Family: debated, wyvern or lesser drake
Scientific name: quadwing aeropoint
Diet: pollinator, hemovore
Conservation status: critically endangered
Can be kept as pet?: currently illegal
This dragon is capable of flapping its wings over three hundred times a second, but it's primary power wings are incapable of providing direction, so it uses secondary driveways attached to its arms in order to produce forward flight. This dual wing system allows them to fly in place, backwards, sideways, upside down, aerially strafe, rotate in place, and reach speeds of 115m/s from standstill in 2.8s, making them both the fastest flyer and accelerator in the known aerial world over short distances. They are capable of outrunning a diving peregrine falcon or skyfall snowswooper, however they cannot hit this speed consistently, as it burns so much of their energy that they are only capable of moving this speed for less than a second.
It uses nature magic to extract all nectar from plants it visits simultaneously, saving the energy required to make trips to each flower.
Human monoculture and industrialization has greatly reduced its food sources, causing it to attempt to consume other fluids as a replacement for nectar, such as carbonated beverages, blood, fruit juices, and industrial waste. Fruit juice is the only healthy alternative that has been recorded, and many people in country settings fill feeders with synthetic nectar to feed these dragons.
A common nickname is the scaley quartet, as the sound of a nearby quadwing in flight resembles the harmonization of a barbershop quartet.
Its status as a drake is debated due to it's front talons providing additional use as wings, and its status as a wyvern is debated due to having a total of six limbs dedicated to motion. This has been an ongoing issue for thirty years. A recent petition has categorized it as an amphiptere, which has actually made the issue worse.
IT HAS LEGS IT'S NOT AN amphiptere!
(Hi, Pyri here. Paige and the professor got into an argument about whether it's a drake or a wyvern. To be on the safe side, they're putting it in both categories, but in case you're curious, paige says it's a drake, And the professor says a wyvern. They've been arguing about it all week. Personally, I think it's its own thing, but i'm not a dracologist, soo... anyway, here's a picture from memory, their blue, brown or orange, I think. Maybe purple? Or green?)
