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.

Gray dragons are the masters of the skies. They are excellent fliers and land only to rest and eat. In addition, they have full control of the weather. They are very hot-tempered and easily angered. They will attack any human that bothers them, conjuring strong winds and dangerous lightning.

Lightning tore wild patterns through the clouds while the weeping night sky boomed. Ordinarily, this would be considered a bad omen, but not when it heralds the birth of a Gray Dragon.

Ra'd was born on one such night. His loud squealing shortly after coming out of the crumbly remains of his egg coupled with the incessant booming of the stormy night may be the reason why his mistress named him thunder.

The first dragon of his clutch, Ra'd is regarded as the leader by his siblings. Since his wings came in, he's loved to sneak away from the clutch, especially at night, to make mild storms--he knows how much his mistress loves a stormy night.

He may be hot-tempered, as all fog dragons are reputed to be, but he never takes out his anger on any of his clutch-mates. He'd rather fly off and let the cold air in the upper atmosphere cool his temper.

Inseparable since they were hatchlings, he chose Hua, Pratap's sister, to be his mate.