Drakes of The Southlands

Drakes much like dragons glide across the skies above man elf and dwarf but unlike the dragons of the north they are smaller, but their size is deceiving for their flames can melt all that is in its way and turn those that stand before them into ash. The first drakes were first recorded in books at 4532 BC an attack on a city then in 1121 BC there was a record that told of a man riding a drake across the south several reports from eleven different cities.

Drakes were rare and but once they made an appearance destruction and death was sure to be. An account records that during the siege of Solitude where the philistines unleashed them unto the city as they assaulted it from the west while orcs attacked from the east. This is only one of many accounts in which drakes were used to someones advantage, stories such as Jace and the Drake in a way show the nature of Drakes and how they are tamed.

Drakes much like dragons are located in high points, but instead of mountains they dwell in caves in the side of hills or holes in the ground, much like serpents and lizards. Their hide is not as thick as a dragon's it is light and thin but still strong enough to withstand a good amount of arrows.

Taming Drakes
Now drakes are hard to come by, and even harder to tame. Only Jace the Redeemer was ever known to ride one, but many others such as Solomon the Wise and Susana the Wild were known to tame drakes and even command them. Solomon had used his tamed drakes to guard the entrances to the misty mountians, whereas Susana used them to hunt Orcs. Drakes throughout time had different uses and even stranger ones when tamed.