Dragon, Black
Murderous tyrants of marshes, swamps, bogs, and fens, black dragons terrorize their domains with intense fervor. Gleefully sadistic, they rule their fetid principalities from a deep cave or otherwise isolated part of the swamp with a mix of lightning-quick raids and subterfuge. Their hatred for other creatures is as acidic as their breath weapons, and they rarely tolerate even other dragons of their kind—except perhaps to mate or temporarily collaborate to take down a mutual enemy.
Black dragons are amphibious—although they breathe air, their gills also allow them to breathe water. Their frills and fins make them accomplished swimmers, well suited to their wetland environments and submerged lairs. They're immune to the fetid water that comes as a result of their magical ability to corrupt water.
The Mushfens Being one of the largest swamp in all of Avistan, marsh-dwelling black dragons should be abundant in the Mushfens; strangely, the opposite is the case. These wyrms have avoided this part of Varisia for thousands of years, remembering a time when the runelords of Thassilon used powerful magic to enslave their ancestors, forcing them toil as guardians, or even worse, common laborers. When that ancient empire collapsed after Earthfall, the surviving black dragons fled, vowing never to return. The fact that the Mushfens didn't exist as a swamp in those ancient days does not change their minds; in fact, reminding them of this fact will elicit a distinctly negative response from any black dragon.
Near Magnimar Black Fang lairs in an old tomb somewhere in the Sandpoint Hinterlands, vowing to retake his lair on the island on Dragon's Punchbowl from his sister Scarhorn. Kai'Lyn's own research over the past few months had led him to the Sandpoint area, where he has confirmed his suspicions - Black Fang is no longer in his Highlands lair.
Kai'Lyn has confirmed that the emerald dragon eggs are the target of Black Fang's new, young brood. Tempted by something greater is the only reason for a tyrannical dragon to leave it's lair - perhaps he finally has a means to retake the Dragon's Punchbowl? If such is the case, Kai suspects whatever cost, the old black drake with sacrifice anything to be back in his presumed throne.
Weaknesses Black dragons are incredibly arrogant and xenophobic - openly declaring themselves, incorrectly, the most decisive and powerful of Dragonkind. Arrogance and greed means these drakes can and have been tricked in the past and fallen to the plot of a much lesser beings. Unlike some chromatic dragons, black dragons have been known to be true to a contract, and their word is binding. Magnimar's researchers Cults that worship dragons are often longest lived under black dragons whom revel in being revered and worshipped.
Black dragons are amphibious—although they breathe air, their gills also allow them to breathe water. Their frills and fins make them accomplished swimmers, well suited to their wetland environments and submerged lairs. They're immune to the fetid water that comes as a result of their magical ability to corrupt water.
The Mushfens Being one of the largest swamp in all of Avistan, marsh-dwelling black dragons should be abundant in the Mushfens; strangely, the opposite is the case. These wyrms have avoided this part of Varisia for thousands of years, remembering a time when the runelords of Thassilon used powerful magic to enslave their ancestors, forcing them toil as guardians, or even worse, common laborers. When that ancient empire collapsed after Earthfall, the surviving black dragons fled, vowing never to return. The fact that the Mushfens didn't exist as a swamp in those ancient days does not change their minds; in fact, reminding them of this fact will elicit a distinctly negative response from any black dragon.
Near Magnimar Black Fang lairs in an old tomb somewhere in the Sandpoint Hinterlands, vowing to retake his lair on the island on Dragon's Punchbowl from his sister Scarhorn. Kai'Lyn's own research over the past few months had led him to the Sandpoint area, where he has confirmed his suspicions - Black Fang is no longer in his Highlands lair.
Kai'Lyn has confirmed that the emerald dragon eggs are the target of Black Fang's new, young brood. Tempted by something greater is the only reason for a tyrannical dragon to leave it's lair - perhaps he finally has a means to retake the Dragon's Punchbowl? If such is the case, Kai suspects whatever cost, the old black drake with sacrifice anything to be back in his presumed throne.
Weaknesses Black dragons are incredibly arrogant and xenophobic - openly declaring themselves, incorrectly, the most decisive and powerful of Dragonkind. Arrogance and greed means these drakes can and have been tricked in the past and fallen to the plot of a much lesser beings. Unlike some chromatic dragons, black dragons have been known to be true to a contract, and their word is binding. Magnimar's researchers Cults that worship dragons are often longest lived under black dragons whom revel in being revered and worshipped.
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