Magma Dragons are capable of withstanding the intense temperatures of their element. They live in volcanic regions, their bodies coated in the red hot magma which clings to their scales. They must leave the lava fields in order to hunt, although they require surprisingly little food to sustain their lumbering mass.

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.

Iron is, first and foremost, a skilled blacksmith who takes his job very seriously. He has all but perfected the craft over many centuries, able to forge almost anything upon request, size and complexity notwithstanding. While he does have a sizeable crew of apprentices, including his siblings Cobalt and Nickel, he prides himself on the fact that most of the work is still done by himself. Iron's one major flaw is, however, that he gets distracted by Oxygen very easily, and so his helpers often wind up doing nothing but chasing the nosy White dragonness away.

Iron's volcanic home has become quite famous in the Periodic Clan and beyond; many a warrior dragon drops by regularly to have their armor repaired, including the Clan's royalty. Iron isn't as happy with this as one may expect, though. Throughout centuries of being treated as inferior by the "pretty and useless" dragons such as Gold and the Platinum Order, he's understandably become a bit bitter towards them.