The Dragon Prince

• Prince / High Mage Callum (voiced by Jack DeSena): Ezran's older teenage half-brother[4] and King Harrow's stepson. He becomes the first human to wield primal magic on his own and begins a relationship with Rayla. He becomes the new High Mage of Katolis by the start of the fourth season and has vastly improved his skills using sky magic.
• Rayla (voiced by Paula Burrows): A prodigy teenage Moonshadow Elf assassin who teams up with Callum and Ezran in order to deliver the Dragon Prince back to his mother. In time, she and Callum begin a romantic relationship.
• Crown Prince / King Ezran (voiced by Sasha Rojen): The youngest son of King Harrow and Callum's younger half-brother who has the ability to speak with and understand animals. He is crowned the King of Katolis at the start of the third season.
• Viren (voiced by Jason Simpson): King Harrow's closest advisor and the High Mage of Katolis. A practitioner of dark magic, he seeks the advancement of the human race and their dominance over Xadia by any means necessary and ends up manipulated by the mysterious Startouch Elf Aaravos in the course of his pursuits.
• Claudia (voiced by Racquel Belmonte): Viren's daughter, Soren's younger sister and a talented dark mage. She is loyal to her father regardless of his ambitions for domination over Xadia.
• Soren (voiced by Jesse Inocalla): Viren's son, Claudia's older brother and a member of the Katolian Crownguard. While boastful and immature, he is a skillful and good-hearted soldier.
• Prince Azymondias / "Zym" (vocalized by Jack De Sena[5]): An infant Sky Dragon, son of King Avizandum and Queen Zubeia, and the titular character of the series.
• Bait (vocalized by Jack De Sena[5]): An extremely grumpy glow toad attuned to sun magic and a helpful companion to the royal brothers of Katolis.

• King Harrow (voiced by Luc Roderique): The King of the human kingdom of Katolis, and the father of Crown Prince Ezran and stepfather of Prince Callum. He was murdered by Moonshadow assassins and was later cremated. He posthumously gifts Callum a heartfelt letter that informs Callum that a mystical cube in his possession is the Key of Aavaros.
• Queen Sarai (voiced by Kazumi Evans): The deceased Queen of Katolis and mother of Prince Callum and Crown Prince Ezran who was killed by Avizandum nine years before the beginning of the series.
• General Amaya: The deaf maternal aunt of Callum and Ezran who communicates in sign language,[6] and the commander of the Standing Battalion, a Katolian army who guards the border between the human kingdoms and Xadia. During season 4, she became the fiancée of Janai, Queen of the Sunfire Elves and her former rival.
• Commander Gren (voiced by Adrian Petriw): Amaya's close friend and interpreter and the loyal second-in-command of the Standing Battalion.
• Barius[7]^: 47 (voiced by Jason Simpson): The baker of Katolis' royal court, who is fond of Ezran despite his habit of stealing his jelly tarts.
• Opeli (voiced by Paula Burrows[5]): The High Cleric of Katolis[7]^: 57 and a prominent member of the High Council of Katolis who opposes Viren.
• Marcos (voiced by Jesse Inocalla): A young soldier in the Katolis Crownguard.
• Corvus (voiced by Omari Newton): One of General Amaya's scouts and later Ezran's bodyguard.
• Ellis (voiced by Nahanni Mitchell): A young girl from a village at the foot of the Cursed Caldera.
• Associate Crow Lord (formerly Crow Master) (voiced by Cole Howard): The deputy of the ever-absent Crow Lord, the chief caretaker of the Katolian court's messenger crows.
• Lieutenant Fen (voiced by Sam Vincent): A high-ranking soldier in the Standing Battalion.
• Captain Villads (voiced by Peter Kelamis): A blind and eccentric ex-pirate and captain of the ship the Revenge.
• Queen Aanya (voiced by Zelda Ehasz): The juvenile ruler of Duren who is wise beyond her years.
• King Ahling (voiced by Ian James Corlett): The ruler of the kingdom of Neolandia and the father of Crown Prince Kasef.
• King Florian: The ruler of the kingdom of Del Bar who is killed by the shadow monsters sent by High Mage Viren.
• Queen Fareeda: The ruler of the kingdom of Evenere who is killed by the shadow monsters sent by High Mage Viren.
• Queen Annika and Queen Neha (voiced by Paula Burrows and Patricia Isaac): The former joint rulers of the kingdom of Duren and the deceased mothers of Aanya who were killed by Avizandum nine years before the beginning of the series.
• Saleer (voiced by Jonathan Holmes): A member of the High Council of Katolis who turns against King Ezran.
• Crown Prince Kasef (voiced by Vincent Tong): The heir to the kingdom of Neolandia who took the throne after his father, King Ahling, was gravely injured, and calls for war against Xadia.
• Lucia (voiced by Ana Sani): The architect of the Sunfire Elf refugee camp who callously interrupted a religious ritual concerning a Sunfire Elf's recently deceased mother's spirit flame.
• High Mage Ziard (voiced by Brian Drummond): The very first human to discover and use the seventh primal source, dark magic, before humankind's exile to the western parts of Xadia. Many years before the beginning of the series, he was killed in battle with Sol Regem when he refused to relinquish his newfound power.[8]
• The Orphan Queen: An ancestor of Harrow and Ezran who once helped save the world from the Startouch Elf Aaravos' plans by exposing his crimes to the dragons and the Elves.
• The Jailer: A human mage who witnessed Aaravos being imprisoned alongside the Orphan Queen three centuries ago.

