Royal Crimson Dragons are so named due to their massive size and confident, regal bearing. Most of the time they are laid back, ignoring non-prey creatures smaller than themselves, although they will occasionally take fresh kills from other dragons as a reminder of their place in the social order. Although there are few other dragons large enough to pose a threat to Royal Crimsons, they have little tolerance for potential rivals and will fiercely defend their territory from such intruders.

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.

"Ho'ike 'o Pele i kona nani, ka 'ula wena i ka maka o ke ao"

Pele reveals her beauty, the rosy glow in the countenance of the clouds.

One day, Makawela the Hellfire wyvern was leisurely escorting the human child of dragons along the base of a volcano in hopes of spotting new dragons. They had no luck with that, however, they found a red glowing egg. When the child picked it up, the glow reflected upon her face and Makawela's scales, so the child sang the lyrics as mentioned above softly to herself with a little smile. They returned to the cave with the egg, where it hatched, and the child named him Ka'ulawena o Pele, Pele's red glow.

Ka'ulawena quickly grew into a dapper young dragon whom the lady-dragons adored. Ka'ulawena has no interest in any of them; he likes his mother-figure Makawela but he knows that he's not the only dragon with his eyes on her and that she fancies Bilcus the Golden wyvern. He often sits with the Royal Blue brothers and stares dreamily into the still river.