Melanie Nilles

So far, you’ve met characters, including some firedrakes, and learned a little about the world of Gairdra. As promised last week, this week I’ll introduce you to the waterdrakes you’ll meet in the series coming from Mundania Press.

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Waterdrakes

Waterdrakes may also be known as sea dragons or the Water Clan. They are well adapted to life in the sea. Although they can stay underwater for long periods of time, they must return to the surface for air. They have no wings for flying, and claws of their feet are spaced wider than a firedrake with a thin membrane between the toes. Their bodies are long and sinuous with a fin that runs down their dorsal side starting at their head. Because they swim in an undulating motion, like giant eels, they have often been regarded as sea serpents.

Since they live in water, the water clan does not use fire as their primary weapon. Instead, they can let loose electrical discharges of varying strengths. However, outside of the water, they find that it is more effective to command the weather.

Waterdrakes are all the same color, a dark blue dorsal with a lighter belly as camouflage within deep water.

Before all the female waterdrakes were slain, they mated and incubated their eggs on dry land. Like the firedrakes, only certain matriarchs mated while other females provided support and the males provided protection.

All the seaports of the Ancients had a wide area of beach to allow the waterdrakes to come to land. When the females laid their eggs, a designated group of caretakers would help care for them until hatching.

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This information is also available in a PDF file with updates posted with each informational blog post. This is from Appendix B for Dragon Prophecy (Mundania Press, March 2008). To learn more, you can read the opening chapters, download a PDF of all the character interviews posted to my blog, and download Appendix A from Dragon Prophecy. Thank you for reading!