Flare-neck

A Flare-neck was a type of viper found on Seven Cities and Lether. They were known to grow three times as long as a man was tall and their bodies could be as thick as a man's arm.Midnight Tides, Chapter 2, US SFBC p.77 They were calm and self contained unless provoked.House of Chains, Chapter 20 Their bite was likely venomous and they were known to spit.House of Chains, Chapter 7, US SFBC p.300 On Seven Cities, they were known to live in tall grass. In Lether, drovers and cattle had to beware of coiled flare-necks lying in roads along the rivers in the days ahead of the rainy season.
Some Seven Cities tribes performed complex and dangerous ritual dances involving the snakes.House of Chains, Chapter 7, US SFBC p.291
==In House of Chains==
Flare-necks infested the petrified forest where Karsa Orlong carved statues near the Pan'arak Oasis in Raraku. Hundreds of the snakes came to watch him work.House of Chains, Chapter 7, US SFBC p.300-301
==In Midnight Tides==
Brys Beddict compared First Eunuch Nifadas' eyes to those of a flare-neck.
==Notes and references==
Category:Insects and reptiles