| Summary The vampragon, or
"vampire dragon," is a creature with
mysterious origins. They flew into the lands of
Lore about the same time the Order of Vampire
Slayers set up shop in Darkovia. There are many
different varieties and some unique individual
vampragons. Currently, wild vampragons make their
home in the caves of Vamprook Spyre under the
protection of dragons.
Origin
There is
some speculation as to how the vampragon was
created. Two schools of thought dominate such
speculation. First, it is believed the vampiric
curse was somehow transferred to dragonkind,
either accidentally or through the willful
actions of a vampire clan.
The belief
that vampires had accidentally created vampragons
is supported by the way vampragons have nested in
the Vamprook Spyre. Without any outside
intervention, the vampragons have successfully
mated and to continue to breed at an explosive
rate. The oldest breeds of dragonkind, the wyrms,
have taken to protecting the vampragons as their
own brood. Vampires would not have allowed one of
their creations to become independent.
The second
school of speculation supports a theory that the
Order of Vampire Slayers experimented with
dragons and vampire bats to create an animal to
serve the Slayers on their mission. Observations
that Vampire Slayers use a breed of vampragon,
the huntragon, support this theory. The Order,
however, denies such claims.
Notes
About Breeds
The fire vampragon
is the most prolific domesticated breed. This
allows almost anyone to be to purchase one. Also,
there has been a deviation in this breed. The
wild fire vampragons have brown or tan wings, but
those being bred in captivity have wings with
black topsides.
The light
vampragon is the most prolific breed in
the wild. Found throughout an area spanning from
the Northern Wastelands to the south of the
Greenguard Forest, this breed is turning out to
be quite a pest to travelers.
Huntragons
are one of the most intelligent breeds, and are
kept closely by the Order of Vampire Slayers. It
is nearly impossible for a non-Slayer to purchase
this breed. Adventurers have spotted a wild
version. Nesting in the Vamprook Spyre, this
breed has slightly different markings but seems
to be in every way equal to the huntragon.
The most
formidable vampragon is the firelight
breed. Only advanced trainers can handle this
breed, which is extremely aggressive. Only the
huntragons seem to get along with firelight
vampragons. All other breeds must be kept
separate from them.
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