Gold dragons are the ones most often killed by humans, who consider their scales to be extremely valuable. These golden scales grant them a high level of protection, similar to armor, and they use this to their advantage in battle.

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.

Ocheron Sunscale tends to have rather bad luck with adventurers. You see, her mate is a black dragon, so when they see a large, vicious looking dragon sleeping next to a pile of gold colored objects, they assume that the gold is the dragons horde...

One particular thief even went so far as to stick a pick into her leg when he found that the gold appeared to be in one large lump...

Needless to say, she torched the moron.