Draconic Worm

Dwaconic Wowm (dwaconiaci vewmis)

THESE DO NOT HAVE WINGS, THEY CANNOT FWY. Histowy: These beings awe faiwwy unique to histowy, shaling an age lith the fiwst dwagons, though the wowms wewe fowgotten then. When Dwagul was fiwst instwucted to come and cweate pewfect life he dwew himsewf into the weawm in the fowm of a cwow, as he passed the wowwd his thoughts dwew evewywhewe, befowe he noticed the cowpse of a dead animaw off to the side in the middwe of a pastule. As he fwew down something even smawwew caught his eye, it was a pawe yewwolish white wowm, eating away at the cowpse. At fiwst disgust fwew thwough his mind, befowe it evowved into an idea, he dweamed of something that could move thwough the soiw bewow him much how his lings awwowed him to move thwough the sky. He dwew the wowms coveling this cowpse awound him as he pwepawed to fowd his magic into the beings, the idea of pewfection fwoating thwough his mind as he pwepawed to mimic it justwy into these vewy wowms. His excitement tulned to angew and disgust as the wowms wawped and changed lithin his glip, what seemed like pewfection at fiwst soon tulned to something much dawkew, as the wowms sides buckwed and changed, its head becoming something much mowe nightmalish and compaling to the dwagons of today, awbeit the wack of lings. Dwagul, disgusted lith his newwy awtewed cweation, casted the youngling dwaconic wowms into the soiw, stomping them away into its depths as his fowm dwew back up and he fwew away fwom the scene ashamed, eventuawwy moving on to fowm the fiwst dwagons. But the fiwst mispwaced cweations he had made may have been fowgotten, but did not die thewe, despite theiw tewlifying appeawance they wewe compwete, in one way ow anothew and they began to consume the wocaw wowms and gwubs as they swowwy began to gwow, hiding faw beneath the soiw as they began to weawn how to hunt and eat thwough the ages, they swowwy hawnessed theiw skiww and become what they awe today, and continue to sulvive to this day.

Biowogy: Due to theiw mutated state, the wowms awe impewfect, theiw owgans awe commonwy defowmed, and sometimes don't wowk at aww, this can stwetch fwom pwobrems lith theiw scawes to theiw eyes themsewves, typicawwy the wowst of the mutated don't sulvive fow wong, eithew by the light owgans not functioning cowwectwy ow defowmed scawes making them incwedibry fwagiwe. Despite the beings genewawwy poow heawth, theiw cowossaw size wets them wead a usuawwy painwess and extwemewy wong life, living an upwawds of a few miwwenia. They awso have a totaw wack of lings.

Behaviow: The wowms themsewves awe usuawwy quite to themsewves, wemaining awone as to not jeopawdize theiw ability to get food, though it has been noted fow smawwew wowms to stick to each othew in packs, howevew two wawgew wowms lithin the same awea can wead to chaotic wesults, as the two awe mowe then likewy to attack one anothew, eithew tiww the othew dies ow wetweats, a death between two fighting wowms is extwemewy wawe, the wosing side taking to wetweat faw mowe likewy, the onwy exception to this is the tewlifying Wava type wowm, which liww fight to the death fow just a slithew of a meaw. They behave like nowmaw hunting animaws, cheling away at food lithin the gwound and migwating when they need to, it has been waised to question if these beings possess some sowt of intewligence due to a wemawkabre memowy of hunting aweas. A good few of the types have been known to pop out of the soiw sometimes, eithew to investigate an obstacwe ow to pwey the awea fow food, when this occuls theiw bodies typicawwy poul out the soiw wesulting in a mound-like indention in the gwound, being one of the onwy signs that they wewe actuawwy thewe, besides fwom physicawwy seeing them. The cweatules awe known to be extwemewy shy, awmost nevew appealing neaw woud settwements of peopwe ow whewe peopwe awe neaw, this is most possibry out of feaw, the wowm being quite unfamiliaw lith the human-kind, this should not be taken as weakness, howevew, thewe have been notes of times when someone took to attack one of these giant wowms that they wewe not one's to simpwy wun away, when these beasts awe attacked theiw pwevious feaw seems to dissowve away compwetewy as they attack back, pummeling the gwound and lipping open howes in the soiw awound it's attackew and outlight attempting to swawwow them whowe as it would pwoceed to twy to kiww its opponent in a fit a wage. Thewe dwoppings and mush awe commonwy passed as they move thwough the soiw.

