Summary

  • Power in Xadia is multifaceted, encompassing attributes such as physical strength, magical abilities, and strategic thinking.
  • Characters like Ezran and Rayla demonstrate that communication and loyalty can be powerful assets, enabling them to form alliances and overcome obstacles.
  • Throughout the series, characters like Soren, Claudia, and Viren show that power can corrupt, leading to destructive consequences for themselves and others.

With Season 5 of The Dragon Prince now streaming on Netflix, new characters have been introduced across the series with power unlike any fans have yet to see. As a fantasy show that embraces the classic tropes of the genre with the races of dragons and elves and inevitable conflicts with humanity, it often revolves highly around the nature of power and the many benefits and dangers it can bring.

With warring nations and conflicting views on the use of magic, the show gives plenty of opportunities for its characters to show off their strength, but what is power in Xadia? Is it the strength to stand and fight for what one believes in, the ability to achieve the seemingly impossible with magic, or one's bodily mass and prowess for physical battle? Power can be defined in any number of ways, but in the end there will always be some who have far more of it than others.

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15 Ezran

Ezran's team sets a plan in Dragon Prince

While some might believe Ezran is too young to be powerful, that's where they would be wrong. At present, Ezran is the King of Katolis, making him the most poweful man in the kingdom. His ability to communicate with animals and people alike is one of his greatest strengths, providing him with an edge other rulers can't claim. Not only has he managed to befriend many a dragon throughout the series, he's also convinced several of them to help him in instances he might not have otherwise succeeded. Having such incredible communication skills will only serve to grow his power and potential as he himself grows older.

14 Runaan

Runaan aiming a nocked arrow upward

While Rayla is a strong Moonshadow Elf who proves to be a huge friend and asset in helping Callum and Ezran escort Zym to Xadia, she is initially shown to be in the shadow of her leader and mentor-of-sorts, Runaan. Runaan was fond of Rayla but saw her compassion and hesitation as a weakness for their assassination mission.

Rayla and Runaan subsequently squared off later when they run into one another in Katolis, with them at the height of their powers under the full moon. Rayla is able to hold Runaan off, but it is ultimately a distraction rather than a serious all-out fight. After carrying out the mission to assassinate King Harrow, Runaan is captured by Viren and trapped inside a coin.

13 Terrestrius

The Dragon prince Terrestrius Leaning into a flower

Claudia's beloved Earthbound Elf, Terrestrius, has demonstrated quite a bit of power since he was introduced to the series in Season 4. Terry has an incredible amount of compassion, patience and understanding--especially for someone with such primal magic at his disposal. To add to his primal magical abilities, he may very well be the only one who can save Claudia from herself before all is said and done, though that feels doubtful. Claudia wouldn't even listen to her own brother, whom she loved very much, so it's hard to imagine Terry being powerful enough to impact Claudia's inevitable downward spall into darkness.

12 Rayla

Rayla holding the dragon egg in The Dragon Prince Season 1

Rayla began as an enemy, but eventually became the bodyguard of the group. Even after returning the Dragon Prince's safe return to his mother, she fell into that roll and has been keeping it up ever since. She may be considered an outcast among her own people, but this is due to her choices rather than her skills in battle.

While Callum learned how to master primal magic, security falls upon Rayla, but as Callum grows more powerful, her own insecurities seem to rise to the surface a bit more. Although she can be impulsive, as Callum says, "she is a hero." She will always drop everything to help someone, even if she doesn't completely know that she can do it. With her speed and use of two blades, she is a formidable foe for anyone to face, so long as they aren't underwater.

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11 Soren

Soren as he fights Viren in the Dragon Prince

When standing next to his sister, Claudia, or his father Viren, Soren may not seem all that powerful, but that's not true. As a warrior, he is incredibly skilled, and across the five current season of The Dragon Prince, he has proven himself superior in more ways than one. Not only did he demonstrate the power to turn his back on his own father and sister after coming to terms with the evil they were doing, he's time and again proven it doesn't take brains or magic to solve every problem.

While on Finnegrin's ship in Season 5, Episode 8, "Finnegrin's Wake", Soren helped defeat Finnegrin by helping his minion recognize how abusive he was and always had been. He stood up repeatedly, after being beaten down, refusing to give up or give in until Deadwood, whose real name was Elmer, came to understand that Soren was trying to help him. If power were measured by muscles and heart combined, there's no doubt Soren would be the most powerful person in Xadia.

10 Pyrrah

The Dragon Prince Pyrrah

Pyrrah is another prominent dragon to feature in The Dragon Prince, but unlike Sol Regem and Avizandum, she is unable to speak, apart from through Ezran. She is a Fire Dragon, and she demonstrates her powers by raining fire on a town after Soren provokes her.

It takes a dose of dark magic from Claudia to bring her down, but even when she looks to be on the brink of death, she manages to rally and attack Soren, leaving him paralyzed and seriously close to dying. Remembering the fact that Rayla, Callum, and Ezran saved her, she later joins the efforts to protect the Dragon Prince, with her transporting King Ezran around.

9 Karim

Karim casts a spell in Dragon Prince Season 5.

Sunfire Elf, Karim, has demonstrated his power in many instances, but his true nature and abilities didn't begin to surface until Amaya and Janai rgot engaged. Karim believed an alliance with the humans would make them weak, and after challenging his sister for the crown (and losing), he was exiled from their land. It wasn't until then that fans got to see what Karim was truly capable of. With the ability to manipulate magic around him, he has the potential to become a dangerous adversary in the future. As it stands, however, he is still not strong enough to outsmart or best his sister and Amaya.

