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.

Granoblast is a sedentary dragon, spending most of his time asleep in dragon tamer Marcato's cave. While asleep he looks much like an odd rock formation, and the hatchlings enjoy climbing and playing on the sleeping stone dragon.

Every few days Granoblast will wake up to eat, smashing loose huge chunks of rock from the walls of the cave with his tail. In this way he gets food for himself while also steadily making Marcato's cave larger to allow for more hatchlings and dragons.