Dragons are creatures with nearly unlimited life spans. They can survive for long periods of time, and no one has found a dragon that has died of old age. Adolescence 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. Once they hit adolescence, hatchlings change quickly, maturing to their full forms in only 2 years.

Dragons don’t communicate with each other verbally, but they will growl to scare off predators and frighten prey. Young dragons will emit an extremely high-pitched squeal when they are frightened. To communicate, they use telepathy with each other and to speak to other creatures.

Sunset dragons are closely related to sunrise dragons. However, their behaviors differ greatly. Sunset dragons generally live alone or in small packs. They are more active in the evening, hunting and performing all of their daily tasks as the sun sets.

Shemech is a leader-born dragon with a lot of charisma; every time he speaks everyone stops talking and listens to him. He cares for her mate, Ayael, and loves their children, and even though he can be strict he is always fair. What happened between him and Hiervan d'Estrial is taboo, and even though he abandoned Saika, their child, he always regretted it, but even so he doesn't want to recognize his own cowardice.