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.

Lady Constella Shine has an unnatural obsession with shiny things. She requires special "fashion shows" daily of the shiniest of dragons in the cave. She requests that they all file by her for her to admire their shimmering scales as she giggles in pleasure. She even insists that the eggs of golds, silvers, and tinsels remain in her possession until they hatch. Her mates have insisted that she has gone quite insane, but she turns down their accusations with a simple smile. In her logic, all females have a certain love for anything shiny.