Dragon (enemy)

Dragons are enemies that appear in multiple Final Fantasy games. There are usually many types in each game, often named simply by the color of the monster.

Final Fantasy
Most of the Dragons appear as random encounters in the original Final Fantasy. A number of Dragons are thought as mini-bosses at the Whisperwind Cove in the Dawn of Souls version of the game. The Two-Headed Dragon is an boss fought at the Earthgift Shrine. Shinryu, an optional superboss in the Game Boy Advance and PlayStation Portable versions of the game.
 * Blue Dragon
 * Black Dragon
 * Dragon Zombie
 * Green Dragon
 * Holy Dragon
 * Red Dragon
 * Shinryu
 * Silver Dragon
 * Two-Headed Dragon
 * White Dragon
 * Yellow Dragon

Final Fantasy II
The Sea Dragon is an enemy fought in Leviathan and fought in the ocean after obtaining Ultima. The Sea Snake, an orange palette-swap can be fought on the ocean and the Sea Serpent, a blue palette-swap in the Dawn of Souls version of the game can be fought in the Unknown Cave. In addition, four dragons names by colour, the Green Dragon, Blue Dragon, Red Dragon and White Dragon all appear in the Jade Passage, as well as other locations different depending on the dragon. A Black Dragon, a boss in the Game Boy Advance and PlayStation Portable versions of the game can be fought at the Unknown Palace, as can another dragon, Yamatano Orochi. Tiamat, appearing as a multiple-headed orange dragon is a boss fought at Pandaemonium.

Final Fantasy III
The Dragon is a random encounter, fought in the Temple of Time in Final Fantasy III. A notable boss, Bahamut appears as a black version of the dragon and can be fought at Bahamut's Lair, obtaining Bahamut as a summon for the party. The Wyvern, a dragon-like creature appears in the Temple of Time, and Peryton, a red palette-swap also appears in the game. The 2-Headed Dragon appears as a boss fought in the World of Darkness. The Yellow Dragon is an encounter fought in the Crystal Tower. The Zombie Dragon, the skeletal figure of a dragon, can be fought at the Ancient Ruins. The Nepto Dragon is a boss fought in the Bay of Nepto.

Final Fantasy IV
The Blue Dragon is an enemy that can be fought in the Lunar Subterrane, as with the red version, Red Dragon. The Clockwork Dragon, a silver palette-swap, can be fought in the Giant of Babil; it can also be fought in the Lunar Ruins in the Advance version of the game. An enemy exclusive the the Advance version, the Storm Dragon, another silver palette-swap can be fought in the Cave of Trials.

The Bone Dragon, Dinozombie and the Lunasaur can all be fought in the Lunar Subterrane, with a fourth palette-swap appearing in the Cave of Trials exclusively to the Advance version of the game.

The Green Dragon can be fought in the Tower of Babil, and palette-swaps Yellow Dragon and Brachioraidos can be fought in the Lunar Ruins; the latter appearing as one of the game's superbosses.

The Dark Dragon, the second form of the Dark Elf is a boss fought in the Lodestone Cavern. The White Dragon palette-swap is also a boss, fought in the Lunar Subterrane. The Crystal Dragon is an enemy fought in the Lunar Ruins exclusive to the Advance version of the game.

The Thunder Dragon can be fought in Feymarch. Gold and silver palette-swaps, the Silver Dragon and Gold Dragon are fought in the Lunar Subterrane. The Shadow Dragon is a purple palette-swap, summoned by Golbez when fought in the Dwarves' Castle. The Magic Dragon is a red palette-swap, advance exclusive enemy appearing in the Lunar Ruins.

The summon, Bahamut must be fought in order to obtain, and he is fought in the Lair of the Father. Dark Bahamut, a dark-red palette-swap can be fought in the Lunar Subterrane. Lunar Bahamut appears in the Advance version and can be fought at the Lunar Ruins during Kain's Lunar Trial. Another summon, the Mist Dragon is fought at the beginning of the game as the first boss, and is latter one of Rydia's summons by default. A palette-swap, the Lunar Dragon is fought in the Lunar Ruins of the Advance version during Rydia's Lunar Trial.

Final Fantasy V
The Claret Dragon can be fought at the Sealed Temple. A darker colored variant, the Shield Dragon can be fought at the Sealed Castle. The Zombie Dragon, a red variant is an encounter fought at Drakenvale. The gray Archeosaur may be fought at Pyramid of Moore.

The Blue Dragon can be fought in Exdeath's Castle, the Interdimensional Rift and the Sealed Temple. The green Dragon Aevis can be fought in the tower of the same place.

A skeletal-dinosaur like creature is the template for another form of dragon. The black Bone Dragon that can be fought at Drakenvale. It is special for its Bone attack, which reduces a targets health to 1. Shared only by Dinozombie, a blue palette-swap, fought at the Sealed Temple. Another palette-swap, the brown Tyrannosaur can be fought in the underground river before Moogle Village.

The Crystal Dragon is a normal encounter fought in the Interdimensional Rift. One of the superbosses of the game, the black Shinryu is an optional boss fought at the Interdimensional Rift too. The Advance version of the game introduced new superbosses, including the golden palette-swap of the original, Neo Shinryu, fought at the Sealed Temple.

The Yellow Dragon can be fought at the Barrier Tower and Exdeath's Castle. The green palette-swap, Hydra can be fought at Ronka Ruins, as can the cyan Ghidra, who may also be fought in the Interdimensional Rift.

The Great Dragon is another template of dragon fought in the caves of the Interdimensional Rift. The Red Dragon, using the same base template but red in color can be fought in Exdeath's Castle.

