Field Guide to Floral Dragons 2 - Clematis Dragon (Patreon)

Meet the Clematis Dragon!

The clematis dragon is one of the most recent floral dragons to come into being, with a genesis sometime within the last century. While the origins of most floral dragons are shrouded in myth, the story of the clematis dragon illustrates another way that floral dragons can emerge.

The first clematis dragon was created by Jeor Fandor, a young court wizard, who used transmutation magic to combine draconic blood with floral essence to create a unique and aesthetically pleasing creature for the prince’s garden. While his first attempts ended in failure, Jeor’s notes reveal that extract of frog was the missing ingredient that eventually allowed him to stabilize the mixture and produce the first clematis dragons.

The clematis dragon is small and frog-like with a squat, round purple body.  Adult clematis dragons are about 1 foot long from head to tail and stand only 4 inches tall at their shoulders. They are short-lived, reaching 5 years of age at most, but mature and breed rapidly. Though they need water to reproduce, their adult forms are mostly terrestrial and arboreal. They are excellent climbers, decent swimmers, and they can run quite fast and jump two body lengths without much effort.