Black dragons, also known as skull dragons, were far and away the most vile tempered and cruel of all chromatic dragons. They were solitary creatures that lived in the swamps and marshlands in Tolria, from the northern shores to the southern cliffs of Bastile there were rumored to be black dragon sightings in the dead marshes. A particular legend of an infamous black dragon named Malafar was rumored to have been the fate of many arwy adventuring expeditions.