Since people are sharing creatures.

Since people are sharing creatures.

Nest Serpent: a breed of snake bred to protect the nests of Greenwater communities. It is assumed they were originally bred by the dragons before the servant races of the Water rose up in rebellion. They are now used by most of the egg-laying species of the region from the near human Malana (Feyrik in Ffolk tongue) to the more draconic Ranida (Rik in Ffolk tongue). They can be found in great numbers around communal hatching grounds where they typically watch for a kill dangerous pests such as rats and certain other snakes. Some individuals are known to keep nest serpents as personal pets. They are constrictors with smooth scales of dark green color. Immune to most venoms though only a small number are immune to mal viper venom. Sadly those are mostly identified only after being killed by other victims of the vipers.

Mal viper. Another bred species of snake these were created as a weapon of terror. A bite from the mal viper may result in death for the victim after an hour or so, though many adults survive, but the real danger lies in the fact that those under the effect of the mal viper venom behave in a mindlessly aggressive and violent fashion for almost the entire duration. Mal vipers are notoriously territorial and hostile, seemingly going out of their way and risking their own lives in order to bite other creatures they sense nearby. It is consistently hoped that they will go extinct as their hostility often extends to each other if nothing else is around. However they have persisted in being a threat in the Greenwater. Mal vipers seem to target children, nurseries, and hatcheries as well as their guardians first. They bear a similarity in appearance to nest serpents but have rougher scales and are slimmer in build.