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* ShoutOut: One of treats you can grow in the Treat Farm is called a [[Music/TheBeatles Sarjin Pepper]].

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One of treats you can grow in the Treat Farm is called a [[Music/TheBeatles Sarjin Pepper]].Pepper]].
** One of the builidings you can buy is called the [[DoctorWho Ami'Lya Pond]].
** The Metal dragon's description states that it was found in the [[JethroTull Tull]] Caverns by an explorer named [[IronMaiden Dickinson]] [[BlackSabbath Osbourne]].
** The Ash Dragon's description contains several references to ArmyOfDarkness.
** The description for the Large Plant habitat has references that are [[HowIMetYourMother legend]]--wait for it-- [[HowIMetYourMother dary!]].
** The Love Dragon's description references a mountain range named the [[BarryWhite Berrywhite]] mountains.
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* PaletteSwap: The Blue Fire, Frostfire, Malachite, Plasma, Current, Leap Year, Sandstorm, and Ironwood dragons are recolors of the Fire, Cold, Metal, Lightning, Water, Rainbow, Air, and Plant dragons, respectively.

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* PaletteSwap: The Blue Fire, Frostfire, Malachite, Plasma, Current, Leap Year, Sandstorm, and Ironwood dragons are recolors of the Fire, Cold, Metal, Lightning, Water, Rainbow, Air, and Plant dragons, respectively. The Dodo dragon has the same body as the Earth dragon, but has horns on its head and wing-like feathers on its back rather than spikes.
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* [[AllYourPowersCombined All Your Elements Combined]]: The Panlong Dragon has all four classical elements (Fire, Water, Earth, Air) at once and the Paper Dragon (released on [=DragonVale=]'s first anniversary) has the first four elements from the game (Plant, Fire, Earth, and Ice).
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Now has its own [[{{Trivia/DragonVale}} trivia]] page!

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** In fact, exaggerated, considering the list of holidays and events that get their own dragons include [[EasternZodiac the Chinese Year of the Dragon]] (the Panlong Dragon), the leap year, the Japanese {{Cherry Blossom|s}} festival (the Sakura Dragon), Deaf Awareness Month (the Butterfly Dragon), the solstice, the OlympicGames (the Olympus Dragons), and the blue moon.

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** In fact, exaggerated, considering the list of holidays and events that get their own dragons include [[EasternZodiac the Chinese Year of the Dragon]] (the Panlong Dragon), the leap year, the Japanese {{Cherry Blossom|s}} festival (the Sakura Dragon), Deaf Awareness Month (the Butterfly Dragon), the solstice, the equinox, the OlympicGames (the Olympus Dragons), and [[OnceInABlueMoon the blue moon.moon]]. Plus each month gets its own Gemstone Dragon, based on that month's birthstone.



* InUniverseGameClock: Everything in the game runs on real time. Dragons earn coins per minute, food crops take between 30 seconds and one day, depending on amounts, breeding dragons takes hours, as does hatching eggs and constructing habitats.

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* InUniverseGameClock: Everything in the game runs on real time. Dragons earn coins per minute, food crops take between 30 seconds and one day, depending on amounts, breeding dragons takes hours, as does hatching eggs and constructing habitats. There are also a ''lot'' of dragons based on the calendar and related astrological events (the leap year, the solstice and equinox, the blue moon...).



* {{Lunacy}}: The Moon Dragon, and the Blue Moon variant released around a real-life blue moon (an extra full moon period within a year).

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* {{Lunacy}}: The Moon Dragon, and the Dragon
** OnceInABlueMoon: The
Blue Moon variant released around a real-life blue moon (an extra full moon period within a year).year).
* MilestoneCelebration: The Paper Dragon, for the app's one-year (or "paper") anniversary.

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* BreathWeapon: Most dragons have their own elemental breath. This ranges from ordinary (fire breath for fire dragons, ice breath for ice dragons, etc.) to unusual (Gold Dragons breathe gold coins, Rainbow Dragons breathe rainbow sparkles). Two-headed dragons, like the Brass and Solstice dragons, each have different breaths. It is mostly for show, of course.



