Skywing Dragons spend most of their lives flying in the air. They hunt from the air, diving at prey from above, and land only to rest. They are some of the fastest fliers, capable of extremely high speeds. The webbing at the end of the tail acts as a rudder, allowing them to easily change direction during flight.

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.

Rodansa's unpleasant disposition, odd mannerisms and fascination with his own tail combine to form a character who does not immediately endear himself to most of the other dragons he meets. As a hatchling, he quickly grew used to taunts of all kinds, some less deserved than others; now that he has matured, the young dragons he grew up with no longer have to put up with him, but he still encounters verbal abuse on a reasonably regular basis. He has a personal rule of countering each and every jibe with the most scathing retort he can manage, and—thanks to ample practice—his responses can be quite witty. The main problem is that, because his lifestyle is a vagrant one and most dragons don't actually want to stay near Rodansa for long, nobody is ever around to receive these replies. Even so, Rodansa tends to deliver these anyway, so the effort is not wasted.<br/>When not insulting the open sky, Rodansa enjoys carefully picking bones out of his meat and flying in wide circles.