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.

Stone dragons have a tough outer covering made of a stone-like material. They eat rocks, using the minerals they contain for nourishment and to keep up their stone outer shell. They rarely move, and are the heaviest of all types of dragons. Although they have wings, indicating flight ability, no one has ever seen a stone dragon flying.

GranitEyes is surprisingly lithe for a dragon covered in stone scales.  Stretching her wings and shaking them in the sun, she casts sparkling light back; the pyrite veins in the granite she loves to nibble on splatter her scales with tiny reflectors.

Climbing is GranitEyes's favorite pasttime.  Occasionally she has been mistaken for a very large gargoyle when resting on a high mountain shelf after scaling a cliff face.  She climbs back down head first, using her wings for added balance and stability as she descends.  

GranitEyes would love to fly.  Sometimes when climbing back, she will leap off the mountain for the last little bit of the descent and try to glide down, but the fast plummets and heavy landings are enough to dissuade her from leaping off the cliffs higher up.