Hellfire Wyverns are so named for their foul tempers and fiery visages. Their social structure places all females above all males, due to superior physical characteristics and violent dispositions. Forced subservience of the males causes them to become vicious, petty, antisocial, and passive-aggressive compared to the aggressive and social females. However, orphaned hatchlings raised by foster parents of another species can develop surprisingly even tempers and mellow dispositions, proving that their defining unpleasant nature is, in fact, a learned behavior.

Dragons are highly-intelligent reptilian creatures that—from a human perspective, at least—appear to live forever. Many different varieties of dragon exist, each with their own unique qualities, habitats, and behavior. Adolescence in dragons is usually marked by the growth of a hatchling’s wings, although not all breeds of dragons grow wings and some breeds have other traits that indicate the beginning of maturation. In Galsreim, dragons and humans coexist peacefully.

Blueflame the Dangerous is the second daughter of Sun Devil the Ruthless who was mated to one of her half-brothers. Branded a trouble maker as a hatchling she grew into being completely devoted to her mother and and her father's cause. The change is a complete 180, considering that during her adolescence she absolutely would not listen to her mother. Her father's mates, her cave-mothers, took her in hand during this time, being ears to listen to her. No one knows why she changed—just that she did.