#eastern european folklore

A much less pleasant dragon than the ones Drake’s met before. Lamia are creatures of hate and ruin, sucking up water and spitting fire and poison in return from its dog-like head (or heads). Crops, livestock, and even children aren’t safe from them. Children mysteriously dying for no discernible reason are often blamed on the lamia. In its remote homes, beneath the sea or river, or within the mountains, it guards living water, from which plants derive their nutrition. In Bulgaria, it’s reckoned Saint George’s battle was with one of these dragons. While usually reptilian in form, they can take anthropomorphic shape just as easily. It was probably this shape they originated in, deriving from the Ancient Greek lamia and taking on draconic traits as time went on.

Drake may have a special way with monsters, but even he’s wary about her.