Editing Dracon

{{Tower heroes}}{{Hero
 | town       = Tower
 | class      = Wizard
 | gender     = Male
 | race       = Human
 | specialty  = Enchanters
 | biography  = Considered by many to be a [[Wisdom|magical genius]], Dracon seeks to become history's greatest [[Dragon|Dragon Slayer]]. Unlike his fellow [[Wizard|Wizards]], Dracon eschews decorative attire for more practical battle gear.
 | s_text     = Can upgrade [[Monk and Zealot|Monks, Zealots]], [[Mage and Arch Mage|Magi and Arch Magi]] to [[Enchanter]]s. 
 | skill_1    = Advanced Wisdom
 | oneskill   = 
 | spell      = Haste
 | nowar      = 
 | troop_1    = Enchanter
 | troop_2    = Enchanter
 | troop_3    = Enchanter
 | nmb_1      = 6
 | nmb_2      = 3
 | nmb_3      = 1
 | s_hota_mp  =
 | s_hota2_mp = 1900
 | hota_same_troops = 1
 | no_hota_starting_troops =
}}
{{About|Not to be confused with {{H2|Drakon|Beastmaster}}.}}

He is not an original {{roe}} hero, but was added in {{ab}} and is also available in {{sod}}.

By default, Dracon is not playable, but he may be enabled in custom scenarios in the map editor. 

== Specialty ==
The cost of upgrading units to [[Enchanter]]s is:

{| style="text-align:center;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{cn|Monk}}||style="width:30px;"|&#8594;||350 {{g}}||style="width:30px;"|&#8594;||{{cn|Enchanter|noname=}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{cn|Zealot}}||&#8594;||300 {{g}}||&#8594;||{{cn|Enchanter|noname=}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{cn|Mage}}||&#8594;||400 {{g}}||&#8594;||{{cn|Enchanter|noname=}}
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{cn|Arch Mage}}||&#8594;||300 {{g}}||&#8594;||{{cn|Enchanter|noname=}}
|}

== Story ==
=== Alternative biography  {{wll}} ===
The following biography appeared on the official (now-defunct) 3DO website: 

:<div style="font-style: italic;">Dracon is the son of [[Bracada]]'s most famous female dragon slayer. Those who have met Dracon have referred to him as a young man of 'aggressive wisdom' beyond his years, and aspirations fitting his age.

:<div style="font-style: italic;">After his initial studies under his mother, Dracon's mother sent her son to learn magic in the [[Ivory Tower|ivory towers]] of Bracada’s capital. A notorious rebel within the school, by age fourteen, Dracon had mastered the basics of all four schools of magic. With nothing more to learn, and disillusioned by the school and teachers who could not teach him more, Dracon set off across the continent of [[Antagarich|Antagrich]] to learn from the secluded masters who originated many of the spells now taught in magic schools. In the eight years Dracon roamed the continent, there is much myth and legend about his travels. One of the more popular is a rumored two-year period during which Dracon served with [[Gelu]] in [[Erathia]]n [[Forest Guard|special forces]] company named [[Forestguard]].

== Appearances ==
;[[Dragon Slayer]]
:[[Crystal Dragons]] as a player hero.
:[[Rust Dragons]] as a player hero.
:[[Faerie Dragons]] as a player hero.
:[[Azure Dragons]] as a player hero.

He appears in the epilogue of [[Azure Dragons]].

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== Official Renders ==
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Dracon box render.jpg
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{{user commentary|
Dracon's special ability is formidable. Even so powerful that he is typically disabled in custom made maps. While you should have no reasonable difficulty using Dracon as a main hero during the single player campaign, he could also be used as an [[Enchanter]]-upgrading-support-hero sitting in a town garrison or following your main hero.
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He is featured in the [[Dragon Slayer]] campaign from {{ab}}, taking appearance in all four scenarios as the main hero.
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In the [[Dragon Slayer]] campaign, he managed to slay all kinds of dragons, from [[Faerie Dragon|Faerie Dragons]] to [[Azure Dragon|Azure Dragons]], accomplishing only what veteran [[Dragon|Dragon Slayers]] could.
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According to Jennifer Bullard's development documents, Dracon is the one who finally slayed [[Mutare Drake|Mutare the Dragon Queen]] in one-on-one combat. He did not survive the battle, but still freed the [[Dragon|dragons]] from [[Mutare|Mutare's]] influence and was also going to be remembered as the greatest [[Dragon|Dragon Slayer]] of all time.
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In Russian, Drakon and Dracon have the same name spelling (Дракон, ''Drakon''), since letters C and K are transliterated in the same way, namely as K (e.g. [[Korbac]] is "Корбак", ''Korbak'', in Russian).
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* [https://txarchives.org/utcah/finding_aids/03496.xml A Guide to the Jennifer Bullard Papers, 1999-2003]
* [https://www.celestialheavens.com/homam-iv/jennifer-bullard-lost-manuscript-files?showall{{=}}&start{{=}}3 Jennifer Bullard - Lost manuscript files (Celestial Heavens)]
}}{{end of user commentary}}

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