Ice Drake

The ice drake is the only wyvern adapted to the water. Its legs having thick membrane between its fingers enabling them to acts as rudders in the water - it propels itself with is powerful tail. Its elongated body is covered in hardened distinct scutes except along its underside which more closely resembles the scales of other wyvern. Its stinger is a long barb tucked in a fold along the underside of the tail. Only used with highly agitated it is sharp enough to penetrate the thick wooden hull of a ship, delivering a paralytic toxin to whatever it strikes.

The ice drake is an accomplished swimmer where it hunts most of its prey. The female ice drake is nearly twice the size of the male and far less common. Ice drakes are highly social and live in packs. Each pack is ruled by the largest and oldest females, with younger females and males following along.

During the warmer months ice drake females, engorged on food, will gather near the waters edge, with males and infertile females on the edges. The strongest males will fight their competition for the best females. A single male can fertilize many females. As the females begin to lay their eggs they will drive off all males. These eggs, typically between 3-6, remain in a pouch inside their bodies. They will hatch within weeks, but remain in their mother's pouch. The larger females may eat their male siblings if the mother does not feed them enough. Only 1 or 2 hatchlings survive to reach the water.

When the weather turns warmer the mother will return to the water and release her children, who will typically join her pack. Many of these young will be eaten by other young ice drakes. Those that survive their first winter fear very few other predators.

Two distinct ice drakes can be found in the world. The northern ice drake lives among the polar icecaps, while the southern ice drake is found in the waters around Freija. The legs of the southern ice drake between legs and fins as it fully adapted to life in the water - only coming on land to mate and lay eggs.

• reptiles
• Polar Biome
• Marine Biome