Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25266931-20170126040344/@comment-10380701-20170206081807

Imma list the types of dragons here before it turns into a shitstorm again. A few people are kinda touchy with the entire dragon escapade due to shenanigans last Volume.

Western Dragons, as we're used to them have six limbs. Their wings and their arm/legs. They tend to lean on the heavy side and are fairly big. They're dicks and generally like gold.

Chinese Dragons, on the other hand, are slender and serpentine often having stubby arms and legs. Unlike most dragon types, they are divine creatures associated with rain and storms. They are closer to gods than beast and are often peaceful in nature unless disturbed.

Then there's the subraces.

Drakes are basically mini dragons. They have more in common with Wyverns than dragons, but generally retain the six limb setup, but this can change depending on how powerful the real dragons in the setting are.

Wyverns are armless dragons that tend to be smaller than their western brethren. They only have the wings and the legs but they're generally not as dangerous.

Wyrms refer to worm-like dragons that tend to have no wings and are often associated with the earth. Older variants have no limbs at all and are just badass snakes.

Though not considered as such in the present day, the Hydra is also considered a type of dragon that thrives in swamps and the like. I blame Orochi for changing them into snakes in modern pop culture

In the event that true dragons are not in the setting, as with RWBY, the subrace that appears is automatically the dragon. In this case, the Wyvern is now considered as THE Dragon due to being the only one of its kind, outside of the Sea Dragon, which also doesn't look like a traditional western dragon.

All in all, it's semantics, but we have to go with what the CRWBY calls the Dragon, and they call it The Dragon, so it's The Dragon.