Zombie Dragon

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No matter their state of life or death, adventurers and dragons will always be at each other's throats. (JB)

Zombie Dragons, Zombie motherfucking DRAGONS, are undead draconic beasts that show up quite a bit in fantasy and tabletop RPGs. They're undead abominations, brought back to imperfect life by particularly powerful necromancers, or by the ambient evils of the lands they died or were buried in.

Dungeons & Dragons

Whilst zombie dragons have a fairly long history in D&D, showing up at least once in every edition, they are usually overlooked in favor of the more iconic Dracolich. Draconic zombies are usually the creations of particularly powerful necromancers, and amongst the most powerful kinds of zombie due to the inherent size, strength and durability of the dragon, but are often portrayed as a distinct downgrades compared to their living selves due to the standard zombie penalties, such as mindlessness. They may even be portrayed as unable to use their breath weapon due to their zombified state.

Warhammer Fantasy

Zombie dragons are heavily associated with the forces of the undead in the world of Warhammer Fantasy, generally being portrayed as the ultimate undead slave. Whilst something of a downgrade from a living dragon, such as losing the iconic fire breath in favor of a gout of corrosive miasma, they are still nasty enough to be one of the most powerful undead warriors in the setting. To say nothing of the sheer prestige that comes from having them in the army.

Creating a zombie dragon requires a vampire or necromancer to travel all the way to the dragon's graveyard on the Plain of Bones, where both draconic bodies and ambient dark magic are in abundance, and pit themselves against the challenge of trying to force life into a draconic corpse. If they succeed, they get a powerful undead monster to join the ranks of their troops - if they fail, they tend to burn up in an overload of necromantic energies.

Zombie dragons generally serve as personal steeds for the most powerful vampires. In 6e, the "Necromancers Only" variant army allows them to be taken as unmounted monsters as well.

Warhammer: Age of Sigmar

Zombie dragons persist into Age of Sigmar, where they retain their traditional place as the ultimate mount for the leaders of both the Soulblight Gravelords and the Flesh-eater Courts.