A Sea Dragon created as concept art for Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
A Sea Dragon, called Menlui-Sarath in Eltharin, is a massive marine reptile that is the largest of the Dark Elves' sea-going monsters; easily capable of carrying a spired castle on its back crewed by Druchii.[4b]
There are also tales about monstrous creatures living in the placid Tilean Sea called "dragon-fish" that match the description of a Sea Dragon.[3a]
Sea Dragon Cloaks are made from the scales of these creatures. These cloaks can be drawn close around the body to protect against arrows and bullets and are common among the Black Ark Corsairs.[4c]
The High Elves of Cothique are of practical mind in dealing with their dead. Seeing the bodies of the slain as naught but empty vessels, they cast cadavers into the waves. Thus are Cothique's halls not only kept untainted by the dead, but the Megalodons and Sea Dragons of the Cothiquan coast kept accustomed to a hunger for fresh meat.[5a]
The Sea Dragon is among those Sea Beasts, such as the Kraken, that have destroyed convoy ships from Grand Cathay and vessels plying the coasts of Bretonnia and Estalia.[6a]
History[]
Once, long ago the Sea Dragons were true Dragons, ridden by the ancestors of the Dark Elves, but down the centuries they have been infused with the evil magics that permeate the Black Arks. They have mutated, becoming something less than true Dragons and yet more.[1a]
The Sea Dragons have grown so gigantic that they have lost the power of flight and have to spend their lives afloat to support their own weight. Even so, they remain capable of ripping asunder the biggest ships of other the other intelligent races' fleets.[1b]
Legend has it that in the civil war of the Sundering between the High Elves and the Dark Elves a Dark Elf Dragon was struck from the sky by a mighty High Elf champion. The Dragon fell into the sea, where the dark, cooling waters bathed his wounds and provided refuge from the battle. It is said that the Sea Dragons are descended from this beast.[2a]
In the Elven year IV, 455 (-238 IC) Kaledor Maglen discovered the Black Way, a series of caverns in the Underworld Sea that led westwards into the Boiling Sea. The Dark Elves proceeded to capture Helldrakes and Sea Dragons and fashion new seacraft pulled by these monstrous beasts.[4a]
Notable Sea Dragons[]
- Aggraunir - Aggraunir was the first Sea Dragon to be captured by the Dark Elves, and the Cloak of Hag Graef was made from its scales.[4d]
- Mother mine (Debatable) - The few who have seen this creature of the deep in the Tilean Sea depict her as a giant crocodile with great flippers that drive it forward in place of legs, which largely matches the description of a Sea Dragon.
Miniatures[]
