Death Dragons

Not often seen on Galbar, but bound to be legendary in their rare appearances.

### Notable abilities

Bale-fire, Massive Size, Golden Soul, Blood-lust, Aura of Decay, Flight, Armored Scales

## Habitat

### Might cost

18 Mp and Dp (4 Mp Sapient+2 Mp/Dp Abilities times 7)

Massive, intelligent creatures that are supremely powerful beings in their own right through even just physical might alone. They originate from Aquibeophates, the realm of death, as such they are not natively found throughout Galbar, any such appearances are generally the result of deific plans or interventions. They were created by the combined efforts of Thaa, Yamat, Fe'ris and Neiya.

## Appearance

Massive creatures, they have four legs, a long neck, a long tail, wings and their body is covered in scales. Some have horns as likely a result of Neiya's influence although it is not a universal trait nor one that strictly coincides with other notable features. Coloration varies from Dragon to Dragon although most are generally one single color or shades of one across their body.

Besides their powerful abilities the sight of such a creature is likely to strike awe and terror into many from the sheer size and power of their oft majestic forms.

## Abilities

Death Dragons are quite able beings from their sheer physical might but there are several characteristics and abilities that make them truly extraordinary mortals.

### Bale-fire

Death Dragons are capable of spewing forth bale-fire with their outward breaths. Bale-fire is in truth a form of death energies that greatly impact living tissue but little else, often causing rapid necrosis in tissues exposed to such high quantities of death energies. In the wake of a death dragon a warband could be left nothing but the armor and weapons they carried, and the melted remains that once were their bodies.

### Size

Death Dragons are supernaturally large. Any reasonable study of how most creatures work, with eating food to gain mass and size and gradually building up based on what their bodies can support, fails to work with Death Dragons. Blessed with the ability to grow to massive sizes without issues otherwise makes these fantastically large beings ever the more capable.

### Golden Soul

Death Dragons are of the Golden Soul. That is to say unlike most life or other extant ensouled creatures Death Dragons have had particular care taken in the construction of their souls and the welding to their bodies. As such Death Dragons are most difficult to influence with various magics that would dictate their mind or actions.

### Blood-lust

Given unto the Death Dragons by Fe'ris, they are vicious creatures that never give up on their prey, and can only be discouraged by extreme magical means.

### Aura of Decay

Death Dragons exude and influence an area of roughly 20 feet or 6 meters away from their body in which vegetation begins to decay and rot rapidly.

### Flight

Mostly self explanatory like that of their grand size, Death Dragons have a fully capable set of wings that allow them the ability to fly even with their massive forms. Not even the skies or the highest points or fortification on the land are immune to the appearance of a Death Dragon.

### Armored Scales

Death Dragons are supremely blessed in all the ways listed above but additionally in that the entirety of their body is covered in powerful and thick armored scales. Most weapons will not be able to pierce such a defense, maces and axe alike wielded by mortal beings may be unable to damage Death Dragons, let alone spears or swords. Although potentially there are ways to damage and attack Death Dragons, a divine weapon, a lucky shot from a powerful siege weapon, or sufficiently powerful magics could all damage a Death Dragon and get through its most formidable defense, although to truly slay such a Dragon may be an altogether more difficult task.

## Notable Death Dragons

None as of yet

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