A term used by Bealwit, the dragon in the first Knightmare novella, to describe himself. Later, on Knightmare itself, Smirkenorff was referred to as the Great Wyrm. The word wyrm is an Old English word for a dragon, serpent or snake, with links to vermis in Latin, wurm in Anglo Saxon and worm in English. It is also present in Wyrmslayer, the name awarded to Treguard's sword after he killed Bealwit. 'Great Wyrmslayer' would presumably have been just a tad too immodest.

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