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.

Mint colored dragons are the most peaceful of all dragons; they only eat plants unless they scavenge meat from an already dead animal. They also have no ways to attack others or defend themselves. They are much smaller than other forms of dragons since they only double in size when they mature. Mint dragons are unable to use magic and cannot fly since they lack wings. Their looks have given rise to the common insult of calling dragons "large lizards."

The alliance between the Moss Clan black warriors and the peaceful mint dragons was falling apart. Cylathi continued to attack them with out signs of stopping. Katherine had tried many times to reason with him but nothing had ever work. After the last heated discussion on the subject Katherine had an idea. The dragon tamer ran into the caves and grabbed a mint egg and an abandoned black egg. "There!" she shouted at Cylathi. "These two will grow up together and show you mint and black can get along despite your difrences." The girl dropped them into the nest. The angry black dragon tried to approach but was stopped by Arilyn, the guardian and Quazi, the leader and white dragon. "These two will grow up with us." Quazi said. Then he turned and curled around the nest.

Weeks later Moss Frost and Moss Ink were grown up and living happily together. The bond between mint and black had been established in the Moss Clan caves through these two young dragons.