The Red Dragon Tholaxxius carved a path of blood, fire and burnt-out villages across the African continent. From Timbuktu to Kinshasa, the rapacious dragon has been hiring himself out to various warlords, rebels and terrorist movements, decimating the ranks of the peacekeeping, government-backed forces of the African Union and the United Nations and terrorizing the larger cities from the sky. A popular form of payment for the dragon's services are diamonds. Blood diamonds (also called conflict diamonds or war diamonds) are diamonds mined in a war zone and sold to finance an insurgency, invading army's war efforts, or a warlord's activity. They make for a nice addition to his hoard.