The Wyverns are the greatest weapon of the Paolemern Empire—and perhaps its most feared. Possessed exclusively by the Empire, their procurement, rearing, and mastery remain among the most closely guarded secrets of the Ardulai and their sacred rites. Beyond the innermost circles of the priesthood, none truly know how wyvern eggs are discovered, hatched, or bound into obedience.

In the wild, Wyverns hunt with the cruel efficiency of great birds of prey. They seize victims in their immense talons, carry them high into the clouds, and cast them down to shatter upon the earth before descending to feed. Though terrifying in the air, they are markedly less graceful on land, using their vast wings as crude forelimbs to drag and propel themselves forward. Yet even grounded, a Wyvern can charge with startling speed and ferocity, likened by many survivors to the fury of a maddened bear.

Entirely carnivorous, the beasts feed upon sheep, goats, horses, and humans alike. Curiously, however, they are said to attack humans only upon command. This unnatural obedience has long fuelled rumours that the bond between master and wyvern is not one of training alone, but something older, darker, and deeply entwined with the rites of the Ardulai.

To the peoples of Marcia, the shadow of a wyvern overhead is not merely the sign of a monster—it is the will of the Empire itself descending from the skies.