Dragon as Destroyer.
This is where the dragon is an obvious threat to mankind and is the object of a knightly quest. Upon slaying the dragon the knight ascends to a new level of power, usually through taking upon himself some identifying aspect of the dragon; He wears a dragon as his heraldic emblem, drinks the dragon's blood, wears his skin, takes his treasure, marries the princess that was given as a sacrifice to the dragon, or just calls himself "dragonslayer" aka takes his name. The point is that the power has transfered to the knight and for all intents and purposes the knight becomes the dragon that he has supposedly slain. You become what you hate.
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