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.

Yuma is, next to Drache, considered a second in command dragon of the group.  She acts as the teacher and mentor of Nasha, who will one day be the leader of the group.  She is sort of a third parent to the silver dragon, and greatly disapproved when the young dragon chose to have two eggs with Wight, the lookout skywing.  Yuma is, though, very kind and intelligent, and rarely holds grudges for long.  Race, a fellow gold, seeks after her, but for the time being, she has ignored his advances.