Stone dragon



Stone drakes are dragonkin native to Deepholm. They look as if they are made of stone.

History
The mighty stone dragons are mysterious creatures that inhabit Deepholm, the elemental plane of earth. Their origin is unknown, as before the Shattering no one had seen them (or lived long enough to tell the story). Their draconic appearance however may not indicate their true nature. It appears they are quite tightly connected to the element of earth, although they are not aligned with Therazane. As stated by the Kor the Immovable, the stone dragons are fickle, and bend only to strength.

When Deathwing arrived into Deepholm after suffering his defeat many years before the Shattering, he quickly gained control over the stone dragons. They also seem to be non-sentinent beings, as none of them so far can be seen using any kind of language, neither draconic nor kalimag, not even Terran. This may mean that they are in fact elementals similar to the phoenixes from the Firelands.

Brann Bronzebeard recently uncovered evidence, corroborated by reports from adventurers in Deepholm, that proto-dragons and dragons may have origins in these—and other—elemental drakes. The inhabitants of Deepholm, the Skywall, the Firelands, and the Abyssal Maw are less than talkative on these matters, however, and most of them were not around when the elemental prisons were created. They and other elemental drakes (drakes from the Skywall, Abyssal Maw and Firelands) may be the ancestors of proto-dragons and dragons.

In World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
There are several stone dragons living in Deepholm. The strongest of them is Aeosera, their broodmother. Stone dragons can also be tamed to serve the players as mounts. The alchemists, through the use of the ancient Tol'vir scroll, learned the secret of harnessing the power of Sands of Time and creation of Vial of the Sands, which allows the imbiber to transform into one of the stone dragons as well.

List of Stone Dragons

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