The Horror in the Darkness
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To Create a Flying Dragon Beast
- Image Credit: XIII
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- Name: Chthonyx Dragon
- Designation: Non-sentient
- Origins: Dathomir
- Average Lifespan: 125 - 150 years
- Estimated Population: Rare
- Description: Their body is midnight black that is covered equally with midnight black hair, with golden hue color eyes. They have a long tail that possesses small spikes used mainly for protection, and two very long horns atop their head that can be utilized for both defense and attacking. They have very sharp teeth and massive arching leathery wings. Thier legs are long, almost crippling like in appearance.
- Breathes: Type I
- Average Height of Adults: 2.1336 meters
- Average Length of Adults: 1.524 meters
- Skin color: Midnight Black
- Hair color: Midnight Black
- Distinctions: They are nothing like any know dragon species, a unique species in their own right. Males tend to be more muscular in design, whilst the female tend to be sleeker.
- Races: N/A
- Force Sensitivity: Force Dead
- Force Eater: The Chthonyx Dragon feeds off the energy radiating from the Force. It can be from a Force user, a Force imbued object, or from Force infused flora and fauna. Sapping the target of its Force energy, effectively robbing a Force user of their ability to use the Force, or an object to remain imbued.
- Enhanced Night Vision: The dragon possesses highly enhanced night vision, allowing the dragon to see as clearly as if the sun was out.
- Fire Breather: The Chthonyx Dragon has the capability of breathing high temperature fire from its mouth. The fire's temperature can reach up to four-thousand and two-hundred degrees Celsius. The temperature reaches its peak based off the amount of Force energy it siphons. Without the Force energy enhancement, it's temperatures can reach to two-thousand degrees Celsius.
- Nocturnal: The dragons are nocturnal by nature; but caught our in the sun it will grow extremely weak and die. Also, because of the blackness of their color and being nocturnal by trait, it is hard to see them.
- Slow Healer: When or if injured, it takes a long time for the dragon to heal and regenerate itself from the afflicted wounds.
- Low Birth Rate: The Chthonyx Dragon has a low birth rate, meaning seven out ten newborns die in infancy.
- Diet: Carnivore
- Communication: Low guttural screeches
- Technology level: N/A
- Religion/Beliefs: N/A
- General behavior: The dragons are extremely aggressive toward other species, including themselves; with the males being more aggressive. After dragons procreate, the male will leave, allowing the female to raise the young dragon alone, due in part to their aggressiveness, which if the male lingers on, the newborn is at risk of being killed by the father. The dragons are nocturnal and only hunt when hunger strikes them. The dragons are extremely territorial, and will attack anything that treads into their territory, including other dragons.
There was a time eons ago that the Chthonyx Dragon was the supreme apex predator on Dathomir, feared heavily by the Nightsisters, Nightbrothers, and the other species that roamed the planet's surface, but only through myths and legends and campfire stories. The dragons have always been a rare sight, which led to a belief they did not exit at all; with many tales of their sightings by explorers and the Nightsister's deemed false testimonies. This was due in part to the low birth rate that plagued the dragons, keeping their numbers grossly low.
It wasn't until the Clone Wars that the myths of the dragons began to unravel, turning myth and fantasy to reality. Several reports by the CIS began to breathe life into the dragon's existence when General Grievous and his armada came to battle the Nightsisters which during the Battle of Dathomir, or what the Nightsisters called the Massacre of the Nightsisters. The existence of the dragons grew more traction during the Imperial Era when the Galactic Empire began world building on Dathomir, with high-ranking Imperials mentioning the dragons in reports and personal logs.
In a holocron that once belonged to the Sith Lady Darth Talon upon being opened, there she mentioned the dragons on an expedition to Dathomir with her Master, Darth Ruyn. She spoke of how one single dragon nearly destroyed her Master and herself, that only through quick thinking where they able to survive and escape the encounter with their lives. She further explained the ferociousness of the dragon, going as far as calling them "majestic creatures with the power to melt flesh from bone with a single puff".
Throughout history from the fall of the Empire to modern times, sightings of the dragons have become truth over myth and legends. Still rare in viewership, the dragons, despite their low numbers, remain a top tier predator on Dathomir; living far away from villages, towns, and other civilizations, opting for seclusion over contact with the outside world from their domains, which seems to include the few forestry areas of Dathomir and the mountainous regions of the planet.
