Bestiary of the Forgotten Realms

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Dragon

Pyraxis the Eternal

Danger: Extreme Habitat: Volcanic Peaks

Ancient wyrms who remember when mountains were young. Their breath forges new minerals in the earth, and their dreams shape the weather for leagues around. To see one is to know your place in the cosmos.

Legendary

Phoenix

Solara Reborn

Danger: Moderate Habitat: Sacred Groves

Neither bird nor flame, but the memory of both. Each death teaches them something new, and they have died ten thousand times. Their tears heal; their feathers ignite hope in the hopeless.

Legendary

Unicorn

Moonweaver

Danger: None Habitat: Twilight Meadows

Guardians of innocent dreamers and lost children. Their horn holds starlight condensed over centuries. They appear only to those who have forgotten how to lie, which is why so few adults ever see them.

Rare

Griffin

Skyclaw Sentinel

Danger: High Habitat: Mountain Spires

Born where eagles dare not fly and lions fear to tread. They guard treasures not of gold, but of secrets—the last words of dying kings, the locations of forgotten libraries, the true names of storms.

Uncommon

Kraken

Thalassion Deep

Danger: Catastrophic Habitat: Abyssal Trenches

The ocean's oldest nightmare, dreaming in depths where light has never reached. Sailors say it doesn't hunt ships—it simply forgets they aren't toys. Its tentacles have mapped coastlines that no longer exist.

Legendary

Cerberus

The Three Who Watch

Danger: Absolute Habitat: Gates of Below

Three heads, three minds, one eternal purpose. The left sees your past sins, the right sees your future ones, and the center knows why you've really come. None have passed without permission twice.

Mythic

Siren

Melodine of the Reef

Danger: Deceptive Habitat: Coral Kingdoms

Their songs don't lure sailors to death—they lure them to truth. Most men simply cannot survive hearing what they actually are. The kind ones sing lullabies instead, granting peaceful sleep beneath the waves.

Rare

Basilisk

Petrifax Rex

Danger: Fatal Habitat: Ruined Gardens

King of serpents, whose gaze turns flesh to stone and stone to dust. Gardens of statues mark its passing—former heroes, all. The wise approach walking backwards, guided only by shadow and instinct.

Uncommon