Kynivar

Among all the deadly creatures that call Lesbos Prime home, one stands out to the Scions of Venera as a true inspiration of dread: The Kynivar is a winged reptilian hunter so perfectly developed for carnage that to kill one is deemed nigh-impossible. Frenetic in their assaults, whipping with their sinuous tails and gnashing with their teeth. Flammable acid is also spewed from their fanged maw, known to set alight and in some cases explode Veneran structures during highly rare Kynivar attacks due to the presence of torches or even candles within. They are not often even seen and have been theorized to naturally dwell in only the harshest environments. However they have been sighted relatively consistently near the Halls of Ascendancy, and the great peak within which they lay known as the Spire of Dominion. The many crags, deep pits and doubtless countless cave systems and shrouded ledges would offer ample nesting area for the beasts, and as such it is commonly assumed that a small population dwell there... however the creatures are as elusive as they are deadly.

Perfect in all aspects to a ludicrous extent, they are sometimes thought to be a creation of Venera. This theory is corroborated in some eyes by their relation to the Halls of Ascendancy, some have even gone so far as the suggest that the entire Spire of Dominion is an engine of power designed by Venera to augment Ascendants, and that the Kynivar had indeed ventured into the cave systems stretching into the mountains heart... and been forever changed by the experience.

Culture and Warfare
The Kynivar earned a place in Veneran culture when an Ascendant, Ilena, became the first to dominate and mount one of the beasts. Utilizing it as a tool of dread and unquestionable supremacy, it thus became the greatest aspiration of the Ascended to follow in her footsteps and take to the skies. The relationship she forms with her mount can be considered more akin to a friendship born of mutual respect, or at least what passes for mutual respect among two beings of absolute dominance.

Imagery of the Kynivar appears often within Veneran architecture and artwork, and for good reason. As a creature it perfectly embodies and plays off of the core nature of their race.