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.

Magi dragons are, as their name suggests, primarily magic users. They rarely use physical forms of attack. They eat anything they can kill, which is almost everything. They won't kill unprovoked except when hunting, although they may kill humans if in danger. Their strong magic makes them one of the most feared breeds of dragons.

When she was but an egg, humans took her from her nest, intending to keep her as a pet. Mestita hatched into a life full of misery: they kept her in shackles, which gave her small scars around her muzzle, forelegs, hind legs, tail, and neck, and only fed her scraps - which was the only food the humans had. As she began to grow, the humans realized she was growing far too big to be kept any longer. She was released from her bonds and thrown into the wild. Because of her isolation from other dragons, she hardly knows how to speak. Plus,from her deprivation from meat, she is half the size of an adult Magi, and is easily intimidated by others of her kind. She only knows a few simple words learned from the kind dragons she has met, like "friend", "food", etc.