
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.
Bright pink dragons are one of the few all-female breeds of dragons. Their bright colors make them easy to spot during dragon mating season. They are primarily herbivores, but eat meat during mating season when it is brought to them by a mate. Mating seasons occur once every 200 years and can last up to 2 years.
The second addition to the clan was Erynne. She hatched soon after Lucius, and like all the rest of the clan, gets along well with the stone. Erynne spends most of her time in the Clan Cave. She leaves only occasionally to hunt, for her mate Meech eats only plants. Other than than those times, she is curled up in the cave, filling the mind of nearby family with chatter about things such as beauty, innocence, and kindness. It can be both very soothing and intensely irritating. Elegant and graceful, Erynne is fair but not much of fighter. With a stone dragon adoptive sister that is more than twice her size guarding the cave, there isn't much point anyway. Her bright pink scales glitter in the light and her thin horns curl over her head with an enchanting effect. Her eyes, a pale shade of violet-blue, shine with enthusiasm if she gets animated in a mental conversation. Her favorite place in the cave is a crescent of stalagmites in which she curls up, comfortable and content.