Adult Female
Name: Rankesha
Species: Voltarian Plague Wyrm
Birthday: Sunday, October 30, 2016
Owner: Fin
Element: Life 
Plague wyrms are creatures in unnatural stages, brought about by malformed and failed spells. They are often said to be the result of necromancy and other dark magic, but they can come about from regular spells too, on occasion. Where the draconians usually have healing properties, it would seem that this wyrm lives up to its name as perpetrator of malady. Plague wyrms have the unpleasant ability to contract any pathogens their host might be carrying and retain the disease, spreading it with a touch. This is a great problem if a voltarian plague wyrm manages to find its way to a populated city, and many terrible outbreaks have been attributed to these creatures.
Voltarian plague wyrms make their homes in the rocky crags of the southern Alasre Mountains where they overlap with the Etain Desert. They have long been used in Voltar and the southern cities for their healing merits, and so much has been written about them that certain healers work almost exclusively with these wyrms and can work around their handicap. The voltarian plague wyrms are exceptionally susceptible to all kinds of spells, especially harmful ones, and any magic other than their own can alter their state making them harmful instead of helpful. Until the voltarian plague wyrm has worked the magic out of its system it is best kept away from any other living creature. In the wild, these small wyrms are excellent trackers, and will pursue big game for many leagues in order to find a meal. During the seasonal migrations, the wyrms return to the mountains and position themselves in canyons and narrow valleys to wait for passing herds, then lunge at them all at once. It is a dangerous endeavor and the wyrms that survive their first attempt may have to try many more times before they can latch onto a host. The reward is well worth the effort, though, as a wyrm that manages to catch a ride with a herd will have a supply of blood for weeks to come, passing between hosts as it pleases. Voltarian plague wyrms require the warmth of the desert and the volcanic regions, and so cannot stay with their hosts indefinitely. Should the weather grow too cold or too wet, they will depart from their host herd and travel back to the desert by foot.
Sprite art: Tekla | Description: PKGriffin