I think the second one is more interesting, but then again i was always taught not to lump description, so people who enjoy reading dialogue might say otherwise.
I WANT ONE OF THEM AS MY PET!!!
and his name shall be captain foot head.
anyways its a really cool creature and would go well with a dark fantasy/horror theme
dragons will always be a useful creature just because it can be modified so easily by a writer, so its almost always a new creature...
you can use Shakespearean fairies, who's physical features are not described a lot during the plays so that's up to you BUT these fairies are cooler then average pansy fairies. Shakespearean fairies can turn invisible, see gods and the more powerful fairies can control the weather, so when the...
if you don't think your fairies are baddass/cool/strong enough to not be a joke then you could take a leaf out of Shakespeare's book and make fairies ultra epic beings, able to use magic to turn invisible, see gods and the really powerful ones mess with he seasons when the get aggro (floods...