* DinosaursAreDragons: Quite a few of the dragons look a lot like dinosaurs.



* FountainOfYouth: An actual fountain which allows your mature dragons to revert to their baby stages while retaining their levels. The effects can also be reversed.



* GoldSilverCopperStandard: So far, there are Gold and Silver Dragons, both of which are epic dragons that have their own habitat. There is a Copper Dragon, but it is a lightning and metal hybrid.
** Also, there are three tiers of Olympus Dragons: Bronze, Silver, and Gold to correspond with their Olympic theme.



** Each of the Gemstone dragons so far can only be bred by a unique combination of hybrid dragons.



** HeadSwap: The Clover dragon, which has the Flower Dragon's wings and body with minor alterations, but an original head and tail tip.

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** HeadSwap: The Clover dragon, which has the Flower Dragon's wings and body with minor alterations, but an original head and tail tip. The Solstice dragon is a two-headed version of the Sun dragon and the Blue Moon dragon has a horn on its head and a full moon on its tail rather than a crescent moon.
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* SeasonalBaggage: The Seasonal Dragon will change depending on the season.
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** In fact, exaggerated, considering the list of holidays and events that get their own dragons include [[EasternZodiac the Chinese Year of the Dragon]] (the Panlong Dragon), the leap year, the Japanese {{Cherry Blossom|s}} festival (the Sakura Dragon), Deaf Awareness Month (the Butterfly Dragon), the solstice, the OlympicGames (the Olympus Dragons), and the blue moon.
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** InfinityPlusOneElement: Originally Rainbow, Sun, and Moon; which had their own habitats and couldn't be bred with dragons of other types. Later surpassed by Gemstone Dragons, which have their own island, can't be bred period, and generate crystals instead of coins.

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** InfinityPlusOneElement: Originally Rainbow, Sun, and Moon; which had their own habitats and couldn't be bred with dragons of other types. Later Treasure, Olympus, and Seasonal Dragons were later added to this level; but by then they had been surpassed by Gemstone Dragons, which have their own island, can't be bred period, and generate crystals instead of coins.



* LastLousyPoint: The Leap Year Dragon. It's not required for any achievements or anything, but most holiday dragons are only available for a few weeks a year. The Leap Year Dragon was instead only available for a matter of ''days'', and won't show up again for another ''four'' years.
* {{Lunacy}}: The Moon Dragon.

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* LastLousyPoint: The Leap Year Dragon. It's and Blue Moon Dragons. They're not required for any achievements or anything, but most holiday dragons are only available for a few weeks a year. The Leap Year Dragon was These dragons are instead only available for a matter of ''days'', and won't only show up again for another ''four'' every ''three or four'' years.
* {{Lunacy}}: The Moon Dragon.Dragon, and the Blue Moon variant released around a real-life blue moon (an extra full moon period within a year).

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* CherryBlossoms: The Sakura Dragon was released in late April, to correspond with sakura-zensen. It was available until early May.



* {{Lunacy}}: The Moon Dragon.



* PetalPower: The Flower, Bloom, and Sakura Dragons.



* PrettyButterfly: The Butterfly Dragon

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* ThePowerOfTheSun: The Sun Dragon. The Solstice Dragon is a two-headed variant which was released around the summer solstice for two weeks. Its breeding time is 23.5 hours, the number of degrees the Earth is tilted on its axis.
* PrettyButterfly: The Butterfly DragonDragon.
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* GoldMakesEverythingShiny: The Gold dragon, one of the rarest dragons to breed in the game, which also needs its own special habitat (now shared with the Silver Dragon). Also the most expensive pathway in the game is gold, which costs a whopping 7500 gold pieces ''per tile''.
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* PaletteSwap: The Blue Fire, Frostfire, Malachite, Plasma, Current, Leap Year, and Sandstorm dragons are recolors of the Fire, Cold, Metal, Lightning, Water, Rainbow, and Air dragons, respectively.