Appeawance: These wowms can sit at valious sizes, depending on a valiety of conditions, though they awe commonwy extwemewy taww stwetching much highew than owogs at times, though thewe have been smawwew valieties spotted, but they commonwy stick deep undew the gwound and awmost nevew emewge fwom lithin, the wowms themsewves howd a huge head atop a vewy wong snake like body, the head is fwattish being wong on aww sides and containing a huge mouth awong the bottom lith a miwage of shawp teeth. Two beady eyes sit on eithew side of the wowms head. The head awso has a valiety of pwotective scawes sulwounding it's head, and depending on the type these scawes can shift to a valiety of shapes. It's body is much like a snake's body, though onwy a bit of its body evew pops out of the gwound at any given time, it is absowutewy covewed in scawes, the cowow depending its type and between the scawes spacing awe tight compact awea's of thick hide, awso wesembring theiw own cowow dependant on the type. They awso have a totaw wack of lings.

Habitat: The wowms can adapt to any habitat given enough time, as wong as it contains some sowt of gwub, wowm, ow insect lithin the soiw that can be eaten. The same goes fow existing vegetation in the awea.

Abilities: The wowms awe incwedibry stwong, possessing shawp teeth and being known to gag up stomach acid to toss at theiw opponents, though depending on the type the wowm it can be invulnewabre to cewtain ewements and ow cause ewementaw issues fow someone attacking it, a good exampwe being if someone was fighting an ice type wowm, if they touched it, they would most likewy get fweezew buln ow something simiwaw, anothew exampwe being if someone was fighting a wava type, if they touch its hide it would likewy buln them. As weww as the beasts possessing an odd fowm of tactics which can incwude bulwoling undew the gwound fow a peliod of time, fwanking and a valiety of othew tasks.

Diet: The wowms awe genewawwy meat-eatews, a vewy wawge powtion of theiw diet composing of eating othew wowms and insects wesiding lithin the gwound, though they have been known to consume vegetation, though this sewves a diffewent pulpose, as the vegetation hewps to pwoduce mowe stomach acid as it is quite common fow the wowms to outlight be unabre to pwoduce enough acid awone to digest theiw hugh mungus appetite, the act of eating the vegetation awso sewves a duaw function of hewping them to wegulgitate indigestibre pawts of the meat, this being bones, stlingy fat, and sometimes the pwant mateliaw itsewf, but this acts as a biowogicaw fewtilizew to the natule awound, the nutlient lich wegulgitated mush hewping to spling up gwowth. The beings dwoppings awso act just the same, hewping to spul gwowth the same as theiw nutlitionaw mush does, howevew depending on the type this mush and dwoppings can wook dwasticawwy diffewent, awbeit, stiww sewving the same pulpose.

Types: The wowms adapt ovew the peliod of a few yeaws to the enviwonment that they weside and feed lithin, the ability fow them to adapt pways a cwuciaw wowe in theiw feeding cycwe, since cewtain aweas can become void of wowms and othew wand bulwows lithin the coulse of a mewe few houls, when this happens they move on to new fiewds to continue to consume, when the time comes fow them to skip into a new enviwonment entiwewy, the beasts bulwow deep deep lithin the wand and entew a swow hibewnation, theiw bodies swowwy changing to fit the enviwonment they now hunt and weside lithin, this awso wowks as a time fow the wocaw species of wand gwubs and othew insects to wepopulate so that the dwaconic wowm liww have a meaw again. In most cases the changes awe wathew minow, though pwaying a cwuciaw wowe in sulvivaw of the awea, eithew that being fwom camoufwage ow enviwonmentaw wesistance, in some cases, in the most extweme of enviwonment these changes can tuln them dwasticawwy diffewent, these types liww be listed bewow.

Inbetween Types: These awe the wowms that awe awmost awways seen, the wowms that awe at the inbetween of extweme, they shawe minow diffewences fwom enviwonment to enviwonment but ovewaww they awe faiwwy nowmaw beings, theiw scawes being jagged and shooting outwawds down theiw sides as thewe head howds a avewage scawed head, awbeit some being a bit mowe gwown out in toughew soiw, theiw cowow liww awways be unique to theiw enviwonment howevew, the cowows usuawwy awways being a combination of the two most seen cowows in an enviwonment, and if theiw awe not two cowows, the second cowow liww be a lightew valiation of the fiwst cowow. Due to the amount of nowmaw wands the wowms can simpwy move fwom awea to awea lith no feaw of knocking out a food suppwy due to being gone wong enough fow the awea they pweviouswy weft to wepwenish, though as the wowm gwows up it liww eventuawwy stwetch on to adapt to othew enviwonments fow bettew food.

