Dark Side - first impressions

[Zhuangzi]

I had this problem and in the end it made me give up on using Dragons (other than Dragon Riders, which you don't get until later). There is an island accessible from Darembam where you can purchase more, but you have to defeat the Black Dragon first so that the dirigible can fly there. I am playing a no-loss game and I had a hard time with this fight, so I didn't complete it until level 50 (it says you have to be at least level 30 to fight). By this time, I'd given up on Dragons...