Venture Dragon

*"Winter in the Vale is not time for wandering or exploring, unless you're the venture dragon. This dragon loves to ramble far and wide, searching for rare, forgotten sights and relics. A big part of the Jolly Jubilee celebration every year is the moment when all the wizards and witches come together to hand out and share the rare items collected by the **venture dragon's** intrepid travels. It's said that Nogard's own walking stick is an ancient, powerful artifact brought to him by a **venture dragon** many years ago. In fact, many of the head wizards possess items of power found by these brave exploring dragons. Though not all of the trinkets brought back possess magical properties, each is special in its own right and a prizes possession of whichever witch or wizard it was given to. The **venture dragon** is so known for these wondrous gifts it brings, that the some wizards have taken to calling it the "Secret Sandakloz"."*
    —Nogard's description of the **Venture Dragon** in The Book of Dragons

The **Venture Dragon** is an epic hybrid of the Ornamental, Air and Fire elements.

## Appearance

Venture dragons have mostly vermillion feathers, with black feathers around their eyes, on their throat, and on their legs. A venture dragon's feet most closely resemble a cat's paws, complete with short claws and pink-and-black paw pads. Venture dragons have huge, feathery wings that are mostly dull green with black streaks, but have a bit of brown on them for flavor. They have a feathery tail like that found on a bird, which is vermillion with streaks of dull green and black. Venture dragons possess a ruff of dull green feathers around their neck, which appears to have golden orbs in it. Similar feathers and orbs are present on the venture dragon's feet. Venture dragons possess dark brown antlers, a long beak, and bright green eyes with huge pupils. A short crest of feathers is present on a venture dragon's head, resembling the crest of a male cardinal; the main difference being that the crest is present on both genders.

## Abilities

### Weapons

Venture dragons can use their antlers, beaks, and claws as weapons. Injuries inflicted by their beak and claws tend to be painful but not lethal, but their antlers are more deadly.

### Defenses

Venture dragons can camouflage themselves into plants. Also, most of their traits evolved so they can travel long distances also allow them to escape from fights easily.

### Other Abilities

Venture dragons have a variety of traits that allow them to travel long distances. They are excellent fliers that can both fly fast and fly for long periods of time, and thanks to their inherit pyromancy, venture dragons aren't bothered by extreme cold temperatures. Much like how chipmunks store food in their cheeks, venture dragons can store feelings of gratitude in their orbs to eat later.

### Weaknesses

Venture dragons are both not built for fighting and try to avoid battles at all costs; a horrible combination if you happen to find yourself dragged into a fight. As venture dragons naturally heat their own bodies, they find hot temperatures very uncomfortable, a weakness that can be easily used against them.

## Habitat

### Regions

Venture dragons are nomads, meaning they don't really have a specific region; they travel around everywhere. However, they tend to stay in cold places like the Far North for longer and stay in hot places like the Sandara Desert for shorter periods of time, as heat makes them uncomfortable.

### Preferred Home

"Home" is a foreign word to venture dragons, although as previously mentioned they like cold places more then hot places. They also tend to enjoy hanging around wizard settlements.

### Sheltering/Nesting

Venture dragons usually just sleep in trees or in snow if they need to rest. If a venture dragon group is caring for young, however, they may build a temporary nest of leaves, twigs, and whatever items they've collected on their journeys for the hatchling.

## Diet

Venture dragons possess a rather unusual diet of gratitude, which is part of the reason why they're constantly giving things away.

## When in a park

### Breeding

Venture dragons can be bred by breeding a blazing gale dragon with any other dragon containing the Ornamental element in it's magical makeup.

### Habitats

Venture dragons can either live in Ornamental, Air, Fire, or Omnitats. They tend to prefer Omnitats, and dislike Fire Habitats.

### Favorite Treat

Like almost all dragons, venture dragons prefer Berry Bauble.

## Magic

Venture dragons possess phenomancy, aeromancy, pyromancy, and geomancy.