairly low key example visibly, with only dragon wings and scales on their left arm and leg present. (Their evolved forms do gain more draconic traits, but in a way that's more "monster" than "person".) [[spoiler: It's implied that their present form is the result of horrific surgery where they had their skin cut off and a dragon's hide sewn on instead.]]

* Yubel of ''Anime/YugiohGX'' is described in-universe as draconic, despite actually [[DragonsAreDemonic belonging to the fiend archetype]]. A fairly low key example visibly, with only dragon wings and scales on their left arm and leg present. (Their evolved forms do gain more draconic traits, but in way that's more "monster" than "person".) [[spoiler: It's implied that their present form is the result of horrific surgery where they had their skin cut off and a dragon's hide sewn on instead.]]

* Of all the [[ArcVillain Shadow Dragons]] in ''Anime/DragonBallGT'', [[FinalBoss Syn/Omega Shenron]], [[AnIcePerson Eis Shenron]], [[TokenGoodTeammate Nuova Shenron]] and Oceanus Shenron (she mostly disguises herself as a human woman, but her true form is a gargoyle-like anthropomorphic dragon) are the most humanoid-looking of the bunch.

** Digimon has a whole type called Dragon Man, which consists of the aforemention Digimon except EmperorGreymon who is instead a {{DragonKnight Dragon Warrior}} type. There is also the related Ancient Dragon Man type which contains Imperialdramon's Fighter and Paladin modes and Fighter Mode's Dark Counterpart.

* Dragonewts from ''TabletopGame/RuneQuest'' are juvenile dragons who pass through several distinct humanoid forms as they progress towards true dragonhood. They are completely immortal, always reincarnating from their eggs if killed with all their memories intact. In fact, dying repeatedly is a part of their life cycle.
* The Wyndlass of ''TabletopGame/TheSplinter''. In Zu form, they have distinctly dragon-like features and, in Aurora form, they become thin, silver, drakes.
* The Dragon-Ogres of ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' are different from the usual fusion, since they're a centaur-like combination of an [[OurOgresAreHungrier ogre]] torso on a dragon's lower body. They're some of the most powerful and ancient of all creatures, as well as followers of the Dark Gods, but they share full dragons' tendency to spend centuries sleeping.

A Draconic Humanoid is a fantastic species that can pretty much be described as the [[JustForFun/XMeetsY offspring]] of LizardFolk and InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons. Not content with simple [[TheReptilians humanoid reptiles]], the writer decided to [[WingedHumanoid give them wings]], a BreathWeapon, and/or other draconic features. Another option is to [[MixAndMatchCritters put said dragon features onto an otherwise human-like body]].

* ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMsstersOfTheUniverse'': Draego-Man is a tragic example. Created as a humanoid dragon to fight for Eternia against the evil Snakemen, he has scaly skin, giant wings capable of flight,fire breathe and even the ability to coat his combat equipment in fire, to say nothing of enahnced strength and durability. Alas, when the war ended, he found himself ostracized not only by the humans who saw him as a monster, but by the dragons who saw him as an abomination (particularly their leader Granamyr). This resulted in Draego-Man eventually being recruited by [[BigBad Skeletor]], and even helping the villain enslave a clutch of dragon eggs, leading to Dragon Blast Skeletor.