Dragonflight

This article is about the types of dragons. For the expansion, see World of Warcraft: Dragonflight.

Alexstrasza the Dragon Queen and all the dragonflights returning to the Dragon Isles after ten thousand years.

“I cannot help but wonder if things would have turned out different if the titans had elevated even one more dragonflight.”

— Alexstrasza

Dragonflights (aka flights) represent the overarching organizations that uphold the objectives of the dragons. They are typically led and made up primarily by their respective color's dragons; though they also include lesser dragonkin such as drakonid, dragonspawn and even mortals. In early history, there were many dragonflights (there were dragons in every color of the rainbow), yet there were five flights that held dominion over their brethren. It was these five flights that the Keepers chose to shepherd the budding world. The leaders of each group were called the Dragon Aspects, the Great Aspects, or simply the Aspects. The five great dragonflights are identified by their coloration: black, blue, bronze, green, and red.

Lesser dragonflights and organizations beyond the main five also exist, which are usually off-shoots of the other flights in some capacity. Since the fall of Deathwing, the dragons, including the former Aspects and Alexstrasza herself, have apparently lost most of their power, along with most of their eggs in the Wyrmrest Temple sanctums and their ability to further reproduce.

Members of all the dragonflights used to intermingle a lot, but after the Dragon Wars, most flights now keep to themselves. This did not affect the various lesser dragonkin left behind on the Dragon Isles; who appear to have been spared from the horrors that divided their kind.

Primary

The Dragonflights once shared their knowledge with one another at Algeth'ar Academy; a practice recently reignited. It is marked by the banners of all five primary flights and the Valdrakken Accord.

There were once many more dragonflights, but eventually five rose to prominence as the others declined:

Name	Description	Aspect	Former leader(s)	Capital
Red dragonflight	Granted dominion over life by Eonar the Lifebinder.	Alexstrasza the Life-Binder	None	Valdrakken, Ruby Lifeshrine (Waking Shores)
Green dragonflight	Granted dominion over the Emerald Dream by Eonar the Lifebinder.	Merithra of the Dream	Ysera the Awakened	Valdrakken, Eye of Ysera (Emerald Dream)
Bronze dragonflight	Granted dominion over time by Aman'Thul the Highfather.	Nozdormu the Timeless One	None	Valdrakken, Caverns of Time (Tanaris)
Blue dragonflight	Granted dominion over magic by Norgannon the Dreamweaver.	Kalecgos the Spell-Weaver	Malygos the Spell-Weaver †	Valdrakken, Nexus (Borean Tundra)
Black dragonflight	Granted dominion over the earth by Khaz'goroth the Shaper.	Ebyssian the Earth-Warder	Deathwing the Destroyer †	Valdrakken, Obsidian Throne (Waking Shores)

Other draconic groups

Several other organizations have cropped up, some of which claim to be dragonflights themselves. Most of them are offshoots of other dragonflights, predominantly the black dragonflight.

Name	Description	Leader(s)	Former leader(s)	Capital
Chromatic dragonflight	Created by Nefarian using the blood of the various other flights.	Unknown	Deathwing †  Nefarian †	Blackrock Spire, Blackrock Mountain
Infinite dragonflight	Corrupted bronze dragons seeking to disrupt the timeways.	Murozond †	None	None
Netherwing dragonflight	Spawned from black dragon eggs infused with raw nether-energies when Draenor was torn apart.	Neltharaku	N/A	None
Twilight dragonflight	Created by Sintharia by using the power of the nether dragons; feed vampirically on magical energies.	Unknown	Deathwing † Sintharia Zeryxia † Vexiona †	Twilight Caverns, Blackrock Mountain
Nightmare dragonflight	Green dragons who have been corrupted by the Emerald Nightmare.	Defunct	Ysera † Xavius †	Emerald Nightmare
Thorignir	A brood of storm dragons that have sworn themselves to the service of the titans, specifically the keeper Odyn.	Thrymjaris	N/A	Stormheim
Brood of Nithogg	A brood of storm dragons that have refused to swear to the titans, believing themselves to be superior.	Nithogg	N/A	Stormheim
Plagued dragons	A failed attempt at creating a plagued dragonflight by the Cult of the Damned.	Defunct	Vectus †	Scholomance, Storm Peaks
Frostbrood	The elite frost wyrms of the Scourge; raised from the fallen blue dragons of Sindragosa's Fall and led by her as well.	Defunct	Sindragosa †	Icecrown, Northrend
Primalists	An elementally empowered group of dragonkin and cultists who believe that Azeroth's true, elemental, form was usurped by the titans. Mortal enemies of the dragonflights.	Primal Incarnates: Fyrakk, Iridikron, Vyranoth	Raszageth †	Dragon Isles

In the RPG

This section contains information from the Warcraft RPG which is considered non-canon.

Dragons group in five dragonflights that claim ancestry to the greatest of their kind. Each color is proud of its heritage and lineage and remembers the name of all those who have gone before. These flights are further separated into small family groups known as broods. Each occupies and holds territory within Azeroth‘s less populated areas. Some are commonly seen; others have nearly been driven to extinction by wars among their own kind.

Each of these five flights keeps secrets of its own and adheres to separate ideologies from the rest. They are led by powerful entities known as Aspects, one from each color, who rule over their flights as powerful gods looking down on their less fortunate descendants. For the most part, all dragons are of the same species with similar bone structure, anatomy, and physical capacity. Each flight, however, is distinct with different goals, interests, and ideals. The cautious traveler remembers the ancient words spoken by one of Azeroth's most powerful mages: Let sleeping dragons lie.

Notes

• At some point during the War of the Ancients, the demons created the Glaive of the Aspects, a powerful weapon imbued with stolen powers from the dragonflights.

Gallery

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  The dragons in World of Warcraft.

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  The dragons in Warcraft III.

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  The Dragonflights in Hearthstone.

See also

• Oathstone