Dragon, Pyrite

Origin

The Pyrite dragons were created by the Greater God Mikon during the Great War.

Alignment

Pyrite Dragons are Chaotic Evil.

Habitat

Temperate, subtropical, and subterranean regions.

Information

Often referred to as “fool’s gold” dragons, pyrite dragons are the antithesis of gold dragons: crude, reckless, cruel and self-centered, they live to terrorize and deceive creatures that they perceive to be their inferiors. A common tactic of adult pyrite dragons is to fool a small village into believing that they are a gold dragon, being offered gold and gems for protection, only to turn around and burn the village to the ground. They lair in temperate locations, digging out their lairs with a haphazard array of pits and chambers, and they themselves rarely spend time in their lairs, instead they are constantly out prowling for their favorite item: gold. Pyrite dragons have an obsession with gold, to the extent that they will go to any lengths to obtain more. Often they embed this gold into their scales to add luster to their blandly golden scales.

As their name suggests, pyrite dragons tend to resemble gold dragons, though they are significantly smaller, their wings less graceful and their frills tend to be much shorter. The key difference between them and gold dragons lies in their faces; where gold dragons have long, flowing whiskers, pyrite dragons have none, in addition their eyes, rather than pools of molten gold are usually coal black with a sprinkling of yellow. Their scales range from dark yellow with golden specks as hatchlings, to the dull, golden color of adulthood, which allows them to pose as gold dragons to the casual observer.