A body modification enthusiast, who spent thousands to transform themselves into a ‘human dragon’, has made a return to social media after breaking due to being ‘bashed’ on the internet.
Tiamat Legion Medusa from Texas, who was born Richard Hernandez, had a dream about a snake bite in the 1980s, which they believe turned them into a ‘reptoid’, leading to a dramatic physical transformation.
The ‘dragon’, who uses they/them pronouns and goes by ‘Legion the Dragon’ has since spent more than $83,500 (£61,000) on modification surgeries, including ear removal, tongue splitting, castration, and countless tattoos.
The Texan ‘reptoid’ hopes to add ‘horns’ to their head and plans to have their remaining six teeth removed to get a full set of dental implants designed to look like dragon’s teeth – something they described as an ‘immediate priority.’
Legion also hopes to have a penectomy – removing their penis entirely in a bid to become ‘the world’s first and only genderless dragon.’
After years of being single, they are considering dating again, revealing: ‘The perfect human man for me would be one with no tattoos or modifications of any kind, one that is the total opposite of what I am.’
Legion’s body modification journey started in the 1980s when they were in their 20s, after experiencing a dream that had a ‘very profound’ effect on their life.
In March last year, Legion started their new YouTube channel – Legion the Dragon – to share snippets of their everyday life.
Texas-born Legion the Dragon (pictured), otherwise known as Tiamat Legion Medusa, has spent more than $83,500 (£61,000) on modification surgeries including ear removal, tongue splitting, castration and countless tattoos
Discussing their transformation, Legion said: ‘[In the dream] I found myself surrounded by snakes, of all colours and the snakes were all biting me, and I was very much afraid, but as the dream went on and they kept on biting me, I could see that I was not being hurt by them or their bites.
‘It was when I realised this that my fear began to subside, and I felt safe and at peace, and I was not afraid of the snakes, then I woke up.
‘I can still recall the dream so vividly as if it happened last night, and it was then that I knew there was an important message for me in my dream – it was an omen that I was one of them, a sign of things to come in my life.
‘Today, I believe that when those snakes were biting me in my dream that they were in effect injecting me with their venom as a way to give me that venom making me like them, which is why today I am a venom-spitting dragon, as opposed to being a fire-breathing dragon like many people incorrectly assume.’
Their identity crisis began as a child, when Legion alleges they faced abuse that led to a ‘disconnect’ from the human race.
They were diagnosed with HIV in 1997 and decided to change their life completely by ‘shedding’ parts of their humanity.
The ‘reptoid’ has recently launched a YouTube account with clips from their everyday life (pictured) after taking a break from social media
Legion was born Richard Hernandez, and before beginning their transformation (pictured left), they were a successful VP at a bank. They were diagnosed with HIV in 1997 and decided to change their life
They identify as a venom spitting dragon and want to become totally genderless after undergoing several body modification surgeries in the past 23 years
Pictured: Richard at the beginning of their transformation, when they still had ears and a human nose. Bit by bit, they have gone to extreme lengths to change their appearance
The body modification enthusiast, who has face tattoos and prosthetics, said they either dealt with nice respectful people, or with ‘mean and ugly’ ones
The ‘reptoid’ added: ‘I am removing parts of myself that offend me including some of my physical attributes and also how I live my life today as a creature that is part-human and part-reptilian.
‘Having been to hell and back, having endured so much cruelty at the hands of humans, making myself into something from another species is my way of dealing with the spiritual, emotional, psychological pain and anguish that continues to torment me through my life today.
‘This is my way of dealing with life and the hand that was dealt [to] me.
‘It may not be how others would have handled things, but this is my life, and I will do things my way – and I will continue to march to the beat of my own drum.’
Legion continued: ‘I believe that I am a real and true life reptoid, a half-human/half-reptilian creature.’
‘I can deal with being part human, just as long as I am also part reptilian because, with my being a transspecies, no longer being ‘just human’ gives me a peace that passes all understanding.’
Legion considers themselves a ‘venom-spitting dragon’ – something that is more figurative than literal.
They said: ‘It’s not so much that I have actual venom shooting out of my fangs, but it comes from my heart.
Legion, pictured hopes to one day find love. However, they said they want their future partner to have zero body modifications
Legion, pictured, said they had other ‘reptilian’ friends around the world, but were hoping to make a romantic connection with someone as well
‘It can be either a combination of something good or not so good, depending on a particular situation and how I deal with people who are either nice and respectful, or those who are mean and ugly.
‘My motto is that each is met as each deserves – I use my intellect and words, which can make flowers grow or cut like a knife, and people can be nice, or they get to taste my venom.
‘This is where my happy place is – knowing I have gone to great lengths to find my happiness and finding it in another species.’
Legion added: ‘I have recently warmed up to the idea of dating, but getting started is not going to be easy for me.
‘I have particular tastes in men – and I do mean human men – but my ultimate desire and hope is to meet a fellow reptoid so we can be a perfect couple.’
‘While I have many reptile enthusiast friends around the world, I have yet to make a connection with someone else who also identifies as a reptilian – but I know they are out there somewhere.
‘Destiny has yet to bring us together but it will happen.’
Despite spending thousands on their transformation, Legion the Dragon said they are still not done
The ‘human dragon’ said they felt a ‘disconnect’ from human race after being bullied in school as a child, and said it launched their identity crisis
Legion’s body modification journey, pictured, began in the 1980s, when he was in his 20s, and dreamt he had been bitten by a snake
Legion has also modified their nose in order to make it appear more reptilian than human, and has removed their ears as well, pictured
Legion has changed their birth certificate to show they are non-binary and changed their legal name. They now want to be called ‘Legion the Dragon’
Legion previously made headlines in 2019, when they self-identified as ‘Dragon Lady’ – but fluid Legion has since dropped the title and prefers to be known as Legion the Dragon, or simply Legion.
They have also changed their name legally to Tiamat Legion Medusa after petitioning the court for their gender marker to be changed to non-binary on their birth certificate.
More recently, Legion has joined YouTube, where they explain their lifestyle in further detail.
Last month, they shared a video on the platform explaining that they took a break from social media due to negative chatter surrounding their life decisions.
‘All these years, people have gone out and bashed me on the internet,’ Legion said in the clip.
Elsewhere, they have shared videos of them dancing, with the caption: ‘Celebrating my life both as a male and female, a non-binary person’.
Legion also uses the channel to share various artworks, typically involving bright colour paintings on canvas.
