Glaucus Drakes have curious personalities. They spend more of their time sunbathing and idly floating in the water than exploring. Because they move very little as they float, Glaucus Drakes can ambush prey relatively easily. They can dive to surprisingly deep depths, and eat a variety of fish and marine plants. Most of them live in tight-knit family groups.

Though it may appear at first that dragons and drakes have much in common, the two are completely separate species. Drakes are smaller and less intelligent than their cousin species, though both dragons and drakes sit comfortably near the top of the food chain. They are always found bearing antlers and leathery wings. Drakes share many of the same habitats that dragons do, and typically hunt in packs.

Quiet Feather traveled north with Tundra Feather and Cold Dancer, but not because of what he terms "undying loyalty". Since he's a mute, he was never fully accepted by the family-clan they had lived in, and felt that, perhaps, with Tundra Feather he can feel like he actually belongs. So, to be useful in this relatively new world, Quiet Feather has taken on the role of finding out if any plants in the area are useful for healing, or maybe eating if prey is poor. But he knows that after Tundra Feather's first child has grown to be at least a mature hatchling, things may change. His best hope to remain needed in the group is to remain the most knowledgeable one about the useful plants in the tundra; that way he won't be in danger of being kicked out.