Rumblehorn-Draco scarabaeus
Class: Boulder/Tracker
Size: 40 feet in length, wingspan of 45 feet.
Appearance: Stocky and built like a tank, with a rounded, hunched body structure supported on four short, stocky legs that each bear a set of blunted claws on their stumpy paws. The base of the tail is similarly thick and heavy, before tapering quickly into a whiplike end tipped with an elongate spiked club (the spikes in two rows lining either side of the tail). The head and neck region are covered by metallic, overlapping armored plates, 3 sets total on the stocky neck alone, and the head is short and blunt, shaped like a triangular prism with the back of the jaw flaring out in bony corners and a vertically flattened snout. The jaws close in a slight underbite, bearing small but sharp teeth, and sport both a long, curved rostral horn and a matching though shorter chin extension giving it the appearance of a battleaxe. The nostrils are small and teardrop shaped, and angle up and slightly forward under the horn, and the ovular eyes sit just above the back of the jawline under a shallow brow ridge (which extends out furthest near the front of the eye). Two long, thin horns also curve upward from just above and behind the eyes off the plating of the skull and taper to razor sharp tips. A set of small rounded spinal protrusions run down the back and tail (starting on the plates on the back of the neck), and the wings are wide and almost tattered looking when folded, membranous and translucent when spread with numerous support rods whose tips extend past the membrane edge as well as a single sickle-shaped claw that extends outward off the main joint. The belly is line in scutes that turn plated under the tail. Color is unique, the eyes a very light shade of green, almost white around the black vertically elliptical pupil, and the body is mainly metallic green or mixed with orange, highlighted red around the head and down the back as well as across the limbs of the wings and the club tail, and darkest on the tips of the horns, claws, and support rod tips. Other colors may mix in as well, with slate blue, metallic purple, and various brown shades known as well.
Fire: A unique projectile of solid, semi-mineral based fuel, that when fired at close range acts as a burning fireball but at large distances will solidify and cool, slamming into targets with damaging force. Laced in copper salts, these fireballs often burn blindingly green. A shot limit of only 4 is recorded.
Flight: Able to travel for large distances powered by strong wing muscles, but this dragon is also heavily terrestrial, adapted to running short distances in charges and waddling otherwise.
The Rumblehorn is a very unique species, belonging dually to both the Boulder and Tracker classes. The former is due to the dragon's armored appearance and mineral firepower, as well as its habit of living on the ground most of the time, searching out proper ores for its fuel and finding food. Rumblehorns are also very brash, contact-driven creatures, defending themselves with attacks using the club-tipped tail, the spikes lining the thicker club a dangerous deterrent, and head-on attacks with the thick skull and armored head and neck protecting the dragon from any serious injury in collisions. Inhabitants often of mountainous or rocky regions, their solid build is sometimes needed to crash through rockslides and other obstacles, clearing paths along treacherous slopes or digging into caves where their preferred minerals for their flame weapon are found.
Rumblehorns also belong to the Tracker class due to their strongest sense: smell. They can track down even the faintest traces of mineral ore, and can follow any given scent for miles, even when days old. This makes them invaluable in searches for missing people or dragons, or when tracking down threats. Rumblehorns are also highly protective of those they trust, fighting with ferocity to keep them safe, and will take on not only their own flock or singular friends as their charges to watch over, but entire populations of people and dragons within a region or island chain they inhabit. Unfortunately, sometimes they have a tendency to simply attempt to shove others out of danger rather than try and more gently explain or guide them away, but their brawn is not without heart behind it.
A/N-Alright, you've probably noticed I don't give much credibility to the Tracker Class. That afterthought they put in for the second movie seems kind of out of place when all the dragons tend to fit perfectly well into the other classes. That said, I still use it as a secondary class, and there is one dragon that fits completely there alone (if you don't remember, check the Griffin entry).
Anyway, beyond that, make sure to let me know what you think! Leave a review, thoughts and ideas, and a quick notice: I am beginning to make sketches of the new dragons from the series, so be on the lookout for some of those!
