Black Tea Dragons have small scent glands on the underside of their wing arm that release a pleasant scent. Though many creatures enjoy being in the vicinity of Black Tea dragons, the scent is intended to draw in swarms of butterflies. Though Black Tea dragons are full sized dragons, these insects are the mainstay of their diet.

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.

Thanks to a careless chronicler and a library fire, few records of Patrow's travels still exist, and what survived is often little more than fragments of longer tales. He was traveling through time and space long before Daviten was even hatched, and yet few today have heard of him.

In contrast to his immediate predecessor, an elderly, often irritable magi known as Willhart, Patrow was scruffy and clownish, frequently hard to take seriously. Even his breed type was a bit of a joke, as black tea dragons were supposed to care more for flowers and butterflies than for action and danger. Enemies underestimated Patrow at their peril, though, for his comical nature hid surprising strength and ferocity (though also great kindness). Though Patrow is believed to have died at the claws of Gallifrey Weyr, his former home, there are still occasional reports of a black tea dragon turning up in the most unlikely places.