Nightdrake™

     [[There are three species of draxorian: the
     large rideable flying Dracosaur, the flightless
     Nightdrake, and the smaller Minidrake.
     All three draxorians can be bonded psionically
     using a magical music ceremony between
     compatible subjects.  From this time until the
     time it is large enough to be ridden is three
     years.  This is typically reckoned as one year
     as a hatchling, and two as an ansel.
     (For RP purposes, IC time is 2/3 RL time.  So,
     9 RL months as a hatchling, and 18 as an ansel.)
     Those who do not bond this way simply go wild.
     In the wild they are fierce and wary, untamed
     and untameable.  They will attack a furre to
     drive them away from a nest, and there have been
     cases of draxorians who developed a taste for
     the flesh of young furres.



     Tribesfurres of Drakoria tell frightening 
     campfire stories of hunters being stalked by
     legendary Nightdrakes with furre-level
     intelligence.



     The Nightdrake is perhaps the rarest.  Its
     wings are only used for attracting a mate-
     and grow out of its skull instead of shoulders.
     Its skin is dark colored, usually dark blue
     or dark dark green.  Nightdrakes have big eyes
     like milky opals, and they cannot see during
     the day.  At night, however, they have
     perfect vision.  They also have small gemlike
     lenses on their foreheads which project a
     light that only they can see.







     Furres who mindmeld to a Nightdrake are said
     to become very strange.  They become withdrawn
     and don't like to speak much.  At night, they
     see through the Nightdrake's eyes, while in
     the day, they allow the Nightdrake see.  The
     Nightdrake's dislike of wide open spaces tends
     to magically "infect" their rider.







     Untamed Nightdrakes are a deadly menace.  They
     run at a shockingly fast gallop and swim very
     fast.  Their jaws crush legbones or skulls as
     if they were paper; their teeth are hard enough
     to pierce armor.  Their skin is extremely tough.
     They are the preferred mounts of Drakorian
     bandits, but are also favored by miners.
     



     Draxorians of all kinds tend to lay their
     eggs far from their homes, leaving their young
     to fend for themselves.  This protects them
     from another instinct: to eat any eggs they
     find.  Draxorians of all sizes find eggs
     delicious.




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