Wormdrake

Olypdaideus
Wormdrakes are titanic beasts that inhabit the Spires. The body of a wormdrake is composed of a black, snake-like thorax terminating in a long, bulbous tail, along with six membraneous wings. The tail itself is the main gloaming focus of the creature, while the head and wings are used for consumption. The wings' membranes can be seen to absorb food and transmit it into the wings, which is then funneled to the stomach in the same as when eaten by the mouth. The head is rather bare, featuring little more than a cavernous mouth surrounded by a messy complex of spikes used to attach the beast to a spire when resting.

Wormdrakes grow steadily throughout their life, but mature wormdrakes are most commonly reported as being a mile in length and wingspan. They spend approximately half of their time gloaming and a quarter sleeping, spending the rest of their time actively hunting. Wormdrakes move from spire to spire by holding on to one with one side of their body, then flinging themselves to another. When walking on solid ground, wormdrakes typically knuckle-walk on their wings similar to an ape. Wormdrakes are considered the greatest known predators of the Spires. It is not fully clear when a wormdrake becomes sexually mature, as their size only increases throughout their life - the most significant change in a wormdrake's life seems to occur when a young one reaches a wingspan of approximately four-hundred feet.