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.

Silver dragons are arguably one of the most beautiful types of dragons. They live in high altitude habitats such as mountains. Male silver dragons hunt and eat meat. While not as beautiful or radiant as females, silver males possess better physical attributes, such as strength.

A doting father, Ziv the Argentine's life revolves around his children, with his daughter Minato the Passive taking front and center stage. He always gets upset when the eggs he and mate Nephele the Astute lay are given away, so he was thrilled when Alexandros the Unmoving kept Minato's egg. However, even though Minato is now a full grown dragon who is not only more than capable of caring for herself, but is also the Ruda Clan's next leader, Ziv can't suppress his overprotective nature, trying to protect and shield his daughter from everything that moves. While everyone knows he has nothing but good intentions at heart, Ziv's constant overreactions and gushing about his children get on everybody's nerves. There is only one dragon Ziv hates: Caelestis the Meandrous, as anyone who doesn't like his beautiful, wonderful daughter is the enemy in his mind.