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.

One of Stithy's burrows is next to a human's cottage at the edge of town. The man doesn't know when the drake moved in or if his home was always there and he failed to notice. The human smith discovered the little guy when he laid an anvil outside atop the tunnel, and Stithy squeezed out, hissing and threateningly holding up his tail. Aside from that first little mishap, both are amiable towards one another, and the drake learned to respond to the word "Stithy" and occasionally eats table scraps and bugs left out for him. Sometimes, he sits at the human's feet so he can be petted. Still, the man knows it's not a good idea to bother him too much. In fact, since he hasn't a chance to examine his drake neighbor closely, he doesn't know if Stithy is a he or she, but he uses "he" anyway for convenience.