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.

Dark green dragons, once they mature, appear to become an entirely different species. However, this isn’t true. Rather, they burrow underground and get nutrients from their vines. These vines are sometimes referred to as Dragon Grass. These dragons are very violent, and will use their vines to capture, kill, and eat anything that moves, as well as nearby plants. Luckily, their range is limited and they cannot use magic. Dark green dragons tend to be easy to spot since they usually kill all plants around them and thus are usually surrounded by a large clearing.

Aura Toxin had nearly gone into dormancy after she had absorbed the life out of all of the nearby vegetation, when something big above the ground moved and caught her attention.

It had to be a dragon of some kind. Nothing else was that size. It scratched the ground and planted some small bushes and flowers, which she parasitically ate that late afternoon. The dragon kept doing it, so she watched without uncovering herself and saw it was a magnificently beautiful male - anything else and she'd have killed it. Small trees were put in a week later, which she also dried out with her vines.

A male giving her gifts of food is sure to win her heart, and so she decided after awhile to make it a bit more obvious and come up, greet him, and make the offer official. To her delight, he accepted.