Aegis Dragon

Aegis Dragons (by encyclopedia, Holiday 2015 Dragons), are the all-male Holiday dragon released during the Holidays of 2015.

As a limited-release dragon, they are only capable of producing more Aegis eggs during a brief period when the Holidays are celebrated in December. They can still be bred to all year round, though they will only produce their non-Holiday mate's breed. Each scroll is limited to 2 cave-born Aegides.

Egg
A wintry chill swirls just beneath the surface of this egg.

Hatchling
''Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It’s very festively colored.''

Mature hatchling
''Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It’s very festively colored.''

''And look! It's grown a dense mane! It must be close to maturing.''

Adult
''Holiday dragons are a very mysterious breed. They are only seen during winter, and even then it is hard to catch a glimpse of one. They are responsible for the general cheer that spreads during the holidays. In essence, they are the “Spirits of Winter.”''

Sprite artists

 * birdzgoboom (All)
 * Odeen (Adult, hatchling)

Variant determination
Aegis Dragons are the second limited-release dragon to receive a Breed Specific Action, following Vampire Dragons. The standard blue Aegis can perform the Enrage action if a user has dead eggs, hatchlings, or dragons on their scroll. The action causes the Aegis's appearance to change to its black and brown "enraged" form. In the "enraged" form, the dragon's action changes to Pacify. Once there are no dead eggs, hatchlings, or dragons on the user's scroll, the action becomes available and the Aegis can be returned to their original white and blue coloration.

Trivia

 * Odeen's spriter alts are based on Jecht and Auron from Final Fantasy X.
 * Birdzgoboom's spriter alts are based on Cloud and Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children.
 * The plural of Aegis is Aegides.
 * Aegis Dragons are the first Holiday dragon to not be a western dragon.
 * Under legacy breed sort, these dragons sort as "Christmas 2015 Dragon".

Additional information

 * Many users at first mistook the design for being Eastern in nature- one of the artists clarified this: