Houses are a set of fictional communities within the world of DragonVale that players can join. Houses were originally introduced in the Arcane Pentournament before later becoming a permanent addition in Roar of the Rift.
The five Houses are 
Blazing Gale, 
Hidden Bolt, 
Icy Torrent, 
Iron Blossom, and 
Mountain Sun. Each House has two primary elements assigned to it. Together, the five Houses encompass all ten primary elements. Each House also has a unique mascot, icon, airship, leader, motto, set of characteristics, alumnus/alumni, description, and set of dragons assigned to it.
Upon reaching level 28 and unlocking the Rift Dimension, players can choose one of the Houses to join. In events prominently involving Houses, like the Arcane Pentournament and Roar of the Rift, players will be prompted to join a House regardless of level.
Upon joining a House, players will receive that House's mascot dragon and banner decoration for free. Joining a House is permanent and cannot be changed.
There is no advantage or disadvantage for picking one House over the other. Choosing a House is a matter of personal taste for what aesthetic, identity, and free dragon each player prefers.
House Profiles[]
Click on the House names below to see each House's profile.
Blazing Gale - Hidden Bolt - Icy Torrent - Iron Blossom - Mountain Sun
Mobile users may have trouble viewing the house profiles above. If so, refer to the gallery below.
Note: All House mascot dragons and banner decorations are breedable/obtainable during Bring 'Em Back or other events where they are made available.
House Banners[]
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| Blazing Gale Banner | Hidden Bolt Banner | Icy Torrent Banner | Iron Blossom Banner | Mountain Sun Banner |
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Airships[]
The Airship at the Airship Dock will change appearance to match the player's chosen house.
Click on the House names below to see each House's Airship
Blazing Gale - Hidden Bolt - Icy Torrent - Iron Blossom - Mountain Sun
House Leaders[]
Players will see the House leader attributed to their House in the Contribute menu at the Airship Dock.
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| Gwyddion the Great Nogard, Head of Blazing Gale | Whitbee, Head of Hidden Bolt | Lumi, Head of Icy Torrent | Gardenia, Head of Iron Blossom | Kaleni, Head of Mountain Sun |
On some days Backflip Studios posted on social media an image of a nonplayable character from DragonVale Lore with a brief descriptive sentence as part of a Meet the Wizard profile card.
Below is a gallery of the House leaders' Meet The Wizard profiles along with their post date:
Notably, there has never been a Meet The Wizard profile created for Nogard.
Special Visitors[]
During certain events, the House leaders will appear as interactable special visitors that walk around the player's park. When discovered and tapped, they will disappear and reward event currency and sometimes 
as well.
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| Nogard visitor sprite | Whitbee visitor sprite | Lumi visitor sprite | Gardenia visitor sprite | Kaleni visitor sprite |
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Special Visitor Appearances[]
- Nogard has appeared as a special visitor during Secrets of Spellform, Camp DragonVale, and Into the Wild.
- Whitbee has appeared as a special visitor during Whitbee's Candy Bash 3: The Sweetening, Whitbee's Candy Bash IV: Tails From The Campfire, Whitbee's Candy Bash V: The Candied Conjuring, Secrets of Spellform, Whitbee's Candy Bash VI: The Haunted Hunt, Camp DragonVale, Whitbee's Candy Bash VII: The Haunted Harvest, and Into the Wild.
- Lumi has appeared as a special visitor during the Frosty Jubilee, Jolly Jubilee, Secrets of Spellform, Camp DragonVale, Into the Wild, and Whitbee's Candy Bash VIII: Into the Dark.
- Gardenia has appeared as a special visitor during The Gathering of Roses, Gardenia's Gathering of Roses 2016, Gardenia's Gathering of Roses 2017, The Om of Noms 3, Gardenia's Gathering of Roses 2018, Gardenia's Color Guard, Secrets of Spellform, Camp DragonVale, Valeice Getaway, and Into the Wild.
- Kaleni has appeared as a special visitor during The Chrysalis Kaleidoscope, Secrets of Spellform, The Spring Shellebration, Camp DragonVale, Eggciting Egg Hunt, and Into the Wild.
- All five House leaders have appeared together as special visitors during Secrets of Spellform, Camp DragonVale, and Into the Wild.
House Dragons[]
Certain events have introduced sets of five dragons, each dragon specifically associated with a House. A dragon's affiliation with a House is often evident from its design, elements, description, and similarities to other House dragons released in the same event or timeframe.
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| NAME | Blazing Gale | Herald | Blightwing | Fireflight | Petunia | Venture | Ignis |
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| NAME | Hidden Bolt | Stygian | Voltaic | Abraxas | Cyclamen | Spellmason | Atramento |
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| NAME | Icy Torrent | Squall | Snowsquall | Sixth Snowflake | Begonia | Reminiscence | Coldcoil |
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| NAME | Iron Blossom | Valor | Spore | Dartwing | Amaryllis | Harmony | Frons |
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| NAME | Mountain Sun | Thunderbolt | Alpenglow | Sandscale | Daffadowndilly | Yule | Apex |
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Notes on House Dragons[]
- The Blazing Gale Dragon, Hidden Bolt Dragon, Icy Torrent Dragon, Iron Blossom Dragon, and Mountain Sun Dragon were released as the mascot dragons of each House during the Arcane Pentournament.
- The Herald Dragon, Stygian Dragon, Squall Dragon, Valor Dragon, and Thunderbolt Dragon released in their respective House's prize tiers during the Arcane Pentournament.
