(Changing) Swampland Dragonhead

Lore
There was once a hero who killed a cursed dragon. By doing so, the hero inherited the curse and their head was transformed to resemble the dragon's. The new creature was a monster that clashed in combat with humans. He fell in battle and lost his life, but not before passing along to the dragon's curse to the one who had bested him...

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