Bestiary
Not born of the void, nor of the gods, but the shadows of humanity given form. Each dragon embodies one.
Malakar, The Firstborn of Shadow
Undefeated · embodies The sum of all shadowsLord of the Dragon Kin. He does not conquer; he offers, and lets ambition do the rest.
Form
A towering horned figure of cracked grey dragon hide with burning crimson eyes, bleeding dark vapor.
Fate
Never defeated. The Weaver has seen the sky split open above Ravenspire.
Zorynthal, The Stormwing Wyrm
Slain · embodies TerrorOne of the last and most fearsome dragons to serve Malakar. It terrorized Albion for decades from Hollowpeak Keep.
Form
Scales like molten silver, storm-lit eyes, lightning crackling along its wings.
Fate
Killed by Eadric, Vigilance driven through the base of its skull, after Callum's sacrifice absorbed its breath.
Karnyx
Slain · embodies CorruptionIt did not rule through fire but through the twisting of wills. Those who entered its lair left as thralls.
Form
Oily shimmering scales, eyes of green fire, a voice that slides into the mind.
Fate
Killed by Eadric, the Silver Circle's light pouring through Vigilance.
Vaelthrax, The Wyrm of Eldmoor
Slain · embodies GuiltA dragon whose presence poisons the land. It called itself Eadric's failure given form.
Form
Black scales streaked with pulsing green veins; its wounds bleed poison mist.
Fate
Dissolved into mist when Eadric answered its accusations with Ysella's words.
Igneorath
Sleeping · embodies TruthThe ancient wyrm beneath Mount Wrathspire. It keeps the Heartfire, which is not strength but truth.
Form
Obsidian scales, molten gold eyes, a coiled serpent body.
Fate
Not slain. It gave Eadric the Heartfire and told him to run as the mountain erupted.
The Veil Wyrm
Slain · embodies DespairA dragon of despair nesting in the Shadowed Keep beyond the Bridge of Doubts.
Form
Unrecorded.
Fate
Defeated by Eadric; its lair bore the prophecy 'Seek the Keeper, but beware the gambit.'
Ebonyrath
Unknown · embodies GreedAn ancient dragon whose power swept Albion, binding the greedy as Gilded Wraiths and forging the Chains of Greed.
Form
Unrecorded.
Fate
Unknown. Its works outlived it.
The Ash Drake
Slain long ago · embodies RegretIts breath burned hotter than any forge. Its curse lingered in the Ashen Glade for generations.
Form
Unrecorded.
Fate
Slain before the tales; its curse lifted by Eadric.
The Harbinger
At large · embodies RuinA dragon unlike any Eadric has faced, risen in the west, heralded by death.
Form
Unrecorded.
Fate
Unresolved. Its shadow lies over Raethwyn.
The Gilded Wraiths
Banished · embodies AvariceFive kings and nobles consumed by greed and bound to Ebonyrath's will, golden and hollow-eyed.
Form
Forms like molten sunlight, hollow eyes, a spectral crown on the leader.
Fate
Banished by Dragon's Blood and Baneclaw at Fallow Vale.
The Hollowed
A state, not a beast · embodies The self consumed by fearWhat a man becomes when his shadow devours him. Kael was one; Loric nearly became one.
Form
Hollow eyes lit by unnatural light; a mask of the man who was.
Fate
Ongoing. Every trial in Albion is a chance to become one.
Dragon Kin Lieutenants and Warlords
Many slain · embodies Malakar's willThe armored servants of the Firstborn: reptilian hunters, hulking lieutenants with molten blades, warlords in crimson armor.
Form
Black or crimson armor, reptilian features, glowing eyes, molten weapons.
Fate
Slain by Ysador at Emberholt, Svartmyr at the River Tarn, Eadric at Gildenspire.