Dragons are large, sometimes winged creatures that are often used for guarding objects or places.
Dragons are extremely powerful and strong, with their hard scales that cannot be easily pierced by weapons such as swords or arrows.
The apples of immortality
in the Garden of the Hesperides
are protected by the dragon Ladon
. Another dragon, Peleus
, is currently under employment of Camp Half-Blood
, guarding the Golden Fleece
that hangs on the pine tree
on top of Half-Blood Hill
. Some automatons
are made to resemble or represent dragons, such as Festus
. Dragons often make appearances in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians
series and The Heroes of Olympus
series. In The Last Olympian
, several were seen in the Lincoln Tunnel
and according to Grover
, a young dragon had appeared at Harlem and destroyed a dozen nature spirits.
- Most dragons can fly, breathe fire, and are extremely powerful, strong, and intelligent.
- They have hard scales that cannot be easily pierced by swords, arrows, or any other weapon.
- Some dragons, like Ladon, have deadly poisons in their teeth and claws.