Wyvern
Wyverns are one of the dragon subspecies of Archanea and other continents in the Fire Emblem series.
An uncommon type of dragon, wild wyverns are frequently tamed by humans and ridden as a common flying mount that is employed by classes like the Wyvern Rider and Wyvern Lord for battle.
Basic Information
Biological Traits
True to their name, Wyverns are armless dragons with wings extending from where their arms would be. When making contact with land, Wyverns are observed to rest on their hind legs. Wyverns in Fodlan and Almyra appear to have antler-like horns.
Wyverns are significantly smaller and more agile than other dragon clans, and are characterized primarily by their affinity for quick flight. Wild wyverns and wyvern-transformed manaketes breathe fire like the fire dragons, but tamed wyvern mounts appear to never use this ability, with the exception of the Savage Blow skill of Malig Knights. Some tamed wyverns, such as Cherche's wyvern Minerva, exhibit relatively high intelligence and are capable of comprehending human speech to some degree. However, this ability seems to be as much a result of the skill of the rider in communicating thoughts and emotions without using words as anything else, and is compared to the ability of some people to communicate with their pets.
Additional Information
Uses, Products & Exploitation
They have been known throughout the Fire Emblem franchise to be the most difficult mount to tame, as the wyverns are stubborn, proud, and often vicious. Only people who display strong will and power are able to command a wyvern, let alone ride one. They are astute creatures who can pick up the slightest hesitation in their prospective riders and will flat out reject anyone without full confidence to command them. Once properly tamed, the Wyvern becomes extremely devoted and protective of its master. Some have even been known to protect their master's children or become their mounts, showing a strong bond for their master. While Pegasi are known for their gender preference, sometimes only having females as their riders, wyverns will accept any person, regardless of their gender, that earns their respect.
Average Intelligence
Feral
Civilization and Culture
History
Archanea
As with the other dragon tribes, the wyverns were once part of the flourishing dragon civilization in the antiquity of Archanea. This changed one thousand years before Archanea's formation, as the dragons began to show signs of deterioration. When the Divine Dragon elders recommended that dragons seal their power into dragonstones and take a human form to ensure their survival, it is uncertain whether any wyverns co-operated as no wyvern manaketes have ever been seen; either way, a large number of wyverns refused to shed their dragon lives and eventually degenerated into wild beasts. The wild wyverns lived primarily in the Mamorthod Desert, the Wyvern's Dale, and in the forests of what would later become Macedon.
Humans first adopted the art of riding wyverns as mounts during Medeus's first reign of terror upon the land, in the War of Liberation in the year 493. In the Macedon region, a revolution arose among the abused slaves to the Dolhr Empire, spearheaded by the hero Iote. Iote and his companions were the first to tame the wild wyverns for use as steeds, and with them fought back against Medeus's occupation to free the slaves. Following the defeat of Medeus by Anri, Iote founded the Kingdom of Macedon, which rapidly gained fame as the home of the dracoknights, renowned and fearsome warriors who continued to tame wyverns for use as their mounts.
Elsewhere
In other continents and worlds, wild wyvern populations are typically found only in one country on the continent, and in a similar vein to Macedon that country's military tends to be famous for its wyvern riding knights. These countries are:
Thracia, in Jugdral
Bern, in Elibe. In the past, wyverns used to roam the entire continent.
Grado, in Magvel
Begnion, in Tellius, although during Ashnard's reign the Daein army also played host to wyvern riders who defected from Begnion
Plegia, in Ylisse-era Archanea
Nohr
Almyra
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