Wyvern

Wyverns are often confused with Dragons, but adult Wyverns are the same size as a young Dragon. Wyverns don't breathe fire, ice, or acid, but they have poison glands allowing them to kill their pray with a bite or tail sting. Their skin is covered with scales

Hatchling 1 to 2 years
The hatchling usually hatch after a two month nesting period. After hatching, the hatchling will be fed by their parents while they gain develop their wings, it takes around 3 months before the hatchling is able to fly. Once the hatchling flies he will stay around the nest to be protected by its parents until its venom glands are fully developed.

Young 3 to 7 years
Once a Wyvern has developed its venom glands it leaves the nest for a solitary life. During this time the young Wyvern will find its own territory by either finding an unoccupied region or by killing a Wyvern and taking its territory. It will hunt and stay alone until it reaches sexual maturity.

Adult 8 to 40 years
At 8 years old Wyverns reach sexual maturity. Males leave their territories to find a mate They travel until they find a suitable partner and then have to dominate her in order to gain her affection. Since there are more males than females, some males do not find a mate in time and have to kill another male to get his mate, but the female is going to fight to stay with the same mate making it much more difficult. After mating the female will lay 1 to 3 eggs. The eggs will be watched over by at least one of the parents at all times, while the other hunts.

Habitat and Population
Wyverns live in the plains and mountains of Varakald, Ardia and Gaeran. They have a territory they will stay in for life and will only accept to share with their mate, a Wyvern will die before letting an other taking its territory.

Diet
Wyverns are carnivorous and will eat pretty much anything living, they enjoy the hunt and do not eat carcasses left by other species. They use their poisoned dart and fangs in their hunt to paralyze their pray, they then eat their pray while it is still alive. They are often seen as a big nuisance to the development of societies since they are not afraid to attack villages and eat the livestock and citizens.

Society
Wyverns are monogamous and will stay with the same mate for life. The two mates will stay together in the same nest and reproduce once each year. If one of the two mates dies, the other will not try to find an other mate and will stay at the same nest hunting and protecting its territory until it dies.