Wyvern

Name: Wyvern, Wivern

Features: Serpentine head, winged spiked body with pointed tail

Source: Northern European Folklore

Habitat: Europe

The Wyverns were vicious, bloodthirsty and extremely powerful creatures.

Their legs were said to be the size of hundred year old trees that could squash entire crowds of people, herds of livestock and even village buildings.

Their prominently blazing eyes were mesmerizing, terrifying and dominated their scaly, serpentine like heads.

They could easily fly about in the sky and attack anything they viewed as an appetizing snack or as a multi-platter buffet to kill and ingest without any thought or remorse.

Claws were often part of their deadly arm-like wings and a deadly spike finished their tails to aide in their quests for feeding and destruction.

On top of being able to expel fire from their noses, these dragons always had a breath that reeked of recently killed and devoured flesh, their bellies usually observed as bloated with obvious signs of a recent feast.

These beasts were exceptionally powerful and evil to the core so anyone who could conquer and kill one was deemed to be a dominant force and supreme hero.

Depicting a trophy image in its likeness in any form, whether at the tip of a pirate ship or as part of a coat of arms; was indeed considered a form of extreme strength and superiority.