Kharkaroth

Kharkaroth is a major antagonist of the Blood Moon series, a central character in Book One, and a recurring character in Books Three, Five, Seven, Eight and Nine. A second-generation dragon of the kulshedra line, he is a truly malignant source of evil that has terrorized the world periodically ever since its earliest history. An arrogant being of extreme entitlement, he is a true embodiment of the kulshedra breed, believing firmly that all in the world belongs to him and that anyone who claims any ownership is a thief worthy of destruction. Consumed with bitterness at his inability to obtain what he desires, he long ago succumbed to bottomless rage, wreaking wanton havoc upon great swathes of land before collapsing into exhausted slumber for hundreds of cycles at a time, only to rise again to continue the cycle. It was an easy matter for the gwythaints to convince the greedy beast to aid them in the destruction of the world, and after the conflict was over, Kharkaroth tracked down the location of Mithras's fallen heart, and claimed it as his own, falling into sleep once more, wrapped around the goliath chunk of solid gold. when confronted by Mae, however, he revealed that even the ownership of this divine relic, the most valuable thing in the world, could not sate his desire. Now, all he desired was the utter eradication of the world in existential vengeance, and he tormented her with omens of the darkness that was to come, and the joy he would take in watching as the all continents writhed under tendrils of black shadow.
At the height of the Annihilation attempt, Kharkaroth departed from his lair for the last time, seeking to destroy the great stone tree that anchors the cycles of life and death in place within existence. However, before his legendary flames could melt the obelisk and bring certain ruin to Creation, Ashkule Yichmaachi sacrificed himself by using chronomancy to tear out membrane from the dragon's wings, sending the beast crashing at full speed into the side of the Tree. Kharkaroth's immense weight shattered his skull and ribcage against the edifice of sacred stone bark, crushing the orc mage in the process, his lifeless corpse then falling to the foot of the Tree, defeated at last.