Stygian Dragon

Gargantuan dragon, Unaligned

Armor Class 18 (natural armor)

Hit Points 248 (16d20 + 80)

Speed 50 ft., climb 50 ft.

STR 22 (+6) · DEX 14 (+2) · CON 20 (+5) · INT 8 (−1) · WIS 16 (+3) · CHA 10 (+0)

Saving Throws Str +10, Dex +6, Con +9, Wis +7

Skills Perception +11, Stealth +10

Gear None

Senses Truesight 60 ft., Darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 21

Challenge 10 (5,900 XP)

Lore

Long ago, in an ancient kingdom, a king and queen had three daughters. The youngest, Psyche—her name means “soul” in Greek—was so breathtakingly beautiful that people began to worship her, forgetting Venus (Aphrodite) herself, the goddess of love and beauty.

Outraged, Venus flew into a fury. She summoned her son, Cupid (Eros), the winged god of love, and ordered him to punish the upstart: shoot her with an arrow so she’d fall hopelessly in love with the ugliest, most wretched creature on earth. But the moment Cupid saw Psyche, he was so struck by her beauty that he pricked himself with his own arrow and fell passionately in love with her.

From The Fairy Tale Compendium · Fern Flower Press