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Frumious Flumph (Your Grace/Your Eminence)
So, just to get it out of the way, the wrack dragons are an edge case. Are they "true dragons?" Not exactly. But they're a cool addition to the arsenal of dragons, as they were machines of destruction created by the Titans for their war on the Gods. They're also the source of dragonborn (called wracklings) in the setting. And I need to put in an easy, short one as a palette-cleanser.
Few wrack dragons survived the war or the concerted cleansing operations the Gods staged immediately afterward. However, those that did survive are generally the craftiest of their breed, and many still lead the remnants of the forces they once commanded (or the descendents of those remnants, in the case of more short-lived and prolific races). All are formed from elemental wrack - natural elements exposed to harmful energies and imbued with a destructive spiritual resonance; this almost makes them alternative versions of the Catastrophic Dragons.
Few wrack dragons survived the war or the concerted cleansing operations the Gods staged immediately afterward. However, those that did survive are generally the craftiest of their breed, and many still lead the remnants of the forces they once commanded (or the descendents of those remnants, in the case of more short-lived and prolific races). All are formed from elemental wrack - natural elements exposed to harmful energies and imbued with a destructive spiritual resonance; this almost makes them alternative versions of the Catastrophic Dragons.
- Firewrack Dragon: The dragon is a great assemblage of coal and charred wood, burnt bones, and scorched animals killed in forest blazes. It is constantly wreathed in a foul-smelling smoke, and glows with dark orange radiance. Firewrack dragons were the generals and elite warriors of the Titan armies. While not magically adept or as clever as their Woodwrack cousins, they are larger and more capable in combat. Firewrack dragons are scalding hot to the touch, so that anything coming into contact with their charcoal form is likely to catch fire, yet they are not surrounded by a billowing corona of flames, nor do their very footsteps melt metal and stone. Its breath weapon is a cone of billowing smoke and agonizing fire.
- Fleshwrack Dragon: The vaguely draconic thing is fearsome and horrifying - a mass of random flesh covered in scales, with a single great gaping maw full of mismatched teeth. Its bulk shifts and convulses us it lumbers on small, spindly legs. Rolling masses of flesh and skin, Fleshwrack Dragons are the spawn of the titan Gaurak, birthed from the piles of corpses and wounded left to rot on the battlefields of the Divine War. During the latter stages of the war, these dragons assaulted enemy formations seeking to devour and absorb every living thing in their path. It has no breath weapon. (I used #f0cfbe for the Hex color for these disgusting creatures.)
- Icewrack Dragon: Wind and ice swirl at the creature's approach. It resembles an enormous dragon crafted from pale pinkish ice, with tall, rost-rimed wings. Icewrack Dragons are monstrous conglomerations of ice, snow, frozen blood, and the despair brought on by the relentless cold of winter. Their eyes glow pale blue with an evil cunning, their great wings ripple like an ice floe, and their bodies glisten with the misty sheen of a deep frost. The Icewracks once served the titaness Lethene as siege troops, assaulting cities and disrupting supply lines throughout the north. During the Titanswar, Icewrack Dragons descended upon isolated towns under the cover of night, hid nearby, and simply waited for the townsfolk to flee or die as the temperatures dropped uncontrollably. Their breath weapon is a cone of frost.
- Seawrack Dragon: The dragon has a large horn jutting from its snout and a dark frill along its neck and back. It smells of muck and rot, and its slick skin is pocked with rocky warts. The most common of the Wrack Dragon breeds, the Seawrack is a dangerous opponent, resistant to lesser magic and more than capable of vanquishing a large number of foes. These creatures were the officers of large units of regular troops, and most have an instinctual severe, direct approach to matters. Seawrack dragons are not sea creatures. Most prefer dank lakes, bayous and other inland waters rich with life. Their breath weapon is a cone of noxious fumes.
- Woodwrack Dragon: The dragon’s face looks like an exposed skull with large teeth, hairy brows and two frills on either side of the head. It smells of dirt and pine loam, and its flesh looks like its covered in layers of old, unshed snake skin. Lightning fast and deadly, impossibly stealthy for creatures so huge, the Woodwrack Dragons were often used as the elite assassins of the Titan armies. They also sometimes acted as commanders of detached or guerrilla troops, and as advisors and roaming sorcerers in the service of their more combative Firewrack cousins. Their breath weapon is a line of lightning.