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* PaletteSwap: The Blue Fire, Frostfire, Malachite, Plasma, Current, Leap Year, Sandstorm, and Sandstorm Ironwood dragons are recolors of the Fire, Cold, Metal, Lightning, Water, Rainbow, Air, and Air Plant dragons, respectively.
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* WingsDoNothing: When the Lava Dragon grows, its wings don't, yet it's still capable of flying. This led to the conclusion that Lava Dragons use magic to fly.
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* UglyCute: The Cactus Dragon.

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* UglyCute: The Cactus Dragon.ShoutOut: One of treats you can grow in the Treat Farm is called a [[Music/TheBeatles Sarjin Pepper]].
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* PaletteSwap: The Blue Fire, Frostfire, Plasma, Current, Leap Year, and Sandstorm dragons are recolors of the Fire, Cold, Lightning, Water, Rainbow, and Air dragons, respectively.

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* PaletteSwap: The Blue Fire, Frostfire, Malachite, Plasma, Current, Leap Year, and Sandstorm dragons are recolors of the Fire, Cold, Metal, Lightning, Water, Rainbow, and Air dragons, respectively.

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** InfinityPlusOneElement[=/=]NonElemental: Rainbow, Sun, and Moon.
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: The rarest dragon available is the Rainbow Dragon.

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** InfinityPlusOneElement[=/=]NonElemental: InfinityPlusOneElement: Originally Rainbow, Sun, and Moon.
Moon; which had their own habitats and couldn't be bred with dragons of other types. Later surpassed by Gemstone Dragons, which have their own island, can't be bred period, and generate crystals instead of coins.
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: The One of the rarest dragon dragons available is the Rainbow Dragon.


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* PowerCrystal: The Gemstone Dragons.
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* PrettyButterfly: The Butterfly Dragon


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* UglyCute: The Cactus Dragon.
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* PaletteSwap: The Blue Fire, Frostfire, Leap Year, and Sandstorm dragons are recolors of the Fire, Cold, Rainbow, and Air dragons, respectively.

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* PaletteSwap: The Blue Fire, Frostfire, Plasma, Current, Leap Year, and Sandstorm dragons are recolors of the Fire, Cold, Lightning, Water, Rainbow, and Air dragons, respectively.
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* PunnyName: Several of the default names for the dragons are very punny, either ironically (Speedy for the very slow Earth dragons) or straight (Terra for an Earth dragon).


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** HeadSwap: The Clover dragon, which has the Flower Dragon's wings and body with minor alterations, but an original head and tail tip.
* PunnyName: Several of the default names for the dragons are very punny, either ironically (Speedy for the very slow Earth dragons) or straight (Faraday for an Lightning dragon).
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** InfinityPlusOneElement: Rainbow, Sun, and Moon.

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** InfinityPlusOneElement: InfinityPlusOneElement[=/=]NonElemental: Rainbow, Sun, and Moon.
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* ElementalPowers: Most dragons are classified in seven elemental types: GreenThumb, PlayingWithFire, DishingOutDirt, AnIcePerson, ShockAndAwe, MakingASplash, and BlowYouAway. [[spoiler:Previews imply they're adding an eighth, ExtraOreDinary]].

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* ElementalPowers: Most dragons are classified in seven eight elemental types: GreenThumb, PlayingWithFire, DishingOutDirt, AnIcePerson, ShockAndAwe, MakingASplash, BlowYouAway, and BlowYouAway. [[spoiler:Previews imply they're adding an eighth, ExtraOreDinary]].ExtraOreDinary.



* HybridOverkillAvoidance: There are many crossbreed dragons, but when hybrid dragons breed their offspring will usually have two of their parents' types; no more. Though there are a couple of exceptions when it comes to holiday-only dragons (the Panlong Dragon has the four classical elements; the Love Dragon is fire, lightning, and plant). The Rainbow Dragon is also implied to have all seven types at once.

