Striped Dragons come in a dazzling array of colors complemented by an intricate pattern of stripes. These bright colors and patterns help attract their favorite food, insects. Because their prey is so tiny, striped dragons must spend a large portion of their day eating. The color of the offspring is usually determined by the dragon’s mate.

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.

Lexi was fortunate enough to be born to the Opalescent lineage, and she is one of the few pureblood dragons in her clan. Because of that, however, she sees herself as better than the other, "unclean" dragons, and makes that clear. She ignores them almost all of the time unless it's to provide some sort of insult. Lexi always acts cold and dignified, strutting about her cave like the queen she thinks she is.

The only exceptions to her treatment of the other dragons are her daughter, Opalescent Brightspark, and the geode dragon Tourmaline Dorkface. Those two grew up together and Tourmaline is "clean" just like her, so Lexi treats her with respect, although the two can't truly be considered friends.