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Mood Dragons are beautifully majestic, empowering and iridescent multicultural dragons seen throughout the How To Train Your Dragon books.

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How do Mood Dragons change color based on their emotions? toggle section
Mood Dragons change color based on their emotions. They turn violet when lying, deep blue-black when angry, orangey-pink when excited, and pale green when nervous. Their eggs also change color based on the dragon's feelings inside.
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What role do Mood Dragons play in 'How To Train Your Dragon' books? toggle section
In the 'How to Train Your Dragon' books, Mood Dragons are majestic and iridescent creatures. They appear in titles like 'A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons' and 'How to Break a Dragon's Heart'. Known for their long, sinuous bodies, Mood Dragons serve roles from companionship to aiding in tasks. Their traits and influences are detailed in 'The Incomplete Book of Dragons'.
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Why do Mood Dragons have a single antennae on their heads? toggle section
Mood Dragons feature a single antenna on their head that moves forward and backward. This is part of their distinct look, along with their ability to change color with their moods. The antenna's specific function is not detailed, but it may aid in sensory perception or communication.
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What makes Mood Dragons unique among other dragons in the series? toggle section
Mood Dragons stand out for their color-changing ability linked to their emotions. These hunting dragons have a long, sinuous body, four legs, and ribbon-like wings. They feature a single antenna on their head and vary in size from a spaniel to a lioness. Their eggs change color based on the dragon's feelings. While not naturally vicious, they can become aggressive when angered, turning deep blue-black. Known for being self-centered, Mood Dragons allied with humans in the second Dragon Rebellion.
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How do Mood Dragon eggs indicate the feelings of the dragon inside? toggle section
Mood Dragon eggs change color to show the emotions of the dragon inside. These dragons can change color with their moods, and their eggs reflect this trait. For instance, an angry dragon may turn its egg deep blue-black, while excitement might make it orangey-pink. This helps indicate the dragon's feelings before hatching.
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Physical Appearance[]

Mood Dragons are long, sinuous hunting dragons that can change color based on their moods. They are four-legged with a pair of long, ribbon-like elegant wings. Mood Dragons also have a single antennae of sorts in the middle of their head that can move forward and backwards. Their eggs will change color, based on the feelings of the dragon inside. There is a wide variation in size, from the size of a spaniel to as big as a lioness.

Abilities[]

Mood Dragons are able to change colors based on mood.

Note that Stormfly is capable of speaking Norse, in addition to Dragonese, which indicates a high level of intelligence.

The Dragon Key in The Incomplete Book of Dragons indicates that Mood Dragons also have X-ray vision.

Behavior and Personality[]

A Mood Dragon's color changes according to its mood. For example: Camicazi's Stormfly turns a violet color when she lies. An angry Mood Dragon turns a deep blue-black, an excited Mood Dragon turns orangey-pink, and nervousness is a very pale green. When they get very angry, they tend to swell and puff up. They are not particularly vicious unless angered, but are generally self-centered and manipulative. They also appear very vain as well.

Mood Dragons sided with the Humans in the second Dragon Rebellion.

Appearances[]

A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons[]

The hunting dragon of Camicazi, a Mood Dragon named Stormfly, makes her debut in this book. Toothless is very smitten with her. Stormfly helps guide the group through the library… although she’d say the opposite of the true way.

How to Break a Dragon's Heart[]

Stormfly appears briefly at the end of this book, having been rescued from capture by Camicazi.

The Incomplete Book of Dragons[]

Information about the Mood Dragon species is discussed in this reference book, as well as appearing in the Dragon Key at the back of the book.

Trivia[]

  • It is possible that the Hobblegrunt Franchise dragon is based on a Mood Dragon.

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References[]

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     Mood-Dragons in the Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons on the Official How to Train Your Dragon Books Website. NB:   http://www.hiccuptheviking.com   is no longer available.


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