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Mythos:
Another of the fearsome European dragons was the Wyvern. Lacking arms or forefeet in favor of more prominent wings, the Wyvern is well adapted to flight and far more agile than other dragons. Interestingly, some Wyverns are also well adapted to life in the water, with fin-like wings and fishy tails. Wyverns are not known to breath fire, but they are highly venomous like other serpentines, and the strongest Wyverns can beat their wings to produce mighty gales and twisters. The Wyvern's lither and less destructive nature compared to the Drake made it a more popular icon in medieval heraldry, a creature to be respected rather than feared.
Another of the fearsome European dragons was the Wyvern. Lacking arms or forefeet in favor of more prominent wings, the Wyvern is well adapted to flight and far more agile than other dragons. Interestingly, some Wyverns are also well adapted to life in the water, with fin-like wings and fishy tails. Wyverns are not known to breath fire, but they are highly venomous like other serpentines, and the strongest Wyverns can beat their wings to produce mighty gales and twisters. The Wyvern's lither and less destructive nature compared to the Drake made it a more popular icon in medieval heraldry, a creature to be respected rather than feared.
Insight:
I have a weirdly long history of drawing Wyvern girls. Way back in high school, I used to draw a human-wyvern hybrid character, basically a harpy with dragon wings, and before the Acheron Series, I briefly worked on a wyvern girl model for an RPG with all dragon anthro characters. There's something about the goofiness of mushing a lizard-bat into humanoid form that I find really endearing. I was surprised at how little information there is about mythological wyverns. There are lots of images of them, but not a lot of stories about them, so I'm afraid their mythos blurb is mostly speculation and modern fantasy lore. The distinction of a wyvern is to the English language. Other European countries depict similar creatures, but just call them dragons.
I have a weirdly long history of drawing Wyvern girls. Way back in high school, I used to draw a human-wyvern hybrid character, basically a harpy with dragon wings, and before the Acheron Series, I briefly worked on a wyvern girl model for an RPG with all dragon anthro characters. There's something about the goofiness of mushing a lizard-bat into humanoid form that I find really endearing. I was surprised at how little information there is about mythological wyverns. There are lots of images of them, but not a lot of stories about them, so I'm afraid their mythos blurb is mostly speculation and modern fantasy lore. The distinction of a wyvern is to the English language. Other European countries depict similar creatures, but just call them dragons.