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The Vouivre / Wyvre: The Flying Serpent
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Region: Alpines, France
Time Period: Unknown
References in Literature: none
Sources: Nature of Spirit, Spirit of Nature, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons pg 385, Fairrosa, Illiana

Notes:
  • French version of the English Wyvern
  • Called Wyvre in the Nevers
  • Looks like part of a well-endowed female with a diamond or ruby between the eyes. Also has bat wings and a serpent's tail.
  • Jewel is how she sees and she can only be killed if it is stolen, although it is removed for bathing.
  • Lives in abandoned chateauxs and monestaries
  • Guard treasure

Likes to spread out its treasure on Palm Sundays and bask in it's glory, but will usually keep it under a rock and it can only be accessed by humans once a year. This is an excellent way to capture the treasure-seeker and occasional child.

A woman and her son got into the lair of the Voivre.

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