The Cockatrice

General Information

Cockatrices seem to resemble chickens fused with dragons. And that is where their similarity with their parents stops. These demonic seeming monsters are still classed as a phoenix, surprisingly, although they tend to not get along well with their family. These dangerous beasts are capable of spitting poison some twenty feet, and the large legs and claws make them formidable, should they decide to jump at you. Many mages opt to not keep these beasts, not only because of their bad attitude, but also because they seem to be only male, making them as a breeding stock, incredibly useless.

Egg Information

This egg looks more like a deflated chicken egg than anything hatchable. Your toads like to sit on it.

Baby Information

This tiny hatchling actually is quite cute, despite it seems to dribble some strange acid all over the ground where it walks. It's not much different than a chicken, although it refuses to be handled. Maybe the stories are all lies.

Teen Information

This tiny hatchling actually is quite cute, despite it seems to dribble some strange acid all over the ground where it walks. It's not much different than a chicken, although it refuses to be handled. Maybe the stories are all lies. Its feathers and scales have grown in now, and you can tell assuming it was harmless was a silly idea. Any attempt to cage it leads to it melting its way through, and seeking revenge on you in the form of spitting acid. Upon recommendation of your peers, you bought a cloak of dragonhide, and thankfully, now you see why it was needed. After attacking your protective cloth for some time, it will give up, tiring itself out on the ground, allowing for you to remove it to another location. It still returns, though.

Adult Information

Your hatchling has grown now, and would be a formidable companion, if it felt any sort of alliance towards you. Instead, it is willing to attack anyone and anything that gets in its way, though it seems to leave toads and dragons alone. Actually, it seems to almost attract toads, for some strange reason. You've seen one on its back more than once, you think, though you may be wrong- since you have not been able to approach it for some time.