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type=Creature|
features=Large lizard; wings, can fly, breathes fire|
appearance=[[../..Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Philosopher's_Stone|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]|}}
== Overview ==
== Extended Description ==
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Female dragons are generally larger than males, and often more aggressive, particularly when nesting. All dragons are protected by a very tough hide, which renders them nearly impervious to Stun spells; to Stun a dragon, several wizards must cast the spell simultaneously.
* '''Ukranian Ironbelly''': This dragon is is the largest breed known. It has red eyes and grey scales. It is a slower fighter than other species, but is still extremely dangerous.
A dragon is first encountered in [[../..Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Philosopher's_Stone/Chapter_14|''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'']] when [[../..Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Harry Potter|Harry]], [[../..Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Ron Weasley|Ron]], and [[../..Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Hermione Granger|Hermione]] watch the hatching of Norbert, a Norwegian Ridgeback, in [[../..Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Rubeus Hagrid|Hagrid]]'s cabin. Hagrid was allowed to win a dragon egg from a hooded stranger in the [[../..Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/Hog's Head Inn|the Hog's Head]]. We find out later in the book that the intent was to get Hagrid drunk so that he would reveal one of the layers of defence surounding the Philosopher's Stone, and how to get past it.
Earlier in the same book, Hagrid had mentioned the rumour that some of the tunnels under Gringotts Wizarding Bank are protected by dragons; this is also where we first hear of Hagrid's longing to own a dragon himself. Ron also mentions that his older brother [[../..Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Charlie Weasley|Charlie]] is in Romania working with dragons. In [[../..Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Deathly_Hallows/Chapter_26|''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'']], the trio encounters a dragon guarding some of the deep vaults of Gringotts.
In [[../..Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Books/Goblet_of_Fire|''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'']], [[../..Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Harry Potter|Harry]] was taken by Hagrid to the clearing in the [[../..Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Places/Forbidden Forest|Forbidden Forest]] where the four dragons for the [[../..Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Major Events/First Task|First Task]] were being kept. Harry had to face a Hungarian Horntail to retrieve the golden egg in the First Task, which he completed succesfully.
Dragon eggs are Class A Non-Tradeable Goods.
== Greater Picture ==
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