Overview

Firedrakes are magical creatures that are able to fly and are related to the lizard, therefore they also look very much like one. They were rather small creatures that had long antennae. These lizard-like creatures are mistaken as dragons at times, but the big difference is that Firedrakes don’t breathe fire, instead they emit sparks of fire from the ends of their tails that could still be used to set things on fire.

A few Firedrakes were kept by Circus Arcanus in the year 1927.

History

In early 1927, several Firedrakes that were kept in cages at Circus Arcanus were released by Credence Barebone during his and Nagini’s escape.

In the 1980’s, Circus Arcanus had acquired another family of firedrakes that they advertised as the Flying Sparks, but this family has also escaped from the circus and were rehomed in the Magical Creatures Reserve.

During the Calamity, Firedrakes were one of the various magical creatures that threatened to breach the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy.

Credits/References

Written by Liane Hawthorne
Base code by Andrew Sutherland, edited by Iselin Merilä and Desmond Gray.