Pygmy Dragon
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Pygmy dragons (or dwarf dragons) are the smallest draconic beings ever recorded. Easily recognizable by their size alone, Pygmy dragons are usually no bigger than a cat or a small dog. However, their size should not be mistaken for vulnerability. They will almost always travel in packs or even swarms, overwhelming their prey with savage strikes and bites, tearing into their enemies viciously.
Similar to Wyverns, their bodies are quite similar to their dragon counterparts, sometimes having four legs, other times having two like wyverns. Always a pair of leathery wings, scaly hides, long tails (often dotted with spines), sharp short teeth and vicious claws.
Unlike Wyverns and most other Wyrms, Pygmy Dragons cannot breathe fire or much else other than air. Whether this is attributed to their small stature or some other defect with their bodies, it is unclear. However, not once has a Pygmy Dragon been known to breathe fire. Instead, Pygmy Dragon’s rely on their size, their speed, their size and their numbers to annihilate their prey, behaving much like bees.
Pygmy Dragons travel and hunt in swarms rather than alone, overwhelming their prey with sheer numbers. Like the rest of their kin, they are predatory and feed on meat, usually attempting to subdue their prey one way or another, sometimes blinding, biting ankles, attacking their victim’s throats, etc.
Amongst themselves, like bees, Pygmy Dragons are mostly males, workers for the rest of the flight. They are led usually by a single female, a Queen much like bees, and work to serve her. The queen is usually three times as big as the males, but wingless, remaining in their nest to breed. When there is a shortage of food, the Queen will often eat some of the worker Pygmies, their lives practically fully dedicated to her.