The Elves are divided into six races based on the six primal elements; Moonshadow Elves, Skywing Elves, Sunfire Elves, Earthblood Elves, Tidebound Elves, and Startouch Elves.

• Runaan (voiced by Jonathan Holmes): The leader of the Moonshadow Elf assassins sent to kill King Harrow, and Rayla's mentor and guardian.
• Lujanne (voiced by Ellie King): A Moonshadow Elf illusionist who lives in the human realms at the Moon Nexus, a focal area for primal moon magic.
• Ethari (voiced by Vincent Gale): Runaan's husband and one of Rayla's guardians.
• Tiadrin and Lain[9] (voiced by Tyrone Savage and Ely Jackson): Rayla's parents who were part of the Dragonguard at the Storm Spire, and were sworn to protect the egg of the Dragon Prince.

• Naimi-Selari-Nykantia / Nyx (voiced by Rhona Rees): An avaricious Skywing Elf and one of the few of her kind gifted with functional wings who wishes to profit from any chance she gets.[10]
• Ibis (voiced by Ian James Corlett): A Skywing Elf mage and the liaison between Queen Zubeia and other elves who was ultimately killed by the Earthblood Elf Terrestius, but not before he warned Queen Zubeia of Aaravos' imminent return.
• Hendyr (voiced by Iain Hendry): A winged Skywing Elf and former member of the Dragonguard who fled his post at the Storm Spire.

• Queen Janai (voiced by Rena Anakwe): A seasoned Sunfire Elf warrior, the younger sister of Queen Khessa and the older sister of Karim. Due to her past achievements, she is also known as the Golden Knight of Lux Aurea who previously guarded the border between Xadia and the human kingdoms. At the end of the third season, she becomes the new queen of the Sunfire Elves. During the fourth season, she becomes engaged to Amaya.
• Queen Khessa (voiced by Brenda Crichlow): Janai and Karim's older sister and Queen of the Sunfire Elves from their capital of Lux Aurea.
• Kazi (voiced by Ashlecia Edmond): A Sunfire Elf linguist.
• Sabah: A Sunfire Elf archer.
• Karim (voiced by Luc Roderique): Khessa and Janai's younger brother and the Sunfire court's magician.[11] He is a fundamentalist who fears that the Sunfire Elves will forget their cultural heritage and pride if they mix with other cultures, and begins plotting against his sister.
• General Miyana (voiced by Cecilly Day): A member of the Six Horns, a council of Sunfire Elf generals, and Karim's lover.
• Yonnis (voiced by Deven Mack): A Sunfire Elf who is mourning the loss of his mother.
• Aditi: A former Sunfire Elf queen who worked as a mediator between elves and dragons until Aaravos was responsible for her disappearance many centuries ago in order to incite conflict between the two races. She was Kessa, Janai and Karim's grandmother who had forbidden the blood duel of blood and ash.

• Terrestrius / Terry (voiced by Benjamin Callins): A goofy Earthblood Elf and Claudia's boyfriend.
• Warlon (voiced by Bill Newton): A brash, boisterous Earthblood Elf warrior and Drakerider who is one of the guardians of the Drakewood.
• N'than (voiced by Dylan Schombing): A juvenile Earthblood Elf who longs to become a Drakerider.

• Aaravos (voiced by Erik Todd Dellums): An ancient Startouch Elf,[3] also known as "the Fallen Star", who was imprisoned by the archdragons and the elves within a hidden prison for orchestrating a series of conflicts between Xadia and the human realms. He is a master of all six sources of primal magic and the seventh primal source, dark magic, that he himself had bestowed upon humankind. He is using Viren, his daughter Claudia, and ultimately High Mage Callum (who holds his cube-shaped Key) to accomplish his own sinister goals.

