Drakon Maianos

Drakon Maianos was a major antagonist in Books 4 and 8 of the Blood Moon series, and a recurring character in other Books. He was a manticore dwelling in the mountains to the south-east of Seraphis, and one of the most powerful warlocks in the world. He led the assault upon northern Vaishun during the Scourge of Shadows, and over 1,000 cycles later again assaulted the city of Seraphis when Oblivion again attempted to bring about annihilation.
== Appearance ==
As a manticore, drakon's appearance was terrible to behold. A lion's body sprouted huge bat wings and a barbed tail lashed behind him as he soared through the sky. Like all high-ranking warlocks, he possessed eyes that were pure black orbs, and reality seemed to boil around him as if the air itself feared to touch his flesh. His face wore a cruel, arrogant snarl, and the demonic infestation of his flesh rendered it soot-black.
== Personality ==
Drakon was a swaggering, proud individual during his mortal life, embodying the values of dorogar culture within the Gazabarad and idolising his god-emperor. After his transformation the respect and reverence he had grown used to turned to loathing and hatred. He was struck from his lord's graces and cast out of his house, exiled from the Gazabarad forever and hunted by his own people. Once full of self-regard and vanity, he was left in the wilderness as a deformed, empty and numb shadow of his former self, bent upon vengeance against those who had forsaken him and the world that had twisted him into a monster. Turning his will towards Annihilation, he grew increasingly psychopathic and murderous as his thwarted narcissism and bottomless shame festered inside him for hundreds of cycles. At the time of the Scourge of Shadows, Drakon was a fearless general, fully devoted to the unravelling of Thaelis-Y'Arda, and this trait remained until his demise over 1,000 cycles later.
== Background ==
Before his transformation, Drakon was a powerful and respected monster hunter of House Maianos, but upon his slaying of Chimaera's avatar, he and his contemporaries were cursed and transformed by the dark goddess. Instantly, the champion of his people became a reviled and blasphemous monster fit only for destruction or exile. Drakon fled his home, his reputation in tatters and his name removed from the annals of dorogar history.
== History ==
=== Book 4 ===
=== Book 8 ===