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The dragon Grogon

Grogon honestly was name of a ground dragon which was mentioned in Heracles first book: Heracles and the lion from Nemea. As like the shifting-Shadow, it came from the deepest of the Underworld, Tartarus. It was the creature accompanying with Aiden to brought chosen children from all places on the world to Hippocon land. 
Grogon was in a tunnel underground at the first time it appear. It was described as like a very long creature which was covered jet back and golden crystal scales and having a lot of segments. Honestly, Grogon looked more like millipede than a dragon that it had a bald head and millions of pair feet under his body. they helped it moved very fast and became the fastest moving creature and so that was chosen to became the transporter. 
Each segment of Grogon was described as like a compartment and the golden crystal scales on each side of segments were the doors which people could open and walk through then kept staying there until they reached on Hippocoon. There had chairs and table and other things inside them, the segments that helped people felt comfortable as they were there. In the time, they were inside Grogon they could also move to other segments to meet others. They even were served a meals before they came to Hippocoon.
Grogon was a young ground dragon that it was still immature and if it is mature, it could rounded the world few times. However, the thing would never happen because it and creatures like it were not allowed to appear in people's world.


  

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