Chinese Fireball

"Chinese Fireball... Oooh!"

- Bartemius Crouch Sr. to Viktor Krum in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

The Chinese Fireball, also known as the Liondragon, is a dragon native to China. The Fireball is scarlet and smooth scaled with a fringe of golden spikes around its face. The Fireball's snout is stubby, and it has protruding eyes. Its name is derived from the mushroom-shaped flame that is emitted through its nostrils when angered. The Chinese Fireball breed of dragons generally yield females that are larger than males. The eggs of the Chinese Fireball are crimson, speckled with gold, and the shells are prized by Chinese Wizards. Its diet consists of most mammals, though it prefers pigs and deer.

Unlike other dragons, the Fireball is more tolerant of its own kind, and will sometimes consent to sharing its territory with two other dragons.

A Chinese Fireball was used as one of the obstables in the First Task of the Triwizard Tournament in 1994. Viktor Krum faced the dragon in an attempt to retrieve a Golden egg it was guarding, and used a Conjunctivitis Curse to temporarily blind the dragon, but it crushed its own eggs and points were taken off for that.

Appearances

 * Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire