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[[File:Exodites.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Eldar Exodites]] with various '''Dragons'''.{{Fn|5}}]]
*{{main|Giant Reptile}}
Dragons were the wide variety of offspring of the giant reptiles seeded among the [[Maiden World]]s of the [[Eldar Empire]] to become a dominant component of the planets' ecologies. The original species may have originated from the homeworlds of the Eldar but the Dragons of the Maiden Worlds were genetically engineered.{{Fn|3}} Dragons are carnivores, some of whom can fly and breathe fire,{{Fn|4}} who will naturally feed on forest prey.{{Fn|8}} Exodites keep a domestic stock of Dragons and harvest [[algae]] to and feed them.{{Fn|3}} Dragons exist on [[Imperial]] worlds as well: the Dragons of [[Crowe's World]] live in swamps and hunt [[Goat]]s, a morsel which hunters also bait the dragons.{{Fn|12}}
Dragons exist in a wide variety of morphologies from the diminiutive [[Raptorhound]]{{Fn|5}} to the tremendous [[Brachiosaur]].{{Fn|6}} Dragons became central to the lifestyles of the [[Eldar Exodites]] in the wake of the [[Fall of the Eldar]] who herd working dragons such as the [[Megasaur]],{{Fn|3}} also known as [[Megadon]]{{Fn|7}} which exodites trade the meat of with the [[Asuryani|Craftworld Eldar]].{{Fn|7}} Exodite [[Dragon Knight]]s are known to ride various species but are most well known for their horse-sized [[Raptor (Dragon)|Raptors]], winged [[Pterosaur]]s, and the prestigious [[Carnosaur]]s.{{Fn|6}}
==Sources==
{{Heretic Tomes}}
*1: [[Codex: Craftworlds (8th Edition)]]:
**{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 47
*{{Endn|10}}: [[Codex: Imperial Knights (6th Edition)]] - ''House Griffith''
*{{Endn|11}}: [[Codex: Harlequins (8th Edition)]], pg. 22
*{{Endn|12}}: [[Farseer (Novel)]], Chapter Seventeen {{Heretic Tomes End}}
[[Category:Beasts]]
[[Category:Eldar Mythology]]
[[Category:Flora and Fauna]]
