The Gronckle

"The Gronckle is the pug of the dragon world an easily excited and energetic creature with a large head and eyes as well as being a large heavily armoured dragon with a mouth full of razor sharp fangs. While oftern underestiamted for it's apperance it makes up for this with it's ferocity, a Gronckle can shake off attacks from some of the strongest of vikings and dragons becoming an unstopable boulder of lava and teeth.
My Advice: Use their size against them, find somewhere with a small enterance and wait until the Gronckle gets distracted by something else, if your feeling particularly heroic you could always attempt to lead them to a pile of rocks. I've found that Sandstone is a particular favourite of many Gronckle."

-C.A

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One of the toughest dragons in our world is the Gronckle. Gronckles have gigantic heads, short bodies, and round tails. Gronckles are lazy, and spend most of their time sleeping in communal heaps. They have been known to fall asleep while flying, waking only when they crash into the ocean or the side of a mountain. Gronckles have relatively small wings that beat as fast as a hummingbird's. They are slow in the air, but make up for this with their manoeuvrability. A Gronckle can fly backwards, sideways, and even hover. Gronckles attack from the air, where their primary weapon is most effective. Gronckles chew rocks, melting them in their bellies and firing them as balls of molten lava.
Like all Boulder Class dragons, Gronckles have extremely strong jaws, being able to crush boulders with ease. They are able to carry large boulders in their mouth, eat them, and shoot back at their enemies. They can hold three fully grown sheep in their mouth.
Gronckles are much faster on the ground than in the air. They are very manoeuvrable in the air, being able to go backward, sideways and even hover.

Appearance

Egg

Gronckle eggs are the smallest of all the species. Some are a bluish color, while others are goldish, some even purple, and have a rocky appearance. They also bounce around like jumping beans. They are shown to explode when they hatch.

Hatchling to Adult

The Gronckle can be a slow, lazy, and cranky bulldog-like dragon, It has been known to fall asleep mid-flight, waking only when it plunges into the sea or crashes into a mountain. They spend the majority of the day sleeping. However, during battle, they can be fierce adversaries because of their high defenses.
Because of its tremendous weight and small wings, it would seem impossible for them to fly. However, because the wings of a Gronckle beat at a speed similar to that of hummingbirds', dragonflies', or bees' wings, it is possible for one to sustain flight. In fact, a Gronckle can fly backward, sideways, and even hover in place. However, due to their massive weight and small wings they are the slowest species in the dragon world, which is not helped by their extreme tendencies towards laziness and falling asleep whilst flying. Despite this, they can still perform some pretty impressive flight maneuvers when trained to do so. Its tail can be mistaken for the head if little attention is paid to it.

Abilities

Bump scatter blast

Gronckles are famous for their lava blasts and the hard, armorlike bumps all over their bodies. If they really need to do some damage to their enemies, they out these two features together. When provoked, Gronckles inhale deeply, and the bumps on their bodies blast off in every direction.

Flying backwards and in all directions

Gronckles are much faster on the ground than in the air, as shown when Meatlug was able to run faster than the objects that were attracted to her magnetic body. They are very maneuverable in the air, being able to go backward, sideways and even hover. As Meatlug has shown, they are able to stand and walk on their hind legs.

Jaw Strength and Expansion

Like all Boulder Class dragons, Gronckles have extremely strong jaws, being able to crush boulders with ease. They are able to carry large boulders in their mouth, eat them, and shoot back at their enemies.

Rechargeable firepower

Most dragons use a flammable gas, but the Gronckle eats rocks and then melts them in its stomach. So as long as there are edible rocks in the area, the Gronckles will be one of the few dragons to be able to refill their shot limit. The Gronckle's lava depends on the type of rocks they eat. They are able to produce regular flaming hot lava, lava coated rocks, Gronckle Iron, glass, and lava of different colors.

Class
Boulder

Fire Type
Molten lava

Features
Bumps on body, Small wings, Clubbed tail, Sharp canines, Blunt nasal horn

Abilities
Bump scatter blast, Flying backwards and in all directions, Jaw Strength and Expansion, Rechargeable firepower
Diet
FireWeed, Fish, Mutton, Rocks

Average Height

8 feet 7 inches (2.62 metres)

Average Weight

5724 lbs (2596.4 kg)

Average Length

Length: 14 feet 9 inches (4.51 metres), Medium
Wingspan: 18 feet 4 inches (5.6 metres)

Body Tint, Colouring and Marking

Various, common ones include:

• Beige
• Black
• Blue
• Brown
• Green
• Grey
• Pink
• Purple
• Red
• Yellow

Statistics

Attack: 8
Speed: 4
Armour: 20
Firepower: 14
Shot limit: 6
Venom: 0
Jaw strength: 8
Stealth: 5