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.

Red dragons are similar to typical story book dragons. They shoot flames, can fly, etc. However, they aren't evil creatures as depicted in myths and won't go around raiding castles, killing knights, or kidnapping princesses. They live in a variety of habitats, from forests to coastlines to abandoned castles, usually in warm climates, and eat whatever living creatures they can find.

Dichroic, a red dragon, is generally playful and understanding, taking almost nothing seriously. Even though he is extremely sincere and nice to everyone, he has a fair number of enemies that go out of their way to make things difficult for him. When they confront him about something,  Dichroic treats it all as a joke and proceeds to playfully beat them to a pulp. Dichroic seems carefree, but if you ask his closest friends, the turtles on the shore of the Rio, they will say he is actually quite serious and only acts happy so he can feel happy. They say that long ago, after feeling extremely depressed, he made a pact to himself to never let any dragon see him sad or angry again. After a while, Dichroic seemed to have trained himself to be happy in front of other dragons. Maybe Dichroic's plan isn't working after all, the turtles say, for he has been acting rather odd lately, and spends most of his time grinning madly off into the sky.