Dragons

Wyvern

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Wyvern look much like birds. They have two legs and a pair of wings. Sometimes these wings are depicted as "hands", such that they can claps each other when the wings are folded.



Wyverns are usually small and have wedge-shaped heads, but are sometimes depicted with smaller, more rounded heads. In addition to a beak-like jaw, which would be necessarily for the wyvern to carry food, the wyvern might also have a stinger tail. Rather, a tail with a poison sting at the end of it.

Finding wyverns in history is harder then it appears. It seems as if they have been adapted from their cousins the Western Dragons. They are depicted on shields, banners, and coats of arms for quite some time. They are a sign of strength, power, and endurance.