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Slyrak is one of the few known Eldwurms, a race of wise and powerful dragons. He is best known for merging his being with Davion by spilling both of their blood and allowing them to mingle, channeling his gifts through the Blood Route and into Davion.

War with Yulsaria
Many centuries ago, in the white and frigid lands of the north, the Frozen Witch Yulsaria ruled, summoning blizzards and hail storms upon those who displeased her. Commanding her armies of ice golems who snuffed out all warmth, she pushed southwards to expand her territory through conquest. Angered by her ambitions, Slyrak rose and melted the golem army with his fire breath. He then continued northward, burning away at Yulsaria's empire until it was destroyed.

Chronicle of Thesos: A Folk of the Keens
Although not explicit, the third missing dragon featured in this entry of the Archronicus is heavily implied to be Slyrak. It's uncertain if this incident happened after his fusion with the Dragon Knight known as Davion or not.

This incident involved two dead dragons: one big and one small—the latter of which was stated to be nowhere near fully grown akin to a wyrmling—dark blue in colour and both slain by immolation, evident in their charred corpses. Their corpses were found at the edge of the grain stock lands, owned by a grain farmer. Around the corpses of these dragons were the footprints of a larger beast, whose marks on the soil were large enough for a full grown Keen to lie down in. The trail of prints ended at the edge of the field, implying that the creature took flight there. Responding to the rumour that reached the High Bell about the pair of dead dragons, the Keen Thesos arrived at the scene and speculated that this was the doing of a grand dragon from the stories of old, who is said to still live in the southerly wastes.

With the good faith of his father's name, and the promise of immediate removal, Thesos purchased the rotting corpse of the smaller dragon and hauled it behind his trusty zonkey to bring it to his father's lands where he will study it. He spent several days disarticulating and boiling the corpse and spent a full night subjecting the bones to wax inurement. At last, the skeleton was ready for him to study in the great hall.

Thesos drew his observations with careful ink, noting the size and shape of each bone. He was surprised by the structure of its wing and the architecture of its shoulder. He found that the bones were very light despite being very tough, more like the bones of a bird rather than a creature with scales and teeth. It's interesting to note that the dragon skeleton resembles Slyrak himself, implying that this dragon and Slyrak belonged to the same species.

However, the dragon skeleton was not the real curiosity. Much to his surprise, Thesos found the fragments of an old shield in its insides. It intrigued him because dragons are known for carrying steel in their gullets to help gnash and grind their food for digestion. A dragon's gullet is also where they originate their fire breath, so it perplexed him that they would also keep steel or any similar material in an organ where fire is generated. But what truly surprised him was the shield fragments. Piecing them together, these fragments formed a shield that bears a dragon crest, the seal of the Scaled Knights of Uthorian—an ancient order that is obscure.

Death and Rebirth
Knight Davion's safari for his old foe Slyrak culminated with a disappointing reward. The dreaded Eldwurm Slyrak had grown senescent and frail, his wings tattered, his few remaining scales afflicted with scale-rot, his fangs ground to nubs, and his breath that once destroyed kingdoms dropped nothing but gouts of flame.

Seeing no honor to commit dragon-murder on a weak and defenseless foe, Davion prepared to leave his old foe to die in peace. But Slyrak whispered into his thoughts a plea so that the knight may honor him with death in combat. Davion agreed and found himself rewarded beyond expectation for his act of mercy. As he sheathed his blade into Slyrak's breast, the dragon pierced his throat with a talon. Their blood spattered and mingled, allowing Slyrak to send his power along the Blood Route, imbuing Davion with all of his strength and centuries of wisdom. Slyrak's death sealed their bond and the Dragon Knight was reborn.

Personality and Mannerisms

 * Slyrak is known for his ire.
 * No mere dumb beast, Slyrak possesses centuries worth of wisdom.
 * According to, Slyrak lacks the temperament that he seeks in his mounts.
 * Like the stereotypical dragon, Slyrak often hoards gold in his lair. Davion inherits this tendency as well.

Scaled Knights of Uthorian
Long before he became the, Knight Davion spent years pursuing and hunting Slyrak. Following his fateful fusion with Slyrak, he realized from that experience that a deal with a dragon is dangerous, and that one must only commit to a dragon's deal if they are prepared to keep their end of the transaction.

His infusion with Slyrak gave him the abilities of the legendary Eldwurm himself. The source of his draconic powers, Slyrak's now flows through his veins, imbuing him with twice the vitality of an ordinary knight. Plus, Slyrak's blood is also what allows Davion to take on his dreaded and other dragon forms, thanks to its versatile, transformative powers that allow him to draw strength from more than just a single dragon. He also inherited Slyrak's power to. 's description states that his dragon talents are combined with his knightly skills, making him a vicious opponent in melee combat.

Now an ageless knight, his valor has been fused with the Eldwurms' wisdom that he got from Slyrak, both of which are the source of his nobility. He also has skills and power that are said to be beyond mortal knowledge.

