Dragon


 * This article refers to the reiterating term. For the entity and organization, see Aiwass.
 * This article refers to the reiterating term. For the entity and organization, see Aiwass.

Dragon is a recurring term that appears in several instances in Toaru Majutsu no Index. It is most notably the name that Aiwass uses to refer to himself, and the organization that is formed around his presence.

Background
The dragon is fantastical creature of legend and is said to have guarded treasure or brought about massacre, and represents respectively, the dragon serving God's angels or the devil. St. George was said to have slain a dragon.

Other legends
Other legends related to the dragon is seen several times in the novels.
 * St. Martha is said to have subdued a dragon using a prayer full of compassion and love.
 * St. Matthew is said to have deafeated two dragons using just a cross and prayer.
 * One of Biagio Busoni's cross-related magic is the expansion of a cross, based on the legend of St. Margaret who was said to have been swallowed by a dragon and expanded the cross to stab the dragon from the inside.

Index Arc

 * Main article:Index Arc

The first instance of dragons being referenced is during Touma's first fight with Stiyl Magnus, the word that was used to describe Touma negating Stiyl's flame sword is tornado, which literally means "winding dragon" in Japanese.

Later, during Index's rampage after getting her John's Pen Mode activated to attack Kamijou Touma. Here, Index uses St. George's Sanctuary named after St. George to distort the space between her and Touma. She later uses Dragon's Breath against Touma, which according to the possessed Index is the most suitable spell against Touma's Imagine Breaker. Indeed, Touma could not fully dispel the attack and required the help of Stiyl Magnus and Kanzaki Kaori to defeat John's Pen Mode Index.

Deep Blood Arc

 * Main article:Deep Blood Arc

One of the most notable reference to the dragon in the series is the dragon king head that appeared in place of Touma's arm after being severed by Aureolus Izzard. According to Stiyl Magnus, the dragon king may have been what Aureolus Izzard imagined in the eleventh hour after Touma used fear to disrupt his Ars Magna. Touma's arm is later reattached by the Heaven Canceler and asks if his arm is made out of fantasy.

Battle Royale Arc
Near the end of the arc, Tsuchimikado Motoharu retrieves the pincet glove Kakine Teitoku used to analyze UNDER_LINE Here, in the monitor attached to the gloves, Motoharu, Accelerator, Musujime Awaki and Etzali discover a memberless organization, simply named DRAGON.

War in Britain Arc
The word Dragon is referenced several times during the arc in the form of the retelling of the legend of St. George. During Acqua's confrontation against the Knight Leader the later declares himself as someone who symbolizes a dragon, the Knight Leader quietly noticed that in the values of the Christian Church, the dragon was the symbol of more than one thing. For example, it represented pagans and foreign invading forces, but it also represented a fallen angel stained with evil.

Video games

 * Main article:Toaru Majutsu no Index (PSP game)

One notable inclusion in the game is the dragon that appears in the Deep Blood Arc. It appears briefly during Touma's finishing move right before Touma punches an opponent character.