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* HybridOverkillAvoidance: There are many crossbreed dragons, but when hybrid dragons breed their offspring will usually have two of their parents' types; no more. Though there are a couple of exceptions when it comes to holiday-only dragons (the Panlong Dragon has the four classical elements; the Love Dragon is fire, lightning, and plant). The Rainbow Dragon is also implied to have all seven eight types at once.



* PaletteSwap: The Blue Fire, Frostfire, and Sandstorm dragons are recolors of the Fire, Cold, and Air dragons, respectively.

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* PaletteSwap: The Blue Fire, Frostfire, Leap Year, and Sandstorm dragons are recolors of the Fire, Cold, Rainbow, and Air dragons, respectively.

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* ElementalPowers: Most dragons are classified in seven elemental types: GreenThumb, PlayingWithFire, DishingOutDirt, AnIcePerson, ShockAndAwe, MakingASplash, and BlowYouAway.

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* ElementalPowers: Most dragons are classified in seven elemental types: GreenThumb, PlayingWithFire, DishingOutDirt, AnIcePerson, ShockAndAwe, MakingASplash, and BlowYouAway. [[spoiler:Previews imply they're adding an eighth, ExtraOreDinary]].


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** InfinityPlusOneElement: Rainbow, Sun, and Moon.


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* LastLousyPoint: The Leap Year Dragon. It's not required for any achievements or anything, but most holiday dragons are only available for a few weeks a year. The Leap Year Dragon was instead only available for a matter of ''days'', and won't show up again for another ''four'' years.

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* ElementalPowers: Most dragons are classified in seven elemental types.

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* ElementalPowers: Most dragons are classified in seven elemental types.types: GreenThumb, PlayingWithFire, DishingOutDirt, AnIcePerson, ShockAndAwe, MakingASplash, and BlowYouAway.



* FireIceLightning: Three of the types of purebred dragons, the others being cold, plant, earth, and air.



* HybridOverkillAvoidance: There are many crossbreed dragons, but when hybrid dragons breed their offspring will usually have two of their parents' types; no more. The exception is the Panlong Dragon, which is water, earth, fire, and wind (the four classical elements). The Rainbow Dragon is also implied to have all seven types at once.

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* HybridOverkillAvoidance: There are many crossbreed dragons, but when hybrid dragons breed their offspring will usually have two of their parents' types; no more. The exception is the Though there are a couple of exceptions when it comes to holiday-only dragons (the Panlong Dragon, which is water, earth, fire, and wind (the Dragon has the four classical elements).elements; the Love Dragon is fire, lightning, and plant). The Rainbow Dragon is also implied to have all seven types at once.
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* PunnyName: Several of the default names for the dragons are very punny, either ironically (Speedy for the very slow Earth dragons) or straight (Terra for an Earth dragon).
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* PaletteSwap: The Blue Fire, Frostfire, and Sandstorm dragons are recolors of the Fire, Cold, and Air dragons, respectively.
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* HybridOverkillAvoidance: There are many crossbreed dragons, but when hybrid dragons breed their offspring will have two of their parents' types; no more. (On the other hand, the Rainbow Dragon is implied to have all seven types at once.)

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* HybridOverkillAvoidance: There are many crossbreed dragons, but when hybrid dragons breed their offspring will usually have two of their parents' types; no more. (On more. The exception is the other hand, the Panlong Dragon, which is water, earth, fire, and wind (the four classical elements). The Rainbow Dragon is also implied to have all seven types at once.)

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''Dragonvale'' is a TimeManagementGame along the lines of ''FarmVille'' available on [=iOS=] devices. The player runs a zoo/conservatory for dragons, and they must purchase elemental habitats and dragon eggs, as well as breeding new species of dragon. Dragons collect coins based on their type and level, and levels are increased with dragon snacks (which in turn cost coins).

