Black Ice Drake (Níðhöggr strain)

The Black Ice Drake of the Níðhöggr strain first appears in Dark Age as a colossal 30-ton apex predator native to the frozen wastes of Mercury. Its glossy black scales, nine lateral tusks, triple-horned crown, and razor-edged wings mark it as a genetically engineered terror designed to dominate the planet’s ice-locked battlefields. Across the series, the drake evolves from a solitary, territorial beast into a living weapon whose presence reshapes military strategy and the ecology of entire regions.