Dragons of China, Japan, Vietnam, and Korea
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Dragons in Asia are not what most people in the Western World think of as dragons. They aren't all fire-breathing menaces that roam the countryside eating cattle and maidens and picking their teeth with the lances of valiant Christian knights. These dragons, although not necessarily gentle, they are not out to get humans. There are river deities, ones for fertility and the harvest, and a few stories of the dragon's pearl that makes all it touches bloom.

Because of the similarities between the dragons of these regions (and for simplicity's sake), I've group these 5 countries together.