Dragons are intelligent creatures, extremely territorial, and notoriously maternal. It was a fortuitous turn of events, then, that this Hebridean Black was a male – born in captivity and studied by wizards for all its twelve years. The great winged critter lay in waiting for its keepers to return. Still dangerous of course, its rough black scales ran sharp down its back and tail, which was tipped like an arrow. It had brilliant purple eyes, keen and capable in darkness. At thirty feet long, it was a competent and formidable foe.