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.

Gold dragons are the ones most often killed by humans, who consider their scales to be extremely valuable. These golden scales grant them a high level of protection, similar to armor, and they use this to their advantage in battle.

Xipe Totec is named after the Aztec god of life-death-rebirth. Xipe Totec (the god) was the Aztec god of gold, spring, and the western direction.

Xipe Totec, the dragon understands the cycles of life and what gold represents. It can represent the changing of the leaves or people can be fooled by what they think is gold (yet its Pyrite). Xipe, the dragon, has learned to be genuine, bright, and shining. He is an example for the other dragons, in our family.