A mini-Eldrak is formed by a misspelled name from The Belgariad and Malloreon (and prequel novels) by David Eddings. The plural form is "mini-Eldrakyn." They were first identified in the Belgariad OFU. For the record, those capital letters are not typos; canon capitalizes the names of all the nonhuman races. In canon, the Eldrakyn are one of the monstrous creations driven mad when Torak cracked the world. This may be why mini-Eldrakyn have such a low opinion of badfic. For some reason, mini-Eldrakyn love to gamble. They almost always have cards or dice available.