![]() ![]() Cat-sized swamp dragons, to be precise, who need special care to mitigate their vulnerability to illness and/or spontaneous explosion. Discworld: Lady Sybil is the leading authority on dragon care and breeding, the founder of a sanctuary for sick dragons, and herself a devoted owner of a full pen of dragons.Cadderly from The Cleric Quintet at one point manages to use a spell to brainwash a dragon into his service.Mishra can't explain why the dragons obey him, though he doesn't dwell on it for long, as their strength and firepower make him the most powerful military force on the planet. In The Brothers' War, the biomechanical dragon engines of Phyrexia become docile in Mishra's presence and obey his commands, spoken or otherwise.Drago's approach is deconstructed, however, since his dragons only follow him out of fear, and as soon as Toothless challenges Drago's Bewilderbeast for the right to command the dragons, Drago's entire army abandons him and sides with Hiccup. He enslaves dragons and forces them to submit to his will by screaming at them, hitting them with a bullhook, pinning them to the floor under his boot, and directly controlling their minds with his own captive Bewilderbeast, an Alpha dragon. Also introduced in How To Train Your Dragon 2, Drago Bludvist is an abusive version of this trope.She and Cloudjumper are so bonded that she doesn't even need to give him direct commands, as he'll just instinctively do what she wants. Hiccup's mother Valka, introduced in How to Train Your Dragon 2, has worked with dragons for over 20 years after deciding to leave Berk with Cloudjumper, her personal bonded dragon.Hiccup, who bonds with the Night Fury Toothless after nursing him back to health from the tail injury he caused in their battle, and starts the whole process upon realizing dragons aren't horrible monsters like Berk believed up to this time.The How to Train Your Dragon franchise centers around the people of Berk bonding with and training dragons of all kinds, with notable examples including:.Compare and contrast The Dragonslayer, whose main job is to slay dragons instead of raise or train them, though there's nothing stopping someone from being both. Dragon Tamers are most often also Dragon Riders, since the dragons will often allow their partner to ride on their back, but this isn't strictly necessary to count as an example, particularly when the dragons are trainable or otherwise willing to work with humans, but are too small for the average person to ride. If they're the same type of dragon, it doesn't count as an example of the trope.Ī subtrope of The Beastmaster and Fluffy Tamer, if dragons have a reputation for being dangerous in general or in the wrong hands. One such example would be a Draconic Humanoid who uses more bestial dragons. In cases where both subjects are in some way draconic, they only count as an example if there is a clear difference between the dragons in question, whether in shape, species, or intelligence. While Dragon Tamers may happen to specialize in working with dragons, it isn't strictly necessary for them to solely work with dragons to count as an example of the trope. While the "tamer" portion of the trope name may imply only "master-servant" or "pet and owner" type relationships can count, it can also include partnerships between equals, though regardless of the nature of the relationship, generally it is the human (Or other non-dragon species) who initiates the partnership. This trope mostly deals with non-dragons that work with dragons, whether they're no different from a regular animal, or basically on par with a human. (This is most often seen with dragons leaning more towards non-sapience) Mundane training techniques like you would use for any other pet or tamed wild animal, whether through positive or negative reinforcement.Raising them from birth/hatching or from a very young age.Earning their loyalty in some way, such as through befriending them or besting them through battle or some other type of challenge.An affinity to dragons that makes them more amenable to training or partnership than they might be otherwise.The methods used to get said dragons to obey them can include but are not limited to: The Dragon Tamer trope describes people who raise, befriend, command, and/or train dragons for whatever reason, including but not limited to combat or competition, environmental purposes, or even just for fun. Raising, training, and/or just getting a dragon to listen to you yourself. Dragons by themselves are generally considered to be pretty cool. ![]()
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