Some of the hoards mentioned in the books include stained glass, tapestries, books, dresses, dogs, shoes, and humans, although this practice is looked down on and considered revolting by the majority of the dragons.

They are more along the lines of collectors, each deciding on something they find interesting and forming collections of whatever that happens to be. Dragon Hoard: Few if any of the dragons actually hoard gold.Doomed New Clothes: Creel does not have good luck in Dragon Spear where her wedding dress is concerned, even when it's borrowed.Cool Old Guy / Cool Old Lady: The Duke and Duchess of Mordrel would qualify as these if they had more screentime.Cock Fight: Part of the backstory between Krashath and Shardas over Velika.Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Derda retires by the end of the first book and never appears again.In the second book Krashath kidnaps dragons and forces them to serve as the steeds of the Citatian army using collars that cause this. Brainwashed and Crazy: Amalia uses the slippers to control all the dragons in Feravel.Creel takes the opportunity to toss away the gold bracelet that Amalia gave to Larkin as a reward for the slippers Bound and Gagged: Luka and Creel have to do this to Larkin when the latter catches them sneaking into the occupied palace, and she nearly calls the guards.They get married by the end of the series, and Marta even lends Creel her wedding dress. The Beastmaster: The slippers give the wearer this power over the dragons.Then she steals Creel's dragon slippers and gives them to Amalia, makes insinuations about what Amalia will do to Shardas and shows no remorse when Amalia starts a war and takes Prince Miles hostage. Bait the Dog: Larkin at first appears helpful and merely not wanting to get in trouble with anyone.

Action Girl: Creel becomes this by the third book, and her friend Marta also is this, especially in Dragon Flight.Abusive Parents: Creel's aunt is a terrible Parental Substitute, so terrible that Luka and Marta don't believe Creel's stories until they see her aunt in the flesh in Dragon Spear.How many commoners could befriend a prince their very first day in the capital city? How many humans could befriend the King of Dragons? How many farm girls could stop a war? She convinced the dragon to give her a piece of his hoard a pair of fine blue shoes. But not only did Creel do it, she went one step further. How many girls, when their relatives offer them to a dragon, can talk their way out of it? Not many. A series of three novels by Jessica Day George, Dragonskin Slippers, Dragon Flight, and Dragon Spear are about the adventures of a seamstress that befriends dragons.Ĭreelisel, called Creel, is no ordinary girl.

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