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.

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.

GoldenSun is, in his own mind, a king amongst dragons. His pride and vanity are his greatest weaknesses. This, however, does not make him undesirable to spend time with. Animated and long-winded, his favorite pastime is telling stories to anyone who will stop to listen. The fledglings in particular find this to be one of their favorite activities and it is not uncommon to find GoldenSun spinning some tale of adventure and far off places to a group of fledglings curled up on mats and listening with rapt attention.