Dread Wyvern
In the lush forests of the Draigmaw vale, all know to flee before the Dread Wyvern. Its roar is like thunder, the beat of its wings is a hurricane and it is swifter than any horse.
These beast flies high over the tree canopies and open fields. Once it has spotted prey, it will swoop toward it with tremendous speed and its approaching shadow is often the only warning.
If its sight is set upon your party, pray only that you are not the slowest one.
Basic Information
Anatomy
Like lesser Wyvern, the Dread variant has powerful wings and a wickedly barbed tail. A row of spines run the length of its back and its scales are as dark as midnight with stark yellow stripes that run along its back.
Genetics and Reproduction
The Dread Wyvern of Draigmaw is thought to be a unique creature, but in truth is a mated pair of traditional wyvern who have nested in a cave of Avarite crytals and have mutated almost beyond recognition. Though no young have yet been successfully reared, traditional wyverns lay clutches of 2-3 eggs which mature over the course of several months.
Growth Rate & Stages
From the survivors reports The Dread Wyvern is twice the size of a typical wyvern and has grown longer talons and sharper teeth.
Ecology and Habitats
The Dread wyverns makes their nest in the Thunderfall Hills deep within Draigmaw Vale. It is a temperate area, teeming with wildlife. No known villages or cities exist in the vale so all reports are taken from eyewitness accounts.
Dietary Needs and Habits
They are carnivores who typically leaves its nest to hunt every few days. Dread Wyverns must consume large amounts of meat before returning to its lair and slumbering for several days.
Biological Cycle
The only known pair of Dread Wyverns are in their fifth decade of life. Lives that has been unnaturally prolonged by the vast amounts of magical energies they have absorbed from nesting near raw Avarite. The Dread Wyvern hibernates for several days of each week before hunting. In the winter months, these hibernation cycles can last up to a few weeks.
Scientific Name
Wyvern
Origin/Ancestry
These creatures have been mutated almost beyond recognition by exposure to raw Averite.
Conservation Status
All reports from those who have survived an encounter with a dread wyvern (and they are few) say the beast is a vastly larger breed of drake and they pray to any who would listen that there is only one of them.
Geographic Distribution
