Wasp Dragon

Wasp dragon, or Nikodrak in Ximi, is a medium sized dragon species native to the Horizontine and Golden Coast regions of Ximizhlum.

An adult wasp dragon can reach about 12 meters from head to tail.

They were considered rare up until humanity's expansion north over the sea where they were found to be quite abundant. Up until then, there were only a few nests in the northernmost parts of the Heartlands region.

Half of the year, they are a nuisance, the other time, a real danger. Like other dragons, the wasp dragon hibernates throughout winter, and will spend a week in forewinter hunting for supplies, pissing off farmers and travelers everywhere. If a wasp dragon gets woken up too soon from hibernation, it will go on a furious rampage, but will eventually calm down. However, it will be unable to return to hibernation and will spend the rest of the winter weakened.

They are incapable of speech, and aren't very intelligent, but can breathe fire. Most of the time, however, they will prefer to sweep down from the skies on unsuspecting victims and snatch them as a bird of prey would.

The females are about 20% larger than the males, but will mostly stay in hiding, taking care of their eggs and young, which hatch after about 17 days of being laid. Wasp dragons can live up to around 60 years.

Wasp dragons earned their name from their similiar looks to wasps. And, just like actual wasps, they are hated.