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''Dragonvale'' is a TimeManagementGame park sim along the lines of ''FarmVille'' available on [=iOS=] devices. The player runs a zoo/conservatory for dragons, and they must purchase elemental habitats and dragon eggs, as well as breeding new species of dragon. Dragons collect coins based on their type and level, and levels are increased with dragon snacks (which in turn cost coins).



* DemBones: The Halloween-exclusive Bone Dragon.
* ElementalPowers: Most dragons are classified in seven elemental types.
** ElementalRockPaperScissors: Most elements have a opposite, which they cannot be bred with (fire and cold, or earth and air, for example), unless you create a hybrid first. They will also be affected negatively by the Boost item for their opposite element.
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: The rarest dragon available is the Rainbow Dragon.
* ExperiencePoints: Most actions, from feeding your dragons to clearing away dead trees, will net you experience.



* ElementalRockPaperScissors: Most elements have a opposite, which they cannot be bred with (fire and cold, or earth and air, for example), unless you create a hybrid first. They will also be affected negatively by the Boost item for their opposite element.
* ExperiencePoints: Most actions, from feeding your dragons to clearing away dead trees, will net you experience.



* GottaCatchEmAll: All the different breeds of dragons, including 3 rare dragons and holiday only dragons.

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* GRatedSex: Breeding Cave descriptions admit that nobody's sure exactly ''how'' breeding happens.
* GottaCatchEmAll: All the different breeds of dragons, including 3 rare dragons and holiday only dragons. There's even an achievement for it, though some of the rare ones aren't strictly necessary to get it.


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* FloatingContinent: Your zoo is located on a floating island. As you level up, you can get two more islands for your zoo plus the crystal-only epic breeding island.

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* FloatingContinent: Your zoo is located on a floating island. As you level up, you can get two more a whole archipelago of islands for your zoo plus the crystal-only epic breeding island.
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* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Most of the dragon babies.
* UglyCute: Many of the adult dragons and some of the babies.

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* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Most of the dragon babies.
* UglyCute: Many of the adult dragons and some of the babies.
babies. The ones that aren't are usually UglyCute.
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''Dragonvale'' is a TimeManagementGame along the lines of ''FarmVille'' available on [=iOS=] devices. The player runs a zoo/conservatory for dragons, and they must purchase elemental habitats and dragon eggs, as well as breeding new species of dragon. Dragons collect coins based on their type and level, and levels are increased with dragon snacks (which in turn cost coins).

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* BribingYourWayToVictory: Food, coins, and the rare crystals are all available for purchase for real money. Getting them, especially the crystals, makes the game far, far easier.
* FireIceLightning: Three of the types of purebred dragons, the others being cold, plant, earth, and air.
* ElementalRockPaperScissors: Most elements have a opposite, which they cannot be bred with (fire and cold, or earth and air, for example), unless you create a hybrid first. They will also be affected negatively by the Boost item for their opposite element.
* ExperiencePoints: Most actions, from feeding your dragons to clearing away dead trees, will net you experience.
* FloatingContinent: Your zoo is located on a floating island. As you level up, you can get two more islands for your zoo plus the crystal-only epic breeding island.
* FollowTheLeader: Of ''FarmVille'', which was itself following other Facebook games.
* GottaCatchEmAll: All the different breeds of dragons, including 3 rare dragons and holiday only dragons.
* HolidayMode: The islands change with the seasons, being snowy in winter and green in summer. There are also season-themed decorations for the islands and holiday-only dragons which can only be bred in the month surrounding their respective holidays.
* InUniverseGameClock: Everything in the game runs on real time. Dragons earn coins per minute, food crops take between 30 seconds and one day, depending on amounts, breeding dragons takes hours, as does hatching eggs and constructing habitats.
* IsometricProjection
* OurDragonsAreDifferent
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Most of the dragon babies.
* UglyCute: Many of the adult dragons and some of the babies.
* AWizardDidIt: Quite literally the explanation for everything from why you can have frozen patches of ground for your cold dragons to how your islands are constructed and summoned.

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