"A thin, pale-grey serpent with glowing red eyes, it will rise from the embers of an unsupervised fire.... The Ashwinder lives only for an hour and during that time seeks a dark and secluded spot in which to lay its eggs, after which it will collapse into dust."
Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them

This was originally going to be in black and white, but I started to play with the delightfully primitive filters in Photo Deluxe, and rather liked the result.

Image © 2002 Red Scharlach

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