• King Avizandum / "Thunder" (voiced by Chris Metzen): The former archdragon of the Sky and King of the dragons who was killed by the humans before the beginning of the series. Also known as Thunder to the humans, he was the mate of Zubeia and the father of Azymondias.
• Queen Zubeia (voiced by Nicole Oliver): The current archdragon of the Sky and the Queen of the dragons. She was Avizandum's mate and Azymondias' mother who resides atop the Storm Spire. Having been present when the rogue Startouch Elf Aaravos was imprisoned, she understands how dangerous a threat he poses to humans, dlves, and dragons alike.
• Sol Regem (voiced by Adrian Hough): The Archdragon of the Sun and former King of the dragons who hates humans after he was blinded by the dark archmage Ziard many years ago. Since then, he has roamed the border between Xadia and the human kingdoms, protecting the former from any humans who attempt to cross.
• Pyrrah: A young female red-scaled Sun Dragon.
• Scarmaker / "Squeaky": A young Earth Dragon from the Uncharted Forest whom Soren saves from a brash Earthblood Elf.
• Rex Igneous (voiced by Ben Cotton): The archdragon of the Earth who slumbers beneath the mountain Umber Tor.
• Domina Profundis: The archdragon of the Ocean.
• Luna Tenebris: The former archdragon of the Moon and Queen of the dragons who was killed by Aaravos three centuries before the beginning of the series to incite a conflict between the dragons and the dlves.

• Pip: King Harrow's pet songbird.
• Ava: Ellis' three-legged wolf companion.
• Phoe-Phoe: Lujanne's Moon Phoenix companion.
• Berto (voiced by Paula Burrows[5]): Villads' parrot first mate onboard his ship the Revenge.
• Embertail: A Twin-Tailed Inferno-Tooth Tiger and Janai's mount.
• Stella: A Cuddlemonkey attuned to star magic who was adopted by Rayla.
• Aegis: A Twin-Tailed Inferno-Tooth Tiger and Amaya's mount.

• The Being / "Sir Sparklepuff": An elf homunculus created by Aaravos to lead a resurrected Viren, Claudia and Terrestius to Umber Tor.
• Chert and Terbium (voiced by Mark Hildreth and Jason Simpson): The two stone giant door guards to Rex Igneous' mountain lair at Umber Tor.

The series was first announced on July 10, 2018.[12] It was co-created by Aaron Ehasz and Justin Richmond.[12] Ehasz was the head writer and co-executive producer of the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender, and a longtime writer and story editor for Futurama, while Richmond co-directed the video game Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception.[13] Giancarlo Volpe, a former director for Avatar, is an executive producer.[13]

The Dragon Prince is produced by Wonderstorm, a multimedia production studio co-founded in 2017, by Ehasz, Richmond, and Justin Santistevan to work both on The Dragon Prince and a related video game,[13][14] and animated by Canadian studio Bardel Entertainment. In November 2019, several female former employees of Riot Games and Wonderstorm accused Ehasz of asking his female employees to take care of his children without permission and not taking women's creative ideas seriously.[15] Although one anonymous accuser speculated that this could affect the show's continuation,[16] Netflix renewed the show and all 7 seasons of the saga will be produced.[17]

The Dragon Prince is created using three-dimensional computer animation. A reduced frame rate was applied to the first season to offset "floatiness";[18] the frame rate was adjusted for the second season in response to fan feedback.[19] Backgrounds are done by a mix of 3D-modeling and hand-painting.[20]

The ending of season 2 was changed from the original plan in order to stay true to what the characters would choose.[21] According to Ehasz, one of the creative team's fundamental goals regarding The Dragon Prince is "to portray a fantasy world that feels more diverse and representative than fantasy worlds and stories we’ve seen in the past."[21]

The Dragon Prince is available on the streaming service Netflix, in all territories where the streaming service is available.[22] The first season was released on September 14, 2018.[2] Episodes were released simultaneously, as opposed to a serialized format, to encourage binge-watching, a format which has been successful for other Netflix original series.[23]

A trailer was released in July 2018 at the San Diego Comic-Con.[2] The first season premiered in September 2018. A second season, announced in October 2018,[24] was released on February 15, 2019.[25] The third season was released on November 22, 2019. At the virtual ComicCon@Home 2020 panel "Zoom into Xadia", the continuation of the show over four more seasons was announced.[26] Season four was released on November 3, 2022.[27][28]

In March 2023, a teaser image for series five, Ocean, was released announcing a Summer 2023 release window.[29]

Before the release of the show's first season, during the San Diego Comic-Con in July 2018, it was revealed that the series would contain LGBT characters in it; however, no details or characters were provided to avoid spoilers.[30] On the day of the first season's release, Wonderstorm issued a statement regarding the show's handling of diversity, where co-creators Aaron Ehasz and Justin Richmond described the importance of telling a story with diverse characters in it, which is something they are passionate about.[31] To achieve their goal of creating a diverse world and characters, it was decided that they would accomplish this through a variety of methods, with some examples singled out being the inclusion of racial diversity, the portrayal of non-typical family structures, as well as people with disabilities.[31] Alongside these forms of representation, the representation of LGBT characters was also singled out.[31]

