Into the Dryways
In play15 seconds
Not every encounter begins above ground. A young Western Drake works through the warm rooms of the Dryways, grubs first, and finds the tunnel on.
Western Drake
Route up · the dry ventOwns · open airBorn holding · sustained burnSignature · fire
The only lineage that can stay up and stay lit at the same time. Wings arrive late because wings are useless in a tunnel, so it surfaces and flies the same season.
Growth
Four stages, 0.48 m to 2.60 m
It grows through four stages, fed and irreversible. A hatchling is not a smaller cute version; it is the adult’s anatomy at a hatchling’s size.
| stage | height | of adult height |
|---|---|---|
| hatchling | 0.48 m | 18% |
| juvenile | 1.05 m | 40% |
| subadult | 1.85 m | 71% |
| adult | 2.60 m | 100% |
The adult, beside the other lineages
- Western Drake2.60 m
- Fire Wyvern1.80 m
- Eastern Lung1.40 m
- Crystal Wyrm0.90 m
- Thicket Dragonet0.55 m
The tallest adult of the five lineages shown here.
What it can do
Its own attack: fire
It can do these, and one of them is its own — the signature attack, which is a different shape from every other lineage’s rather than a different colour:
wingbeatmaulground_idleprowlflinchfire
The other lineages’ own attacks:
- Fire Wyvern · fire_spit
- Eastern Lung · gale_breath
- Crystal Wyrm · charge
- Thicket Dragonet · spark_puff
The model
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- Triangles
- 85,632
- Adult height
- 2.60 m
- Built
- 28 August 2026
On film
The Western Drake on film
Two films are named after this lineage. Every film is in the film library.
Fire in the Workings
In play15 seconds
Fire beneath the surface: a Western Drake reaches the Workings, the old mine, and lights them.
