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||Either [[Giant Flyer|fly with bat-like wings]], or they lack wings and don't fly.||Can fly via magic even if they lack wings, which they usually do. When they do have wings, they are often birdlike.||
||Have varying levels of intelligence. Prior to [[Trope Makers|Tolkien]], they rarely spoke. After Tolkien, they are often portrayed as at least as clever as humans, and frequently [[Magnificent Bastard|(much) more so]].||Are intelligent.||
||Often have some form of innate magic if intelligent. They can also be immune to all magic.||Often have the ability to [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|transform into other animals]] and may even [[Humanity Ensues|assume human form]]. The latter is the [[Shapeshifting Squick|reason why]] [[Half
||Live for a very long time, if not actually immortal.||May be an out and out [[Physical God]].||
||Are [[Flying Brick|incredibly strong]] and [[Healing Factor|hard to kill]] but usually have one or two [[Achilles Heel|fatal weak spots]]. This is traditionally under the chin, but post-Tolkien, it's more likely to be on the chest or belly, and [[Go for The Eye|the eye]] is popular too.||In relation to the above, pretty much invincible. Not that people actively seek them out to kill them anyway.||
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Not to be confused with [[The Dragon]], a position only sometimes held by a real dragon (while dragons themselves can just as easily be [[Big Bad|Big Bads]]).
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