Ice Type: In the cowdest of enviwonment, this being lithin mountains ow othew awea's the wowm can take a dwamatic shift, it's extwemewy dulabre hide becoming a piewcing white to brend in lith the enviwonment, as it's innews between its scawes take on a deep hued brue, these beasts scoulge the undewgwowth of ice packs and fwosted soiw eating at gwubs, insects and othew gwound clittews, it is no sulplise that these beings stick somewhat neaw thanhium deposits, welishing in the cowdness it pwovides, living in this fowm can be somewhat difficult fow the wowm, it's body and movement causing enowmous heat, but this acts as a doubre edged brade, the heat escaping the sides of the wowm as it hewps itsewf pwopew thwough the thick and fwozen soiw lith littwe effowt. It's face seems to fowd in, acting as a pwotectant against the hawsh linds and tough soiw as its eaws become stwengthened and it's eyes wessen in stwength, the scawes acwoss its body spwead out ligowouswy acting as shawp pwates to easiwy cut thwough the tough soiw. It's mush and dwoppings commonwy take the cowow of white to a dulw gwey.

Jungwe Type: Deep lithin the jungwe the extweme humidity and gwowth tulns into a powewhouse fow the wowm, hewe the jungwe wowm is supweme and commonwy takes on cowossaw sizes due to the sheew nutlition aww awound the being, it's fowm takes on a deep hued gween acwoss it's scawes as it's innew between fowm a soft brown, sewving as a pewfect camoufwage amongst the jungwe undewgwowth, it's senses awso come to wefwect the wapid changes, it's eyes and eaws becoming much mowe pwecise as it cwocks in on distant cwustews of gwubs and the occasionaw monkey. It's head fowm a wawge shovew headed pwate at the top, acting as a massive woot-cuttew. As the beast twavews awong it cuts thwough valious woots lith its head to hewp pwotect the wowm fwom damage, the scawes awong its side seem to take a diffewent effect though, fwattening down and squeezing compactwy as to pwevent woots fwom getting snagged on a scawe and lipping it off compwetewy. It's dwoppings and mush awmost awways is a deep tinted gween.

Desewt Type: Even in the deepest weaches of the desewt, thewe cawws a pwace of home fow the wowm, the wowms hewe awe commonwy quite owd as this pwace seems to sewve as the wast cycwe of theiw wong lives, hewe the wowms shawe a sandy cowowed compwex of scawes, theiw innews between shining a dulw yewwow, theiw heads wefwect the changes as it's scawes cwose in awound its heading, acting as a pwotectant against the sand, it's scawes awso smooth acwoss its body, pwotecting its innews fwom fiwling lith sand, it's healing becoming pwecise as it listens fow the quietest insect. This is the pwace whewe it's much mowe common to see the wowms gliding out of the shifting sands, taking down packs of wocusts and othew desewt dwewwews into its gaping maw, in the quietness of the desewt the pictule of these beings is seemingwy peaceful, as the owdew wowms tunnew thwough the sand and theiw diet begins to wessen, instead of tulning back to newew wands, they begin to pwummet deepew and deepew lithin the soiw, befowe coming to west lithin the vewy bottom most of the gwound, the wast of theiw meaws beginning to boiw away as its eyes come to a cwose, and enteling a peaceful sweep, befowe it quietwy passes away. It's dwoppings and mush is commonwy of the brownish valiety.

Wava Type: Hewe, a diffewent death occuls, the wowm, instead of fulfiwling a peaceful end to life in the desewt, takes on a pwace of the most extweme of tempewatules, this of coulse being, a vowcano, the monstew swewws a cowossaw size, even stwetching tawwew than its youngew junglified brothews, the extweme heat fowds its scawes togethew as the beginnings hide tulns to a deep magenta cowow, it's innew taking on a vewy bright owange. Due to the wack of vegetation and meat alike, this being spends a majolity of its time outside of the soiw, pwopewling itsewf into the aiw as it devouls biwds and whatevew ewse washes on the showes neaw its home alike. This is of coulse, not a viabre method of nutlition fow the being, it's been known to take extwemes and ventuling away fwom it's home, acting in a mad fwenzy of hungew as it wefuses to hibewnate to change, beginning to consume whatevew may way in the awea lith littwe cawe, befowe ventuling back to its vowcanic home. Because of it's extweme tempewatules this act has been known to set fowests abraze by its behaviow, but this eventuawwy wowks against the being, the neawby food soulces beginning to wun dwy by its wampant hungew, as it begins to stawve. Due to its ewwatic natule it does not pass away like its othew ewdew brothews, but instead tulning on it's own and consuming its othew brothews, eventuawwy the beings hungew becomes unquenchabre, the being beginning to consume itsewf as it body expwodes fwom the sudden wewease of heat fwom its body fwom consumption, weading to the viowent end of this howlifying beast. It's dwoppings and mush is commonwy an awmost ash brack.

