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.

Black dragons are warriors. They are strong and capable in battles of force, but also ample magic users, capable of devastating opponents with their spells. Their bright eyes give them excellent night vision, which is why they generally hunt during the night.

The Night is, like her mother Scarmiglione, very beautiful. Her scales are lustrous and as black as night, her eyes are a deep glowing green, and her shape neither too fat or too thin; yet at the same time she has a strange unearthliness that tends to make males a little wary about approaching her. The Night (or just Night, for short) tends to be rather secretive. She rarely interacts with others, and when she does, it's almost impossible to read her emotions. She is very intelligent, and curious, exploring the farthest reaches of the island or instead staring at something as seemingly insignificant as a spider's web. She often seems to be preoccupied with something or other, deep in thought, staring into space, sometimes even talking to herself. What she has in mind, only she knows. She seems, however, to have something planned that will affect the whole island.