It is difficult to spot a Mandrake unless one sets out to search for them at the right time. Mandrakes absorb nutrients and mana from piles of fallen leaves and rich soil. Their thick claws easily help bury themselves into their chosen feeding spot, so only the top of their wings and tail are left to bask in the sunlight, much like common plants. However, Mandrakes create tantalizing substances out of the energy they have absorbed that are much more eye-catching. Beautiful purple flowers bloom periodically on their tail to attract and show affections to their mate, and surplus energy is stored as fruit-like orbs, stashed away for harder times once they fall off their tail. The ‘fruit’ is a tempting snack for dragons, rich in nutrients and mana, while humans target the blossoms, which are poisonous but can be made into potent amplifiers for medicine. But Mandrakes are not defenseless; if one drake senses it is being pulled at, the whole pack will erupt from the ground and let out an ear-splitting shriek. The horrifying sound is laced with dark mana and can cause extreme nausea, skull-splitting headaches, and even madness in some cases.

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.