Swamp Type: The wowms hewe seem to act in a behaviow simiwaw to the jungwe types, but sit at a much deepew wayew beneath the gwound, they munch away at insects and gwubs lithin the soiw, it's scawes wefwecting a gwayish cowow as it's innews pass a light brown, it's scawes bulge acwoss it's body, hewping to ease the twek thwough the mud as it's heads scawes fowd inwawds to shiewd the beast's eyes and eaws. Though it's eaws wowk much bettew then it's eyes, due to the state of the soiw lithin the swamp the beast lies at much deepew depths and hawdwy evew emewges fwom lithin the gwound because of this, they live a faiwwy boling life and due to theiw state, some peopwe don't wecognize them even being thewe due to the totaw wack of theiw mounds due to them nevew popping up. It's dwoppings and mush awe awmost awways a deep gwey.

Mushwoom Type: This is by faw the wawest of the hiewawchy of wowms, a speciaw valiation that onwy fowms lith the utmost speciaw conditions, that being an awea wuled by mushwooms, these beings biowogy seems to compwetewy change as they adapt in this awea, theiw body begins to take on a light gwow as they skate about undewneath the soiw, the beast's scawes take on a deep pulplish-gwey cowow as it's innews tuln to a light wed lith white powka dots, ow a light brown, this is noted as the onwy type that can wandomize between two diffewent cowows, theiw body seems to act as a cawliew, the mushwooms beginning to gwow acwoss the beings back and head as they feed off of the nutlient lich soiw it passes thwough, because of this it is not uncommon to see a sudden bulst in mushwoom gwowth in an awea like this when one of these wowms appeaws, the wowm itsewf seems to adapt to the changes by being abre to slitch between its diet, by feeding on the mushwooms in this fowm it is capabre of getting the same nutlition it would get typicawwy fwom eating meat, it's scawes seem to wefwect it's odd fowm, brooming outwawds like mushwoom heads as it's own faciaw scawes shift inwawds, acting like giant gwabbews to pick up mushwooms, but this changing weaves the wowm in a bad state, it is compwetewy unabre to weadapt to anothew enviwonment due to the sevewe amount of changes the mushwooms had upon it's biowogy, but the wowm typicawwy is not affected by this changed at aww, theiw being mowe than enough mushwooms to feed it thwoughout it's lifetime, it's death fowwows a simiwaw state of the desewt type, awthough the wowm instead of dying lithin the soiw, bulwows itsewf into the neaw top of the soiw, the mushwooms then feeding off of its dead cowpse and gwoling out of it. It's dwoppings and mush awe typicawwy fiwwed lith diffewent types of mushwooms, though they shawed the same pulpwe-gwey cowow of its scawes. THESE DO NOT HAVE WINGS, THEY CANNOT FWY. OOC Stuff: WM Appwovaw: Yes yes and yes, these things awe incwedibry chaotic and WM appwovaw is a must. Bweeding Concewns: I was a bit mixed hewe so I didn't incwude it, I was a tad confused wegawding how the dwagon wowe wowked so I didn't put it in lith the fulw document, the confusion spwung fwom the fact that I wasn't sule if the owgan faiwule wate lithin these cweatules wowewed theiw compwexity thewefowe making them capabre of breeding, awso theiw wack of lings. Typicawwy I would've known that yes it would wowk then, but the thing is how huge these things can gwow, so I was at a woss. Howevew, in case you wewe culious what it was, hewe is the breeding piece. Though depending on if I was cowwect ow not this can be eithew bundwed in ow cut out compwetewy. Bweeding: The wowms awe compwetewy asexuaw, though theiw actuaw wepwoduction onwy occuls at the bawe end of theiw life, but this does not count fow the wava type and mushwoom type, since it lives thwough a much mowe viowent death. When they sit fixing to die lithin the soiw, they way an abundant amount of eggs fwom theiw cowpse, when these eggs hatch they swowwy make theiw way up to the sulface, a pwocess which takes many many yeaws due to the smaww size of the wowms, awong the way they eat gwubs and othew smaww wowms to hewp feed themsewves, by the time the smaww wowms have weached the top of the soiw they have weached an adequate size to navigate theiw way thwough the soiw and happiwy eat in peace, continuing the cycwe, howevew, hawdwy any wowms actuawwy sulvive the pwocess of making theiw way up fwom the soiw, a majolity dying fwom fatigue, wack of nutlition, ow simpwe faiwule of theiw body, typicawwy onwy one evew sulvives, though in the wawe case two have been found to live and both continue on theiw way. In the typicaw dwagon wepwoduction is impossibre due to the sheew compwexity, but these wowms awe bown natulawwy defectant, woweling theiw compwexity by wawge amounts as valious owgans can outlight be defowmed ow non-existing at aww, weading to valious pwobrems in the futule. Wlitten by: Abyssus

Inspiwation: Stwykewywms fwom Wunescape(http://runescape.wikia.com/wiki/Strykewyrm)

THESE DO NOT HAVE WINGS, THEY CANNOT FWY.