The quiet and solitary Tarantula Hawk Drake lives in deserts, digging temporary shallow nests overnight in which to sleep. They feed primarily on large spiders, but will also eat carrion, insects, and larger prey when necessary. Tarantula Hawk Drakes are typically quite docile, preferring to mind their own business. However, when threatened or provoked, these drakes will attempt to stab the opponent with the stinger on their tail to inject a powerful venom. This sting is at the very least extremely painful, and even if the toxins don’t paralyze the attacker, the pain is likely to distract them enough for the drake to escape.

Though it may appear at first that dragons and drakes have much in common, the two are completely separate species. Drakes are smaller and less intelligent than their cousin species, though both dragons and drakes sit comfortably near the top of the food chain. They are always found bearing antlers and leathery wings. Drakes share many of the same habitats that dragons do, and typically hunt in packs.

Arachine, aptly named, is the poster child for all Tarantula Hawk Drakes. He has a deer-in-the-headlights look about him. Refugees' eyes. Arachine is a coward, more prey than predator, and although armed, he uses his wings much more often than the customary sting on his tail. It isn't that he is noble, and wants tranquility, or that he's too lazy, and would much rather be a great big boulder in the desert. Arachine is an anxious fellow, plagued by many fears, and when the time comes to prove some proverbial true courage, you wouldn't see him there, because he'd already be yards away, flapping his large wings as fast as he could.