Kalyntri had dominated the Kapsho seas for centuries through appetite and strength. Talrand's demand that the dragon submit, leave or die seemed to him merely another meal announcing itself. The merfolk's smaller body made the challenge easy to underestimate.
Talrand fought with fog, water and a network of drakes. Kalyntri recognised each apparent defence as inadequate without recognising how the repeated magical echoes helped change the shape of the encounter.
The swarm and a violent surge of water finally brought the dragon down, and a drake finished the kill. Talrand's preparation defeated this particular ruler; it did not turn every creature on Shandalar into an obedient subject. Knowledge was the advantage Kalyntri refused to consider.