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.

Unlike most males of his breed, Taleit is a generally friendly creature. He was raised by both Myriam and Cerryn, whose maternal instincts and unwavering kindness brought out the best in him. He is sweet, attentive, always ready to listen to anyone in need of an audience and does his best to help out. Because of this open disposition, the other dragons of the cave are happy to forgive him for his ineptitude—Taleit is both physically and socially clumsy, despite always having the best of intentions. Zembueh's arrival in the cave threatened to make him revert to type until the other dragons took her to one side and made it clear to her that Taleit was to be left alone. She has tried to steer clear of him ever since.