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.

Checkered Violence is just as violent as Fellra the Dangerous but has a respect for her elders that Fellra does not. This has resulted in Checkered Violence helping Helen of Hellfire keep Fellra in line, but respect isn't the only reason she does this. Checkered Violence likes female dragons and Helen knows. Helen promised to keep it a secret if Checkered swore allegiance to her. Since then Checkered has learned to be at peace with herself but she would loathe it if anyone found out.