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             Chinese and Western dragons

   Dracoliches are strong dragons who can not be killed by any type of weapon or spell. They can not be killed and are worshiped by the Cult of the Dragon. They believe the dead dragons will always rule the world.  

  Faerie Dragons are about 1' to 5' long and have big eyes and butterfly-like wings. These dragons are vegetarian because they only eat fruit, vegetables, nuts, and so on. They are very rare and seldom mentioned . In western legends,  these dragons sometimes carry fairies from city to city. 

   Wyvern Dragons only have two wings and two powerful legs wing with a long serpentine tail. They live up in the mountains. They are strong predators and can eat tons of animals. The Wyvern dragons have sharp and poisonous stingers on the end of their tail. We can see Wyvern dragons on shields and banners because It is believed that they are the sign of strength.
  Hydra Dragons are very special dragons because they  have 4 legs,  many necks and heads and some of them  have wings.  There are a few hydras mentionaed  in Greek mythology.  

   The Chimera appeared  in Greek mythology. They have a lion , a goat head and a serpents head  from the tail and sometimes have black  wings.  Long ago, the Chimera dragon destroyed the town of Livvelia. Besideshe stole the king’s property and money. He vanished when the villagers chased him. They say he lives on mountaintops still over looking the town. It's ability was to breath fire. 
   The Lambton Worm was caught by a man named Lambton when he was fishing. Lambton was terrified by its scary appearance. So  he threw it into a well. The Lambton Worm withlong, sharp, needle-like teeth lived in well for a long timel. In the well, it grew up  until it's big enough to attact the villagers. Its ability is not tobe cut, since their body pieces could rejoined. When Lambton came back,  he became a wise man and thought of a plan. He chopped the Worm to pieces in the river where the body could not rejoin because the pieces of the dead worm flushed away by river!  

 Tiamat was in the Babylonian story of Enuma Elish. Tiamat has also been called the monster of air. Tiamat was so strong that she was thought to be the Mother of the gods. Her scales were hard and could not be broken by any weapons, but at last she was killed by the man, Marduk.