The Jungle

The mutated dragonet was discovered a few days later by a curious group of dragons. A rag-tag band of Hivewings, Silkwings, and Leafwings that stalked in the jungle's shadows. Fascinated by the Hivewing, they adopted him. Raised him in blood and sacrifice to become something more powerful than Pantala had ever seen before. Trapjaw grew into a massive beast of terror - Gigantism gifted him size greater than any other Hivewing, with powerful muscles under a hulking figure. It lurked in the shadows for years, capturing victims to appease the cult members and being showered with praise afterwards. Trapjaw fell right into their darkness, adopted their twisted ways and lost himself to their voices. For years Trapjaw and his followers terrorized neighboring Hives, gaining popularity with each dragon gone missing. Soldiers and hunters roared for its head, but he remained a quiet terror lurking in the shadows. Dragons were abjucted and used in the cult's rituals - tortured, burned, killed. Trapjaw gained a taste of dragon's blood and developed an insatiable hunger. A sickness of the mind and spirit that drove him mad.