The Mini Dragon, as their name suggests, are small dragons. Green in color, they are fought outside Istory on the world map of World One. They appear in groups of fives and are tough opponents, together giving the most experience a player can obtain in its world. The Istory Lythos are fought in the area of land between Regole and Istory and are a brown variant of the Mini Dragon.

The Wyvern, a red colored dragon may be encountered at Walse Tower. Wyrm, a green variant may be fought in the Great Forest of Moore. Another variant, the blue Lesser Lopros may be fought in the underground river before Moogle Village.

The blue Mythril Dragon can be fought on the world map outside the Library of the Ancients and the red Magic Dragon can be fought in Exdeath's Castle, the Sunken Tower and the tower in the Interdimensional Rift.

Bahamut can be fought on the North Mountain after Exdeath has recombined the worlds. On defeat, Bahamut will be obtained as a summon.

Final Fantasy VI
The Dragon is an encounter in Final Fantasy VI. Many other dragons appear in the game, and play a bigger role in this game. The Eight Dragons can be defeated to obtain the Crusader Esper. The dragons are Red Dragon fought at Phoenix Cave; Blue Dragon fought at Ancient Castle; Gold Dragon fought at Kefka's Tower; Ice Dragon fought at the snowfields of Narshe; Storm Dragon fought at Mt. Zozo; Earth Dragon fought at the Opera House in the World of Ruin; Skull Dragon fought at Kefka's Tower and Holy Dragon fought at Cultists' Tower. CzarDragon was originally going to be an extra boss in the game after defeating the Eight Dragons but he was never included in the game. In the Advance version, they added Dragons' Den dungeon, where the player could fight improved versions of all the Eight Dragons, and then the Kaiser Dragon. Defeating the Kaiser Dragon will give you access to the Diabolos Esper.

Many more dragons appear in the game, palette-swaps of the Eight Dragons. These are:
 * Black Dragon
 * Brachiosaur
 * Chaos Dragon
 * Dragon Aevis (Advance only)
 * Fafnir
 * Fiend Dragon
 * Fossil Dragon
 * Great Dragon
 * Hexadragon (Advance only)
 * Lesser Lopros
 * Magic Dragon (Advance only)
 * Platinum Dragon
 * Primeval Dragon
 * Vector Lythos
 * Weredragon
 * Wyvern
 * Shield Dragon
 * Tyrannosaur
 * Zombie Dragon

Final Fantasy VII
The Dragon is a random encounter and can be fought at Mt. Nibel. He is also encountered at Mt. Nibel in the flashback with Sephiroth. The Red Dragon is a boss in the Temple of the Ancients. The Blue Dragon is an enemy fought in Gaea's Cliff and also has the Enemy Skill, "Dragon Force", shared only by the enemy, Dark Dragon, the black variant of the Dragons fought in Northern Crater.

Final Fantasy VIII
Three very different races of dragon appear as random encounters in Final Fantasy VIII. One is Blue Dragon, who can be fought in the Trabia Snowfield. Another dragon is the Ruby Dragon; who is fought in one of the dream sequences taking place at Trabia Canyon and various places in Esthar. It must also be fought in the Deep Sea Research Center every time you answer incorrectly to Bahamut. The third dragon is the Hexadragon can be fought at the Great Salt Lake. All of these dragons can be fought in various places in Ultimecia Castle, as well as the Island Closest To Hell.

Additional dragons include Bahamut, an obtainable Guardian Force, must be fought at the Deep Sea Research Center to retrieve the GF. A boss in Ultimecia Castle with a similar design, the Tiamat, an un-obtainable ex-Guardian Force who uses a countdown before he uses "Dark Flare", which is a stronger version of Bahamut's "Mega Flare".

Final Fantasy IX
The Grand Dragon is a random-encounter that can be found Popos Heights on the Mist Continent, Cazedil Plains on the Outer Continent, and Sacrobless Island on the Salvage Archipelago. The Dracozombie is an undead dragon fought as a random-encounter several times throughout the game. The Ironite is a pink dragon which can be found at the Burmecia Suburbs and the King Ed Plains on the Mist Continent. The Serpion enemy is labeled a dragon and can be found in the Lachenta Wetlands, King Ed Plains, Togull Beach, and Edgecry Coast on the Mist Continent. The Worm Hydra is an enemy sharing properties of both dragon and worm enemies; the party can find it on Mount Gulug and the Salvage Archipelago on the Forgotten Continent, as well as various forests throughout the world on Disc 4. It can also be found in the forest on Uaho Island, outside of Chocobo's Paradise.

Several bosses of the game are dragons, such as the Red Dragon, a boss fought on Mount Gulug, possessing the Blue Magic, "Twister". The Shell Dragon is fought at Castle Pandemonium and uses the attack "Smash" which takes a target's health to 1. The Silver Dragon, used throughout the game as Kuja's mode of transport and is fought at Castle Pandemonium, but is not killed. The Nova Dragon is fought before you reach Memoria proper. On defeat, the party can access Memoria. Tiamat is also fought at Memoria, originally seen as the "Wind Guardian", fought off-screen and presumably beater by Adelbert Steiner and Vivi Orunitia.

Final Fantasy X
The fiends of Final Fantasy X titled the Drakes are the dragon races of the game. Each Drake carries Power Spheres and a type of Hourglass.
 * Fafnir
 * Kusariqqu
 * Lamashtu
 * Mushussu
 * Nidhogg
 * Vouivre

In addition to the Drakes, a boss entitled Evrae is fought on the Airship. Later, Evrae is fought again in the underwater part of the Via Purifico in its zombie form, Evrae Altana. Belgemine's Bahamut can be fought like every other Aeon of the game. Spathi, Isaaru's Bahamut is fought as his final Aeon at the Via Purifico. The international and PAL versions of the game allow the player to fight the Dark Aeon, Dark Bahamut which can be fought at Zanarkand Ruins.