Altairus, one of the mighty storm dragons
Storm dragons are dragonkin native to Skywall.
Background
Storm dragons at Vortex Pinnacle.
The mighty storm dragons are mysterious creatures that inhabit Skywall, the elemental plane of air. Their origin is unknown, as before the Shattering no one had seen them (or lived long enough to tell the story). Their draconic appearance however may not indicate their true nature. It appears they are quite tightly connected to the element of air, and serve Al'akir, mostly found in Vortex Pinnacle. They also seem to be non-sentinent beings, as none of them so far can be seen using any kind of language, neither draconic nor kalimag, not even Auran. This may mean that they are in fact elementals similar to the phoenixes from the Firelands.
Brann Bronzebeard recently uncovered evidence, corroborated by reports from adventurers in Deepholm, that proto-dragons and dragons may have origins in these—and other—elemental drakes. The inhabitants of Deepholm, the Skywall, the Firelands, and the Abyssal Maw are less than talkative on these matters, however, and most of them were not around when the elemental prisons were created. They and other elemental drakes (drakes from the Deepholm) may be the ancestors of proto-dragons and dragons. [1]
Notable
Types
As a Flying Mount
[Reins of the Drake of the North Wind] drops from Altairus in the Vortex Pinnacle on both Normal and Heroic modes.
[Reins of the Drake of the West Wind] is a reputation reward from being Exalted with Hellscream's Reach/Baradin's Wardens, to buy it for the price of 200 
:- [Reins of the Drake of the East Wind] is a reward for completing the Dungeons & Raids meta-achievement Glory of the Cataclysm Raider.
- [Reins of the Drake of the South Wind] drops from Al'Akir in the Throne of the Four Winds on both Normal and Heroic modes.
