The 'How to Train your Dragon' Books by Cressida Cowell are set in the Barbaric Archipelago.
In the books dragons are used as hunting companions, not dissimilar to a combination of your falcon, dog and horse all rolled into one. The stories are about a young boy called Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the 3rd, and his disobedient small green Common or Garden Dragon, Toothless. His best friends, Fishlegs and Camicazi, get up to all sorts of adventures.
The dragons speak a language called Dragonese, which sounds like growls when spoken by a dragon but sounds like crazy half-words and amusing squeaks when spoken by a human. To say Hello, you say 'Howdeedoodythere', and to say thankyou you say 'Pishyou'. The dragonese changes from language to language, so if you get a German copy of 'How to Train Your Dragon', the words are slightly different.
The dragons in the books are:
Common Or Garden/ Basic Brown - small dragons which are utterly average.
Gronkle - Ugly dragon covered in spikes and warts.
Monstrous Nightmare - sleek murderous killers with long talons and teeth
Seadragonis Giganticus Maximus/ Sea Dragon - the largest dragons mentioned in the books, a giant leviathan.
Electrosquirms - The Barbaric archipelago's answer to electric eels and fireflies rolled into one.
Deadly Nadders - often mentioned, but never fully described
Stink Dragons - tigers and skunks made dragon-shaped
Sabre Toothed Driver Dragons - large white dragons that pull sledges
The Doomfang - giant black dragon, not too dissimilar from the Sea Dragon
Venomous Vorpent - small critter with a fatal bite, the only cure to which is the potato.
Nanodragons - really small dragons
Sharkworms - crocodile sharks designed to give younger readers nightmares.There are others, and the list goes on. For information about dragons of the Barbaric Archipelago, visit this website: http://www.howtotrainyourdragonbooks.com/
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