Suurkedi are a breed of man-made dragon; alchemy and dark magic gave them physical bodies and minds, and humans used and abused them for years, changing them and making them bigger and better until one day the dragon race rose up against their human persecutors and fought for their freedom.

This is an image that encaptures what suurkedi slave force would have looked like, all those centuries ago. They were better than horses, and man power combined, and were used for things like riding all the way up to constructing great temples and monuments.