Dragon Slayers' Academy

Dragon Slayers' Academy
Dragon Slayers' Academy
Author Kate Mcmullan
Illustrator Bill Basso
Cover artist Bill Basso
Language English
Genre Children's fiction
Publisher Grosset & Dunlap
Published November 1997 - Present
Media type Print (paperback)

Dragon Slayers' Academy is a children's book series written by author Kate McMullan and illustrated by Bill Basso, which currently features 19 books.

Contents

Plot

The series follows the adventures of a young medieval peasant boy Wiglaf of Pinwick and his two friends, Erica von Royale and Angus du Pangus, as they are educated in the art of dragon slaying at Dragon Slayers' Academy (DSA), run by Angus' greedy Uncle Mordred. The academy is run under the motto "Goldius est goodius," features three pots of gold above a dead dragon on its back on its crest. The school serves only eel for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Characters

Humans

  • Wiglaf of Pinwick - A young peasant boy who keeps a "security rag" with him at all times and owns a pet pig named Daisy (who speaks Pig Latin). He has managed to accidentally kill two dragons.
  • Erica von Royale - A tomboy princess, the daughter of King Ken and Queen Barb, who attends the DSA disguised as a boy. She is a professed fan of Sir Lancelot.
  • Angus du Pangus - A student at DSA, who loves to eat, and is the nephew of headmaster Mordred.
  • Mordred du Marvelous - The greedy headmaster of DSA.
  • Zelnoc - A wizard whose spells almost always backfire and never pronounces Wiglaf's name correctly.
  • Daisy - Wiglaf's knowledgeable pet pig, who speaks Pig Latin and reads three to four books a day. She has never forgiven Zelnoc for botching the speech spell used on her
  • Brother Dave - The DSA's librarian and member of the Little Brothers of Peanut Brittle, who first appears in Book 2.
  • Sir Mort du Mort - The DSA's slaying teacher.
  • Coach Wendell Plungett - The DSA's toupee-wearing gym teacher.
  • Professor Prissius Pluck - The DSA's Dragon Science teacher, known for spitting while talking.
  • Yorick - The DSA's messenger, known for wearing strange costumes.
  • Frypot - The DSA's cook, who loves to cook eel and lumpen pudding.
  • Lady Lobelia - Mordred's fashioned-crazed sister, who lives in another chamber of the school.
  • Torblad - DSA student.
  • The Marley's - Four brothers who are students at the DSA.
  • Baldrick de Bold - DSA student
  • Bragwort - DSA student, first introduced in Book 7, who is known for being a braggart.
  • Count Upsohigh - A nobleman, introduced in Book 8, who tricked people into giving him gold.
  • Zack - A boy who is transported from New York in 1999 by his computer into medieval times in Book 8. He introduces the main characters to bubble gum.
  • Fergus - Wiglaf's father, known for being superstitious and telling really bad knock-knock jokes.
  • Molwena - Wiglaf's mother, known for being superstitious and making bad cabbage soup.
  • Dudwin - Wiglaf's younger brother, who has an interest in goblets, strange stones, necklaces, and the like.

Dragons

  • Gorzil - The dragon who appears in Book 1, whose weakness is revealed to be bad jokes.
  • Worm - Wiglaf's pet dragon from Books 9 and up.
  • Seetha - The dragon who appears in Book 2, whose weakness is revealed to be a bath.
  • Snagglefahng - The dragon who appears in Book 13, who loves Brother Dave's Peanut Brittle.
  • Grizzlegore - The dragon who appears in Book 16, who is the world's oldest living dragon. He spares those schools their gold if they can perform his poem.
  • Duckie - Slayed by Sir Mort. Land dragons turn to dragon dust, but because Duckie is a water dragon his shrank until he was the size of a rubber duck. From Book 18.
  • Bubbles - Came to Dragon Slayers' Academy looking for Sir Mort to avenge Duckie's fate. His weakness was sneezing, which caused him to shrink in size. From Book 18.

Media

Books

  1. The New Kid At School - Wiglaf arrives at the DSA and slays his first dragon.
  2. Revenge of the Dragon Lady - Gorzil's fearsome mother comes to find the person who killed her son.
  3. Class Trip to the Cave of Doom - Students from the DSA search for Seetha's gold.
  4. A Wedding For Wiglaf? - The Princess of East Armpitsa wants to find someone that matches her lost love.
  5. Knight For A Day - Wiglaf wins a contest, with the prize being a day with Sir Lancelot.
  6. Sir Lancelot, Where Are You? - DSA students search for the real Sir Lancelot.
  7. Wheel of Misfortune - The DSA participates in an all-school's brain power tournament.
  8. Countdown to the Year 1000 - The day before the last day of first millennium.
  9. 97 Ways To Train A Dragon - Wiglaf and Angus are on dawn patrol, cleaning up trash, and find an egg. Bringing it back to their dorm, it hatches.
  10. Help! It's Parents Day At DSA - Some of the Class I Lads put on a play for their parents.
  11. Danger! Wizard At Work - Mordred is looking for a man who claims he has a kit to make his own gold. On the quest, Wiglaf and the gang are turned into dragons, attending a Dragon school.
  12. The Ghost Of Sir Herbert Dungeonstone
  13. Beware! It's Friday the 13th! - On Friday the 13th Snagglefang comes to find Brother Dave, the school's librarian, seeking revenge. It seems that the Brotherhood is known for their peanut brittle, but Dave's is hard and caused Snagglefang to lose his front fangs.
  14. Pig Latin - Not Just For Pigs - School is let out because Mordrid is teaching the teachers. Wiglaf and his pet pig Daisy visit Erica's castle, where her father is sick with the pox.
  15. Double Dragon Trouble
  16. The World's Oldest Living Dragon
  17. Hail! Hail! Camp Dragononka - DSA is closed for summer vacation and Wiglaf and his little brother Dudwin go to Camp Dragonka, where Dudwin starts seeing dragon ghosts.(This book is a twice-as-long super summer special)
  18. Never Trust a Troll! - Wiglaf is very excited to return to DSA as a Class II Lad, but his enthusiasm is diminished by the presence of his brother Dudwin at the DSA.
  19. Little Giant - Big Trouble - Worm, who is sick, is taken by a giant girl. His friends rescue him.

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