Dragon Lore Character Cards

Twelve cut-out cards of heroes and dragons for ages 7+, from Vortigern and the red dragon to Sigurd and Fafnir and Thor and the Midgard-serpent. Each card shows the books the character comes from and two labelled facts, with three games, blank cards and an answer key.

What’s inside:

- How to play: three games and a table of the books behind the cards

- 12 character cards: Vortigern, the red dragon, St George, the dragon of Silene, John Lambton, the Lambton Worm, Beowulf, Beowulf’s dragon, Sigurd, Fafnir, Thor and Jormungand

- Who Am I? clue sheet

- Make your own cards (blank cards)

- Answer key

- Picture credits

- Credits, licence & sources

Pages: 9 (including cover and credits). Sizes: A4 (210 × 297 mm) and US Letter (8.5 × 11 in), both PDFs included in one zip.

Printing: Print at 100% / actual size on A4 or US Letter. Inside pages use light backgrounds and print well in black and white; covers are dark, so start from page 2 to save ink. Cards: print on thin card if you can, then cut out.

Every statement is labelled History (what records, historians, museums and heritage bodies show), Literature (what a named old text, poem, saga or book says) or Tradition (beliefs, customs and local stories), and checked against named sources (including Nennius’s History of the Britons, the Golden Legend, William Henderson’s folklore notes of 1879, Beowulf, the Story of the Volsungs, the Younger Edda, E. T. C. Werner’s Myths and Legends of China and A. C. Fox-Davies’s Complete Guide to Heraldry, together with Museum Wales, Visit Wales, English Heritage, the National Trust, the Church of England, Manx National Heritage, Hansard and Britannica; checked 31 Oct 2026). The sources are listed on each pack’s credits page. The stories are retold in our own words; the pictures are public domain or CC0 drawings, paintings, prints and photos via Wikimedia Commons. Puzzles, games and layouts are REALLYBYTE’s own work. Not endorsed by any of these organisations, and not connected with any film, TV show, game, book series or toy.

Licence: personal and single-classroom use. You may print as many copies as you need for your own family or your own class, and share it with your class through a password-protected platform. Please don’t resell, re-upload or share it publicly. For school-wide use, please email info@reallybyte.com.

Made by REALLYBYTE, the team behind dragons.folklore.im. Questions: info@reallybyte.com

This is a digital download: no physical item will be shipped.