Chapter 23: The Three Virtues Of A Knight (V)
Lesser Drakes.
Monsters of the great Draconid Family, but the Lesser Drakes were the bottom of that lineage, yes... but only in name.
Born from corrupted dragon eggs or mutated aquatic wyrms, Lesser Drakes were semi-aquatic monsters that ruled over the deeper parts of forgotten lakes, sunken ruins, and flooded caverns.
Their scales were too thick for most steel to pierce, and their tails were long enough to crush bone with a single swing.
But what made them particularly dangerous was their scent-based bloodlust.
Unlike their greater cousins, Lesser Drakes were not proud or territorial.
They were hunters.
And human flesh?
It was their favorite delicacy.
Something in the blood of humans, the iron, the heat, or perhaps something deeper, drew them like sharks to blood.
The stench of fear, sweat, and skin scraped against stone was like a dinner bell to them.
But there was a catch.