Regarding The Dragon Prince's diverse representation, it was stated that with some characters their arcs would "play out in ways that clearly demonstrate their difference or representation right away", but that with other characters their status as minorities would be "part of their identity, but not yet a part of their plot or storyline".[31][32] Following the release of season 1, it was theorized that an unnamed elf that appears in the end credits illustrations of two episodes—dubbed "Tinker" by fans—was Runaan's boyfriend.[32]

The second season of The Dragon Prince included the show's first instance of LGBT representation. The Queens of Duren—Annika and Neha—appear in flashbacks set prior to the show's beginning and are depicted as a couple, sharing a kiss on-screen;[33] they appear in two out of nine episodes.[34] Vice noted how the series' creators have "acknowledged their commitment to making sure [the show] doesn’t use the "bury your gays" trope.[35]

Despite this statement, in a pre-release review of the season, Michal Schick of Hypable discussed how the show's representation of these characters would likely cause debate, given that they can be viewed as falling under the "Bury your gays" trope.[36] While Renaldo Matadeen of Comic Book Resources also acknowledged how the depiction of the Queens of Duren can fall under the "bury your gays" trope—also acknowledging fan complaints regarding this—he still praised the show's depiction of an openly lesbian couple.[33] Similarly, The Mary Sue's Caroline Cao argued that while their depiction adheres to the "bury your gay" trope, there are still positives to be found within these characters.[37] Heather Hogan of Autostraddle also expressed mixed feelings towards the characters, acknowledging the characters as having positive attributes, but lamenting them already being dead by the time the story begins.[38]

Following the second season's release and the show's future in terms of LGBT representation, Ehasz stated that there are more characters—including main characters—that are "non-straight".[39] Regarding any future LGBT relationships presented in the series, Ehasz stated that they often let the characters lead them to where they will go next, including any potential relationships that might occur.[39] For this reason, he described revealing a character to be LGBTQ+ as "challenging", as they do not want to give the impression to the audience that these characters will go on to be in a same-sex relationship, but also acknowledged that LGBT characters and relationships are underrepresented in media.[39] Both Ehasz and Richmond stated that under the right circumstances, and with enough time to tell the story, they would like to explore their queer characters more and have their "identities manifest in relationships and in the story"[39]

The third season introduces Ethari, who is Runaan's husband.[40] This season also introduces Kazi, who is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns, but this is only revealed outside of the story through the show's Twitter account.[41] According to lead writer Devon Giehl, the writers intended there to be romantic interest between Amaya and Janai that starts at the end of season 3, and confirmed that both characters are lesbian who like each other.[42]

In a pre-release review of season 3, Inverse's Jake Kleinman criticized the show's LGBTQ+ representation, arguing that despite its initial promise, The Dragon Prince has never truly delivered on said promise.[43] He criticized how the first season lacked any on-screen representation, while in season 2 the Queens of Duren only appear in flashbacks and are killed off.[43] While Kleinman viewed the representation of Ethari and Runaan as an improvement, given that both characters are still alive by the end of the season, he found fault with Ethari's minimal role in the story.[43]

Concurrently with the series, Wonderstorm is developing a video game based on the series and expanding on its plot. The game will be a combat-based multiplayer game, but not an MMO. Players will be able to play as characters from the series. No information about supported platforms or release dates has been made available yet.[52]

• A trade paperback book by Tracey West, titled Callum's Spellbook, was published by Scholastic on March 3, 2020.[53]
• A behind-the-scenes art book, titled The Art of The Dragon Prince, was published by Dark Horse Comics on August 18, 2020.
• A novelization of the first season, written by Aaron and Melanie McGanney Ehasz, was published by Scholastic on June 2, 2020.[53]
• A novelization of the second season, written by Aaron and Melanie McGanney Ehasz, was published by Scholastic on August 3, 2021.
• A novelization of the third season, written by Aaron and Melanie McGanney Ehasz, will be published by Scholastic on October 31, 2023.
• A graphic novel following up on the finale of the third season, titled The Dragon Prince: Through the Moon, was released on October 6, 2020.[53] Taking place before the premiere of the fourth season, it deals with a plot in which Rayla descends into the Spirit World to find out what happened to her mentor Runaan and her allegedly late parents Lain and Tiadrin.
• A graphic novel titled Bloodmoon Huntress was announced on March 12, 2021.[54] Released on July 19, 2022,[55] its plot follows a young Rayla years several years before the events of the television series.
• A graphic novel titled Puzzle House was announced at the San Diego Comic Con 2021 Dragon Prince panel. The plot is set to follow young Soren and Claudia at Viren's former mentor Kpp'Ar' residence, the "Puzzle House".
• A tabletop role-playing game, titled Tales of Xadia, began its playtesting stage in 2020, with pre-orders having been opened on February 9, 2021.[56][57] The game was released on March 29, 2022.[58]