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.

Guardian dragons have large shields on the end of their tails. Although the shields appear to be heavy, they are light, yet nearly unbreakable. Guardian dragons use their tail-shields, as well as their wings, to deflect attacks and protect others. Often, they will guard the eggs and hatchlings of a nest while others are away. They are generally peaceful, and will not retaliate unless necessary. They have no need to forage or hunt, as they are fed by those they protect.

Shaeras is like most mothers: extremely protective of her hatchlings. However, her fierce protectiveness extends to all dragons of her clan, and any dragon in distress. Occasionally the guardian dragon will find herself shielding a stray human from harm, though those cases are few and far between. Generally Shaeras does not leave the cave, letting her charges bring her food while she protects the younger and therefore more vulnerable eggs and hatchlings. Her largest downfall is that she holds little value for her own life or the lives of those that she is not protecting, and as such has no qualms in killing any human or other creature who bothers her or her charges, and sometimes Shaeras's focus will not be where it is supposed to be; protecting the other dragons of her clan...