Hellfire Wyverns are so named for their foul tempers and fiery visages. Their social structure places all females above all males, due to superior physical characteristics and violent dispositions. Forced subservience of the males causes them to become vicious, petty, antisocial, and passive-aggressive compared to the aggressive and social females. However, orphaned hatchlings raised by foster parents of another species can develop surprisingly even tempers and mellow dispositions, proving that their defining unpleasant nature is, in fact, a learned behavior.

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.

Broadsword is a swift and deadly hunter, who takes whatever catches her fancy, without regard for if it belongs to someone or not.

Needless to say, she is not very popular with the local shepherds and dairy farmers. Not at all.

Not that they express their dislike in her presence. She's well-known to be a literal man-eater, albeit only of outlaws. They've all seen her take on bandit packs, swooping low into the middle of the bands, and soaring back into the sky with claws full of screaming marauders. If they're lucky, and she's in a merciful mood, she decapitates them with a single bite before disembowelling them.

Only one being is permitted to get between Broadsword and her food, her mate Axes flash. He earned that right at their first meeting, when he defeated Broadsword in combat. Torn and bloody, he'd pinned her to the ground, teeth at her throat, mana swirling around over black scales, and he'd demanded submission that she'd willingly given to the strongest male she'd ever met.