Magi Dragons are, as their name suggests, primarily magic users. They rarely use physical forms of attack. They eat anything they can kill, which is almost everything. They won’t kill unprovoked except when hunting, although they may kill humans if in danger. Their strong magic makes them one of the most feared breeds of dragons.

Dragons are highly-intelligent reptilian creatures that—from a human perspective, at least—appear to live forever. Many different varieties of dragon exist, each with their own unique qualities, habitats, and behavior. Adolescence in dragons 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. In Galsreim, dragons and humans coexist peacefully.

Mandarian has not had a hard life. Of course, his egg was stolen from the dragon cave by the human who calls herself Kako, but he does not remember. The first thing he remembers is scratching and biting through his eggshell and curling, wet and cold, around the warm, red egg beside him. Soon, though, the red egg's heat was unnecessary, for he had a foster mother. Lady Lavender named him Mandarian as soon as his wings grew in, and that has been his name from then on. He always kept that same red egg near him as a hatchling, dragging it wherever he went unless Lady Lavender was near to protect it. Then, finally, the red egg hatched, and he had a new playmate. But, unfortunately, that very same day, he grew up. He dedicated himself to staying with that red dragon for the rest of his life, for in the short time they'd been hatchlings together, they'd become best friends.