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.

Green dragons are also sometimes called "earth" dragons. They usually live deep within caves, and have power over the earth. They are capable of launching boulders at high speeds, and can cause earthquakes by slamming down onto the ground.

Earth dragon Davillion was held responsible for purple Sarnut's death. Blood is the daughter of Davillion and Sarnut the Second, and the seventeenth of the Tolander clan. Because of her strange heritage, she is shunned by the other dragons. However, she does her best to fit in with the other outcasts: her father and philosophic Koontz, and the company she keeps has resulted in a wise-but-youthful dragon.