8 Viren

Viren reaches out in Dragon Prince Season 5 on Netflix

Viren starts The Dragon Prince as the loyal advisor and high mage for King Harrow but quickly showed his true colors. Flashbacks show how he used dark magic to help Harrow kill the legendary Dragon King. Viren also added insult to injury by stealing the Dragon Prince's egg while spreading word of its alleged destruction.

When he met Aaravos, a mysterious elf trapped within the mirror, Viren's power and focus began to revolve around rescuing Aaravos. Despite Viren's death, he was resurrected, but he didn't have the same power he once did, finding himself in awe of his daughter, Claudia's growing ability. As he watched her continually turn to the darkness, his resolve began to shift, and after refusing to help Aaravos, he met his end a second time. Prior to meeting Aaravos, it's safe to note that Viren was potentially one of the most powerful men in the kingdom.

7 Janai

Dragon Prince Janai Amaya

Janai is a Sunfire Elf, known as the Golden Knight Of Lux Aurea. When near a source of fire, her powers are at their highest, and with her formidable Sunforge sword she can cut through normal swords, shields, and armor with minimal fuss or effort.

She has the powerful General Amaya on the backfoot during their initial encounters, and after befriending Amaya and losing her home of Lux Aurea, becomes a valuable asset for King Ezran in fighting back against Viren and his forces. The power stolen from her home even makes Viren's army more powerful, as shown by Prince Kasef, who becomes an unstoppable beast due to the enhancement.

6 General Amaya

Dragon Prince Amaya

Amaya is the deaf younger sister of the late Queen Sarai, and was originally the general of the forces protecting mankind from the wrath of the elves. General Amaya fears very little unless it threatens her family and is capable of backing it up on the battlefield. While she initially appears outmatched in her flurries with the Sunfire Elf Janai, she finds a way to survive and outsmart her opponent, making decisions that help her in the long run, like rescuing Janai, while they were still enemies.

Despite her strength and presence on the battlefield, she is easily swept aside by the enhanced Prince Kasef, which reinforces the fact that the Sunfire power is too much for some humans to handle head-on. Fortunately, as the series progressed, fans were given more opportunities to admire Amaya's strength and growth. Now engaged to Janai, she's proven time and again how resilient and clever she is, both on and off the battlefield.

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5 Claudia

Claudia and Soren in Dragon Prince

Claudia and Soren may both be Viren's children, but they are vastly different. While Soren has chosen the way of the soldier and king's guard, Claudia followed in her father's footsteps. Throughout the series, she's come to understand and embrace the use of dark magic.

Not only does she take down a dragon using an enchanted arrow, but in "The Final Battle," she used Noctu Igne to simply explode on the squadron of elves holding the line, allowing them a chance to break through. With Aaravos advising Viren that they can make use of Claudia, her power has only gotten stronger, but it's also taking an incredible toll on her physically as well as psychologically. Even as Viren came to understand the error of his ways, there was nothing he could do to stop his daughter from adopting his worst traits and advancing them to the extreme.

4 Sol Regem

The Dragon Prince Sol Regem

Sol Regem is introduced as another Archdragon and the first Dragon King. His immense stature and connection to the sun once demanded and commanded respect, with him even becoming revered by the Sunfire Elves, inspiring their weapon designs and architecture.

Callum, Rayla, and Zym cross him on their journey through Xadia to return the Dragon Prince home, but he is now angry and blind, with a particular distaste for humans and dark magic since being blinded by a mage named Ziard. Despite his lack of sight, Callum and Rayla still struggle to get past him due to his speed, power, and fiery breath, and only do so with quick thinking on Callum's part.

3 Callum

Callum fights Claudia underwater in Dragon Prince Season 5

Though things for Callum got off to a rocky start, across the five current seasons of The Dragon Prince, he's really come into his own. Currently, Callum is the High Mage of Katolis, having taken Viren's place, and with good reason. As it turns out, he is the only human with the ability to control primal magic and has so far master two elements: Air and Water.

Some may find it questionable that he's more powerful than Viren or Claudia, but his underwater battle with Claudia and the way he handled Finnegrin in Season 5 were just a few examples of how much his power has grown across the series.

2 Aaravos

Aaravos' Prison The Dragon Prinnce

Knowing little else about the mysterious Aaravos's origins or true motives other than his imprisonment by the Archdragons makes Aaravos the most feared character in The Dragon Prince. Despite his manipulation of Viren being obvious for the audience and even Viren himself to see, Viren chooses to stick with it to see his own dreams of protecting humanity and gaining true power come true.

Through the caterpillar-like familiar he owns, he is able to converse with Viren, but it is also later revealed to be able to possess a body upon biting them, as shown in their infiltration of Lux Aurea. There is a certain level of inevitability about Aaravos becoming the main villain of The Dragon Prince, especially when his true origins and motives are revealed.

1 Avizandum

Dragon Prince - Viren and Harrow preparing to fight Avizandum the Dragon King Thunder

While the Dragon King Avizandum is indeed dead in the present day events of The Dragon Prince, flashbacks show his commanding presence and sheer power. He is responsible for killing Duren Queens Annika and Neha, as well as Harrow's wife Sarai, who puts herself into danger saving Viren.

Also known as Thunder, Avizandum could summon lightning, a trait that is gradually appearing and growing within his son, Zym. It took dark magic and dishonorable tactics for Harrow and Viren to eventually take down the Archdragon, a testament to his overall might and power.