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| - Wind Serpents are brightly-colored winged constrictors distantly related to Coatl indigenous to Azeroth and Draenor, though it is unknown if these two species are actually related or just an example of Titan-manipulated convergent evolution. They posses a feathered head and move by powered flight, rejecting a slithering lifestyle almost altogether (though they will still slither amongst the branches they build their nests in). The most common hue for scales is green, although they can range anywhere from dark brown to a faint orange. Interestingly, their plumage often matches their scales yet with red or yellow tips, indicating that they are likely not used in displays.
- Wind serpents are brightly-colored, winged serpents that sport a feathered head. Simply put, they are flying constrictor snakes. These serpents are sometimes found in the Barrens, and they are often revered by local tribes of savage races such as quilboar, who see wind serpents as spirits of the sky. They are distantly related to couatl. (DF 193)
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| - Wind Serpents are brightly-colored winged constrictors distantly related to Coatl indigenous to Azeroth and Draenor, though it is unknown if these two species are actually related or just an example of Titan-manipulated convergent evolution. They posses a feathered head and move by powered flight, rejecting a slithering lifestyle almost altogether (though they will still slither amongst the branches they build their nests in). The most common hue for scales is green, although they can range anywhere from dark brown to a faint orange. Interestingly, their plumage often matches their scales yet with red or yellow tips, indicating that they are likely not used in displays. On Azeroth they are indigenous to a number of locations, including but not limited to the Barrens of Kalimdor, and while not extremely common usually, they are still often revered as spirits of the sky by local tribes of savage races, such as the Quilboars. Though they are not exactly aggressive, they are territorial and will tend to attack anything coming close to their nest, which they build high in trees. Having evolved from constrictors, they are ambush predators that crawl among branches or flying silently from dark nooks. They are swift strikers, moving at lightning speed to take out their prey. Despite having constricting ancestors, they have varied widely in their actual preferred style of attack, using either their whip-like tails, thunder breath and needle fangs to stun, shock, and inject their venom. Some are in this respect have become more like vipers than constrictors, though even more amazingly, some are in truth magical beasts akin to air elementals instead of actual animals, and they can possess an astonishing variety of magical abilities. These magical wind serpents tend to be slightly larger and tougher than their lesser, natural cousins. One such type of magical wind serpent species is the Cloud Serpent. These magical beings and perhaps even their natural cousins have a connection to Hakkar the Soulflayer, being the cousins of the old, old god, with their very spirits linked to him. They also are connected to Al'Akir.
- Wind serpents are brightly-colored, winged serpents that sport a feathered head. Simply put, they are flying constrictor snakes. These serpents are sometimes found in the Barrens, and they are often revered by local tribes of savage races such as quilboar, who see wind serpents as spirits of the sky. Wind serpents are simple beasts that reach sizes of 4 to 6 feet in length and can weigh up to 50 pounds. While green is the most common color, their scales can range in any hue from dark brown to a faint orange color. Their plumage often matches their scales, but with red or yellow tips. Most wind serpents subsist on a diet of rabbits and rodents, but they will eat things as large as small wild pigs or young sheep. While not aggressive, wind serpents are territorial, tending to attack anything that comes near their nests, built high in trees. Wind serpents are predators that ambush their prey, crawling among tree branches or flying silently out from a dark nook. They attack with lightning speed, swiftly poisoning their prey to death. Wind serpents vary drastically across species. Some are constrictors rather than vipers. Other wind serpents are in truth magical beasts instead of animals, and have an astonishing variety of magical abilities. Magical wind serpents tend to be slightly larger and tougher, than normal wind serpents. The cloud serpent represents one such magical variety of wind serpent, in this case one having the ability to breathe lightning. (MGWS 26) The wind serpents that are aggressive use their whiplike tails, thunder breath, and needle fangs to attack their foes. They're found in The Barrens, the Wailing Caverns, Thousand Needles, Dustwallow Marsh, Blade's Edge Mountains, Feralas, Zul'Gurub, Temple of Atal'Hakkar, Sethekk Halls, and Netherstorm. Wind serpents seem to have a connection with Hakkar the Soulflayer. Indeed, the Vale Screechers are said by Yeh'kinya to be "the cousins of an old, old god, and their spirits are linked to him" in the quest Screecher Spirits. He then says that this "old, old god" is the "dead god Hakkar, the Soulflayer". They also have a connection with Air elementals, as Al'Akir takes the form of one. They are distantly related to couatl. (DF 193)
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