Scientific Name: Draconis Mons
Common Name: Mountain Dragon
Habitat: Mountainous areas, usually well above the tree line.
General Description
Mountain Dragons are majestic lords of cold gray and blue who survey a wind-swept kingdom of perpetually bitter winter wind and hard-packed snow. They are related to ice dragons, with whom they share many personality traits and some basic physical features, including the special adaptations which allow them to survive even the most unrelenting cold. Some Mountain Dragons are fire-breathers, though this is more the exception than the rule, and most have wings, of a sort, as well, though vanishingly small and bereft of aerodynamic importance. Little is known of their daily fare and even less about their reasons for choosing such a stern and unforgiving realm as their home, but some say it could be that these dragons are great builders who sculpt their castle dreams in ice and snow rather than stone. Indeed, the remnants of such structures have been reported in northern minstrels' tales, and some will swear that there exists in the far reaches of the North a magically beautiful dragon city of sparkling ice and pure white snow.