Dragon art

Alexstrasza in her humanoid form.

This page lists cards with card art depicting dragons.

This page depicts various uncategorized dragons and dragonkin. For more specific types, see Dracthyr art, Drakonid art, Dragonspawn art, Proto-dragon art, and Undead dragon art.

Lore[edit | edit source]

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A dragon is a reptilian creature, usually winged, with magical or unusual abilities. They are divided into several subraces called "dragonflights." All the dragonflights have lost the ability to lay more eggs. Legend has it that dragons were born in the dawn of the world when it was created by the titans from the primal plane.

The dragons of Azeroth are far more intelligent even than the humans who hunt them, and struggle to reconcile their metaphysical nature with the reality of the savage world they inhabit. While each dragon is a powerful entity, dragons also represent the origins of the world and were given care over various parts of Azeroth’s creation since time immemorial. Today, the dragons still remember their original natures and attempt to use their powers to continue their original purposes: for some, to shape stone and raise mountains; for others, to protect the forests or expand the realm of magic.

Dragons and some other dragonkin have the innate ability to shapeshift into many different forms, primarily the various humanoid races. They shapeshift for a variety of reasons, the main one being that it is easier to communicate, work with, and live among mortals while wearing a mortal guise. When the Aspects first realized that dragons were destined to share Azeroth with the younger races, the timeways told them that they had to learn to live alongside them. As such, each of them took on a form to allow them to see the world as the young races do. The dragonflights keep disguised spies placed among each of the younger races, who (in the dragons' view) have a tendency to cause disasters when left to their own devices. Even when the mortals they interact with know their true nature, some dragons choose to use their humanoid form to appear less threatening as a show of courtesy.