Ice Beasties*


Ice Drake – Ice Drakes are creatures of scale and ice. Their flesh is made of a cold blue scale, and their eyes are solid balls of ice. Their innards are also various forms of ice, which through the magic they are, give them life. Ice drakes can be up to twenty feet in length, they have four paws, and a thick bulky body. Folded translucent wings usually rest on the younger one’s backs, and a long tail serves all ages as a weapon. Only some Ice Drakes can fly, a fully adult Ice Drake cannot fly until it has molted an eighth time. Drakes only molt when they mate, an event that happens only once every century. And should the Drake not find a mate, it must wait yet another century to have a chance to molt. Ice Drakes have a very potent poison; it drips continuously from their fangs. Their poison eats away at the inside of their victim with frostbite. It is easily curable by magic, but only if the subject is put into a trance, or is treated immediately. More than an hour of active poison and death is unavoidable.

Ice Imps – Commanders of the Ice Horde, these creatures are small, three feet is their average height. The are the primary magic users of the onslaught and their powers are weak compared to that of flesh and blood creatures. Solid see through ice, these little creatures attack one magic user, and overwhelm him or her with sheer number of attacks. Animated constructs, these creatures have a malevolent sense of direction, and are known for their ferocity.

Snow Devils – Snow devils are made either of hardened snow, or complete ice. While giving the semblance of life, these creatures are not amongst the living. The only way to defeat one is to break it into pieces until it poses no threat. They are so cold, that their hardened flesh is as strong as steel. The average Devil stands eight feet tall, and has four arms. Their hands ends in nine fingers, each with a wickedly sharp talon, save for their small thumb on either side of their hand. Snow Devils are capable of prodigious leaps, and usually hunt in packs of 13. Their two legs, are bowed back, like an ostrich, these help fuel their leaps and give them speed. They are capable of out running a horse in almost any condition.


* A work in progress by Val & Joscelyn Gedamos
Edits & Updates to come