Dragon Slayers' Academy

The series follows the adventures of a young medieval peasant boy Wiglaf of Pinwick and his two friends, Erica von Royale and Angus du Pangus, as they are educated in the art of dragon slaying at the boarding school, Dragon Slayers' Academy (DSA), run by Angus' greedy Uncle Mordred. The academy is run under the motto "Goldius est goodius," features three pots of gold above a dead dragon on its back on its crest. The school serves only eel for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

• Wiglaf – The main protagonist; an eleven-year-old attending the Dragon Slayers Academy. He has a dozen brothers, each of which are as boisterous and rather dim-witted as the next. He lives in Pinwick and is almost considered an outcast, as he is thin and lanky and likes to read, take baths, and learn beyond the family art of cabbage farming. Nicknamed 'Wiggie', he is fluent in Pig-Latin as his best friend and pet pig Daisy speaks only Pig-Latin. His best friends are Daisy, Angus, Janice and Erica, and he and Angus are the first to learn of Erica's secret identity. He is closest to his younger brother, Dudwin, out of all his siblings, and hides from his hovel and family in the pigsty at the top of the hill. In the last book in the series (so far) Wiglaf is discovered to be actually the prince of Palmlandia and the cousin of Erica.
• Erica "Eric" – Princess Erica von Royale is the first (if unofficial) girl to attend Dragon Slayers Academy. She, unlike the other princesses mentioned in the books, is not prim, girly or very dainty, (as shown in Hail! Hail! Camp Dragononka, where she spills a pot of tea on her princess cousins and does not get very upset by their retaliation of ruining her dress.) She attends the school under the name 'Erik' and keeps her braids hidden under her helmet, and eventually, when girls are admitted to DSA, as Erica. She is something of a know-it-all, but also a daredevil at times. Her best friends are Wiglaf, Angus, Daisy, and Janice.
• Angus – Angus de Pangus is the nephew of Mordred de Magnificent, and attends DSA as a student, as well as serving as Mordred's errand boy. He befriends Wiglaf and Erica upon their arrival at the school. The trio are sometimes sort of outcasts, as they do bend the rules of the academy at times. His mother dotes on him, sometimes to the point of suffocation. His best friends are Erica, Wiglaf, Daisy and Janice.
• Janice - The first girl accepted to DSA. Goes by Janey Waney.
• Frypot – The DSA's cook, who loves to cook eel and lumpen pudding.
• Mordred - Owner of Dragon Slayers Academy and a man who love gold and makes tricks to get more gold. Uncle of Angus and sister of Lady Lobelia.
• Lady Lobelia – Mordred's fashioned-crazed sister, who lives in another chamber of the school.
• Torblad – DSA student.
• The Marley's – Four brothers who are students at the DSA.
• Baldrick de Bold – DSA student
• Bragwort – DSA student, first introduced in Book 7, who is known for being a braggart.
• Count Upsohigh – A nobleman, introduced in Book 8, who tricked people into giving him gold.
• Zack – A boy who is transported from New York in 1999 by his computer into medieval times in Book 8. He introduces the main characters to bubble gum.
• Fergus – Wiglaf's father, known for being superstitious and telling really bad knock-knock jokes.
• Molwena – Wiglaf's mother, known for being superstitious and making bad cabbage soup.
• Dudwin – Wiglaf's younger brother, who has an interest in goblets, strange stones, necklaces, and the like.

• Kate McMullan's site
• Dragon Slayers' Academy series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database