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THE
FEATHERED
WYVERN |
The Feathered Wyvern is a constantly hungry and - as often interpreted - a quite stupid minor drake. Covered in black and white feathers on a typical "drakish" body, it possesses four 0.3 peds long claws on each of its feet and arms. About its hunger, it is said to eat everything with legs on, except tables. But, this has proven to be a superstition, as upon a couple of times, it took a long dinner table along with a local.
Appearance.
The Feathered
Wyvern male is about 4 peds
long, from nose to tail, and 6 peds broad when flying. The body itself is a bit
less than 1 ped broad, protected by thick ribs and a scaled skin under the
feathers. The black and white feathers are about the length of the underarm of a
grown man, and they gleam like polished metal in the sun. The legs are nearly
1.5 peds, muscular from carrying its victims to its nest. The 0.3 peds long
claws are curved, and thick, with a sharp pint and cutting edge. The head’s
shape is related to lizards, with a broad mouth and lots of sharp teeth. The
yellow eyes got an oval black center, and got that "stupid-but-enraged"
look most of the time.
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Special Abilities.
Feathered
Wyverns are strong, fast and
agile. And instead of being smart, they even it out with being vicious.
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Territory.
The
Feathered
Wyverns live mostly in the
Zeiphyrian Forests and the
Quallian Forest where they build their
nest, but some of these
Wyverns live in other places in
Southern Sarvonia, and a couple of
Wyverns live in the southern
parts of Northern Sarvonia. All of
these drakes come back to the Zeiphyr
and the Quallian Forests to mate and hatch
their eggs.
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Habitat/Behaviour.
These
Wyverns are quite aggressive,
picking on everything the size of a meal. The only way to drive them away is to
fend them off immediately, to
fail
in this endeavour will
result in a fight to death.
Feathered Wyverns prefer to
live by themselves, as males
fight each other, and females will eat any male any time
if the male is killed (except
during mating season
of course). Females don't
fight themselves to the death. They will fight during
mating season, though, in order to gain the attention of a male.
Females also will not trust
each other, and
may even feast on each other's
kids, for reasons one might call jealousy.
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Diet.
Feathered
Wyverns are predators who eat
what they
can get. Everything smaller,
and in some cases, a bit larger is in their menu. They are nearly constantly
hungry,
which makes them quite dangerous,
and eat both living and dead creatures. The males tend to be cannibalistic,
which probably is the reason the females
are larger and stronger
then their male counterparts.
Feathered Wyverns have no favorite food, but they prefer
living meals.
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Mating.
In the late winter, the females will search for the males in the
Zeiphyr and the
Quallian Forests. If two females find the
same male, they will fight until one is driven away. The act itself is often
performed in the air, and possible to see at winter. The male sometimes fall to
the ground in exhaustion, which result in broken bones or death. After the act,
if it didn’t fall to the ground, it will quickly dive to the ground before the
female realize it is done, and get the chance for a meal.
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Myth/Lore.
Feather
Wyverns don’t have any
special
myths
associated
with them.
Their origin is
also
still unknown, but it is rumored they where created during the
War of the Chosen
among man other creatures, and
that they
were set free when their master died.
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Information provided by
The Akorn
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