Salix
“You’re on a first name basis with the witch, are you now? That’s curious indeed. Don’t tell me that you’ve wasted the last two hundred years.” Salix released Quasim from his leafy runners and stepped back from the Rakshasa, leaving his appendages at the ready. Quasim smiled and revealed his horrid teeth. “Please, Salix. I’m unrestrained here and you have no power over me. Try it. I’ll happily end you then find another way to get the blood mage to do my bidding. You did the hard part already.” Quasim fiddled with the contained tree on his necklace.
Realizing that he was right, Salix reabsorbed the long coils into his body. As if to prove his point, Quasim released his nearly human form and grew into a monstrous red, horned dragon. He was massive, easily double Salix’s height and
