Landwyrms | 4 Creature Statblocks
Four new statblocks are here for the most notable prehistoric dragons in Erenel's Fictional Universe! Check out the landwyrm by downloading the PDF below or by visiting Erenel's World Anvil.
A primitive cousin of modern day ascendant dragons and often looked down upon by their relatives, landwyrms believe they are the true dragons of Erenel. As the first dragon blessed with a breath weapon, designed as the creator god Al'Madoon, the Architect intended during creation, landwyrms despise the five dragon types (chromatic, cosmic, gemstone, hexwing, metallic) created from the shattered soul of the nameless one. The ascendant dragons dismiss such claims, regulating landwyrms into the grottos of Erenel, unimpressed by their origin.
Landwyrms are as deadly as they are cunning, forced to adapt to the environment as wingless predators. All landwyrms lack wings and limbs, taking a more serpentine body shape, with powerful jaws and thick green-and-black scales which take on a serrated formation. This scale pattern allows the landwyrm to quickly burrow into the ground and ambush prey if they venture too close.
Like their ascendant dragon cousins, the landwyrm benefits from a breath weapon. However, because they lack the infusion of creator magic, the landwyrm instead regurgitates and spews an adhesive stomach acid that can burn and blind creatures in a large area.
Origin of Dragons
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In the Era of the Architect, the creator god Al'Madoon, the Architect continued to populate the world based on his conversations with the world tree Aymara the Foremother. Everything from the birds soaring overhead to the small ants scurrying below the dirt came from Al’Madoon and Aymara’s conversations. This ancient era saw the creation and rise of multiple dragon species, including the dragon turtle, drake, landwyrm, and wyvern. Fearsome creatures of the land, sky and oceans, these Prehistoric Dragons inspired terror and wonder in the reasoning races.
One fateful day, the first ripened fruit filled with creation magic fell from Aymara’s branches, only to be quickly consumed by a gargantuan landwyrm resting in the shade below. Furious after witnessing the dragon devour the fruit before it could bear a child of creation, Al’Madoon grabbed the creature by its tail, hurling it out into the void.
Awakening of the Nameless
After being thrown into the Black Sea of Nothingness surrounding Erenel, the landwyrm could feel its stomach swell as the overwhelming power of creation magic began to pour forth from the first fruit. While the wingless landwyrm drifted further from Erenel and struggled to comprehend its fate, the fruit burst. Bathed in cosmic light, the landwyrm would be torn to pieces, instantly vaporized into dust.
While the name of the unfortunate landwyrm remains shrouded in mystery, its impact on dragonkind continues. As the nameless landwyrm was disintegrated by the power of the first fruit, its soul shattered into five separate pieces, each piece holding its own broken personality and fundamental drive, amplified by being interwoven with creation magic. Over time, these five shards of a shattered soul would begin to congeal into balls of cosmic light. Drawn to the energy radiating from Erenel, these five lights would return, bound by the memories of the nameless landwyrm. Yearning to complete some unresolved task from life before, each piece of the shattered soul would look to inhabit a prehistoric dragon and return to the world of the living. One by one, as the shattered souls of the nameless landwyrm possessed a prehistoric dragon, remnants of creation magic pulled from the first fruit would surge throughout the dragon, awakening and mutating the prehistoric creature into something greater.
A Demigod. An Ascendant Dragon.
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