the Uktena is the closest thing to a real dragon this continent has and nobody talks about it right

everybody wants Smaug. meanwhile the Cherokee had the Uktena and it's terrifying in a way western dragons just aren't. great horned serpent, thick as a tree trunk, scales that glow like sparks, and a blazing crystal crest on its forehead called the Ulûñ'tă. the breath is pestilential — get a lungful……