A fire drake is a fire breathing dragon. However, it is interesting to note that in the french tale of the guivre, it is a wyrm. In Heraldry, it stand for war and pestilence. I am a lowly dracophile who through 15 years, and probably past lives, of studying dragons on my own. Through my studies, I have come to one inevitable conclusion.
Dragons exist now, here, today, in one form or another.
Now the only place devoid of draconic activity is Antartica, and I can't say I blame them. There are dragons in North America, South America, the South Pacific, Australia, Europe, Middle East, North Africa, India, and Aisa. For the most part, dragons are most often based upon snakes, but I have found no satisfactory definition for dragon. A dragon is a creature that reaches out, grabs your soul, enraptures and frightens it, and when it leaves, you are left with a feeling of awe, fear, and respect that only a dragon can give. For some, only the fear lingers.