Pink Dragons are primarily herbivores and only eat meat during the mating season, when mates will exchange kills. When it is not breeding season, pink dragons spend most of their time incubating eggs and caring for their clan’s young. Due to their feminine color, it was traditionally thought that pink dragons were a strictly female breed, but this is not true.

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.

Viridaine belongs to a group of four wandering dragons who came to Thoiris from several different places. He was forced to run away from his clan when he allied with the leader's enemy, drawing the wrath of his clanmates. After this event, the formerly amiable Viridaine became a somewhat cold dragon who keeps his distance at all times, and it took the other three a long time to earn his trust. He is now loyal to the group in a way. Being a talented alchemist, he treats his companions when they are injured or sick, and his knowledge helps in fights even if he isn't very strong physically. The only member Viridaine openly dislikes is Elnyk, an Ember dragon who seems to delight in making his life as difficult as possible.