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.

Paper dragons are not truly living creatures. They are pieces of parchment enchanted by magic, and as such, are very vulnerable to fire. However, they behave almost like dragons. The only place where their behavior differs is breeding: paper dragons cannot breed.

A delicate beast made of tender, fragile parchment, more fragile than the parchment upon which his description is written, Origaminal is the spirit of blissful oblivion. He wanders about with little care, happily flitting between the eggs one at a time to attempt to assist in their hatchings, and to care for the hatchlings. Many times, he is the peace maker between Cerb's heads, there being no such real need for Toulouse, yet.