The real story of the Demon in Trebon

Sorry to burst your bubble but it wasn't a demon, it wasn't a dragon, and it wasn't a monster. It was, however, extremely dangerous nonetheless, and I was, in fact, the person who averted the crisis. Here's what happened:

A Draccus is a very large lizard. Very, very large. About ten times the size of a normal human. They are herbivores. Their diet consists mainly of trees. Not leaves, mind you; whole trees. Draccuses do not chew their food. This should give you an idea of how massive they are.
While they do breathe fire, this is used for self defense and as a mating call. They often eat boulders to help grind up their food in their stomach, the same way smaller lizards eat sand or pebbles. They do not attack humans and are actually afraid of loud noises, which is ironic because their footsteps are deafening. They are only dangerous if threatened, and the main danger they present is not the fire they spew out their mouths, but their sheer mass. If a draccus steps on you, you are not surviving the encounter.
Please feel free to read more about them in the excelent book, "The Mating Habits of the Common Draccus." Great read.

Denner resin is a highly illegal, highly addictive substance that releases a euphoric feeling in those who have ingested it. Of course you already know all about sweet eaters, but just to recap, a sweet eater who hasn't had any denner resin will stop at nothing to acquire some, and if that means murdering you for pocket change, so be it.

In the forest bordering Trebon, a man was growing a denner orchard, as it were. He was processing and selling this resin on the black market.

The draccus that attacked Trebon had inadvertently eaten many denner trees while it was prowling the forest. It was, unfortunately, addicted, and it's tiny lizard brain was at least smart enough to understand that when it ate a particular kind of tree it got a particularly good feeling.

It eventually ran out of trees.

It went mildly insane during the withdrawal process.

And it attacked a small town.

Stopping it was no easy task. It involved complicated sympathy, baiting the draccus with more denner resin, and destroying a small Tehlin church. However, I live and die by my reputation, so I'll let you assume the details.

--Kvothe

Kvothe vs. the Draccus