Character from Mage Errant by John Bierce
An ancient sunwyrm dragon of terrifying power aligned with the Havath Dominion — who never forms warlock contracts despite possessing power that could reshape continents, making her motives perpetually opaque.
Heliothrax is power without explanation. She is among the most formidable Great Powers on Anastis, aligned with the Havath Dominion not through contract or compulsion but through choice — and she has never explained that choice to anyone's satisfaction. She never forms warlock contracts, never shares her affinities, never binds herself to lesser beings in any way that might create obligations or vulnerabilities. This makes her uniquely terrifying. Warlock contracts are how Great Powers build alliances, share power, and create mutual dependencies. Heliothrax's refusal suggests either supreme confidence, supreme paranoia, or knowledge of something about the warlock bond that others have missed. Her alignment with Havath gives the Dominion a military asset that tips the balance of power on Ithos, and her opponents must plan around a variable they cannot fully predict.
A sunwyrm dragon of breathtaking and terrible beauty. Her scales blaze with captured sunlight — gold, white, and burning orange that shifts like molten metal. She radiates heat and light intense enough to scorch the ground beneath her. Her eyes are miniature suns, and looking directly at her in full radiance risks blindness.
Also known as: Heliothrax, the Sunwyrm, Kraken-Eater, Queen of the Dawn