Davion wears a suit of dragon-forged armor sourced from Slyrak himself. Within this armor is Slyrak who is dormant when he is not manifested, and within the manifested Eldwurm is the Dragon Knight himself. He warns against waking them both in any of these states, which will bring unknown but unpleasant consequences. This armor doesn't seem to be static, because it can grow stronger. Some of the gold that he collects is melted down for armor, possibly used to decorate his plates.

Just like his armour, his shield is made from the scales of Slyrak. With all of this dragon-forged equipment, it's quite possible that his sword Wyrmblade is also dragon-forged and sourced from Slyrak himself. The shield that Thesos found in the guts of a dragon looks to be the same as Davion's shield. According to Thesos, said shield bears a dragon crest, which is the seal of an ancient order called the Scaled Knights of Uthorian. Seeing how this shield comes from Slyrak, the Eldwurm may have a relationship to this knighthood.

Acquiantances
Siltbreaker is impressed by Slyrak and perhaps his power. The fact that he's impressed by him but not the Nothl Realm says a lot about the Eldwurm.

has respect for the power of Slyrak.

knew Slyrak long before he merged with Davion. When meeting the latter, Auroth will remind him that he is nothing like the Slyrak that she knew. She also states that he did something wrong before, and now its consequences are catching up to him. Whether she is talking to Davion or Slyrak or perhaps both of them is unknown.

Enemies
Fearing what could happen if nearby Dragons ever took a vested interest in White Spire, Anessix compelled Davion with her mind control to kill a bunch of dragons. Her control wore off and Davion returned to his senses, enraged by the demon's actions. To avenge the slain dragons, Slyrak rallied his dragon allies to attack Anessix.

In Dota Underlords, seeks to kill Slyrak. Interestingly, Lich also did something wrong to Auroth, implying that he's ill-disposed to the Eldwurms for some reason.

Yulsaria roused the anger of Slyrak when he eventually heard of her southward expansion. In response, he destroyed her and her armies with his endless flame.

Habitat
It's implied that Slyrak lives somewhere in the southern part of the world. According to Thesos, there are old stories about a grand dragon that some say still lives in the southerly wastes. He connected these stories with the evidence that he found about a dragon-strike that was caused by a massive dragon who incinerated two lesser dragons on a grain farmer's field, a grand dragon who is implied to be Slyrak himself. This is supported by the fact that Yulsaria's southward expansion from the cold north provoked Slyrak.

Powers
In his last moments living in a pure but frail body, Slyrak had the ability to speak directly into the minds of others. He used it to slip his whispered voice inside of Davion's thoughts, pleading the knight to honor him with death in combat.

Slyrak's immortality is based on his ability to reincarnate in another body. Allowing himself to bleed at the hands of his killer and shedding his slayer's blood too, Slyrak gave his power out along the Blood Route where his blood and Davion's blood mingled, imbuing the latter with all of the Eldwurm's strength and centuries of wisdom. The Dragon's death sealed their bond and the both of them were reborn. A rogue aspect of Spectre states that Slyrak will live again even after Davion's death, possibly referring to his reincarnation.

Like most dragons, Slyrak has the ability to. In life, he has burned many other knights to a crisp, destroyed the icy empire of Yulsaria and might've incinerated two dark blue dragons—one big and one small, the latter of which resembled his form—on a grain farmer's property.

Slyrak's is a powerful bodily weapon. His tail is tipped with a flat kite-shaped tail lined with three small horizontal spikes on both sides.

Along the Blood Route, Slyrak transfused his to Davion, transferring all of his strength and wisdom. His lifeblood also grants Davion twice the vitality of an ordinary knight, regeneration, and transformative power that allows him to turn into a dragon. For a chosen few who have received dragon blood, the magic runs unusually thick, its effects are magnified and distorted. In these rare recipients, the reach of the transformation is extended, drawing strength from beyond a singular dragon, and reaching way back into the oldest ancestral strains of dragon, such as eyeless armored dragons that once terrorized whole kingdoms and raged wars across the countryside.

No longer in a pure body of his own, Slyrak's existence in the world now depends on Davion manifesting him through an. Besides the fiery red Slyrak, he can also appear with green skin and acid breath or blue skin and icy breath. With, his form becomes that of a black dragon's and his projectile breath is a dark orb.
 * These different forms may be gameplay mechanics, but Slyrak's green form was released as a card in Artifact Foundry, implying that it is related to the lore. It is possible that all of these forms are dragons from different species made distinct by their breath attack. Or perhaps Slyrak and these green, red, blue, and black dragons belong to the same species with a wide range of abilities. After all, Slyrak is not a unique specimen, since a younger dark blue dragon studied by Thesos resembled Slyrak's form.
 * Davion's transformation goes beyond one dragon, which might explain the many dragon forms that he has.
 * According to the Morphling, Davion is a dynamic person, just like the shapeshifting elemental. He may be referring to Davion's transformative power and how it isn't limited to just one form of dragon. This may explain the many forms and powers that Slyrak can have when he springs forth from Davion.