- The Blightwing Dragon, Voltaic Dragon, Snowsquall Dragon, Spore Dragon, and Alpenglow Dragon have their respective House's elements and were the reward dragons for their respective Houses during the Roar of the Rift.
- The House dragons that released during The Great Dragon Faire 2018 are a slightly odd case, since 3/5 of them are permanent, 2/5 of them can only be bred in the Rift, and 1 of them is an Epic Dragon unlike the others:
- The Fireflight Dragon was released during The Great Dragon Faire 2018's Fireflight Phase, which shares a similar name and elemental theme to the Blazing Gale House. It also has its House's elements.
- The Abraxas Dragon was released during The Great Dragon Faire 2018's Spark in the Dark Phase, which shares a similar name and elemental theme to the Hidden Bolt House. It also has its House's elements.
- The Sixth Snowflake Dragon was released during The Great Dragon Faire 2018's Frozen Floe Phase, which shares a similar name and elemental theme to the Icy Torrent House. It does not have its House's elements, though the Snowflake element is associated with Lumi, the House leader of Icy Torrent.
- The Sixth Snowflake Dragon is an odd case where it is the only one in its House set to have an Epic element when the other House dragons it was released alongside only have primary elements.
- The Dartwing Dragon was released during The Great Dragon Faire 2018's Goldenleaf Phase, which shares a similar name and elemental theme to the Iron Blossom House. It also has its House's elements.
- The Sandscale Dragon was released during The Great Dragon Faire 2018's Boulderbright Phase, which shares a similar name and elemental theme to the Mountain Sun House. It also has its House's elements.
- The Petunia Dragon, Cyclamen Dragon, Begonia Dragon, Amaryllis Dragon, and Daffadowndilly Dragon were released during Gardenia's Color Guard. They each mention one of their respective House's elements and House leaders in their descriptions.
- Gardenia is not explicitly named in the Amaryllis Dragon's description. However, her appearance is implied in the final line: "Noel laughed with glee then squinted to see something in the distance. It looked like a green hat with a purple sash atop blonde hair..."
- The Venture Dragon, Spellmason Dragon, Reminiscence Dragon, Harmony Dragon, and Yule Dragon were released during the Jolly Jubilee 2019. They each have their respective House's elements and mention their respective House's leaders in their descriptions.
- The House dragons of Jolly Jubilee 2019 were the final House dragons released before Backflip Studios completely shut down in late 2019.
- The Ignis Dragon, Atramento Dragon, Coldcoil Dragon, Frons Dragon, and Apex Dragon were released during Camp DragonVale. They each have their respective House's elements and mention their respective House in their descriptions.
- The House dragons of Camp DragonVale are the first House dragons released after Deca Games officially took over on February 3rd, 2020.
Notes[]
- Houses were added on June 30th, 2016 for the Arcane Pentournament.
- During the Arcane Pentournament, choosing a House unlocked all three tiers of prizes at the Prize Pavilion.
- Houses returned and became a permanent addition on July 6th, 2017 for the Roar of the Rift.
- If a player participated in the Arcane Pentournament, the player was placed in the same house that was chosen during that event.
- If a player didn't participate in the Arcane Pentournament, the player chose a house as part of the tutorial for the event.
- During the Roar of the Rift, players could collect magic to earn a free event dragon associated with their house: the Blightwing Dragon, Voltaic Dragon, Snowsquall Dragon, Spore Dragon, or Alpenglow Dragon.
Possible References[]
- The color of the House mascots resemble the colors of the Olympic rings in the Olympic logo. This is notable since Houses were introduced in the Arcane Pentournament, which occurred during the real-life 2016 Summer Olympics.
- Many of the house mottos may be a reference to HBO's Game of Thrones television series and George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series of novels:
- The Motto of Blazing Gale, "Unscorched, Untethered, Untroubled," may be a reference to House Martell whose house words are "Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken."
- The Motto of Icy Torrent, "We Do Not Sink," may be a reference to House Greyjoy whose house words are "We Do Not Sow."
- The Motto of Iron Blossom, "Sown and Forged," may be a reference to House Targaryen whose house words are "Fire and Blood."
- The Motto of Mountain Sun, "Strong and Shining," may be a reference to House Tyrell whose house words are "Growing Strong."
- Multiple alumni names from the different houses are a play on words:
- The alumnus "Pi Roh" from the Blazing Gale House is a play on the word "pyro" which is a prefix associated with "fire" or "heat" and one of the house elements is "fire."
- The alumnus "Anne T. Matre" from the Hidden Bolt House is a play on the word "antimatter" which may be associated as being dark and one of the house elements is "dark."
- The alumnus "Shi Nee" from the Iron Blossom House is a play on the word "shiny" which may be associated with certain metals and one of the house elements is "metal."
- The alumnus "Verdant Thumbe" from the Iron Blossom House is a play on the phrase "green thumb" since verdant means "green with vegetation" and one of the house elements is "plant."
- The alumnus "T. Erra" from the Mountain Sun House is a play on the word terra" which means "earth" and one of the house elements is "earth."
- The mentioning of "ValeGro magical fertilizer" from the Notable "Alumni" section of the Iron Blossom House may be a reference to the product "MiracleGro" which is a fertilizer.
- The mentioning of "Official Committee for Keeping the Vale Islands Afloat (But Not Too Close To the Sun)" from the "Notable Alumni" section of the Mountain Sun House may be a reference to the mythology of Icarus whose father told him not to fly too close to the sun.
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