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.

Gold's father's disdain at having a daughter instead of a son was obvious. Her mother was also disappointed when the egg she produced was not a white dragon, but a magi like her father. However, her mother cared for her while her father shunned her, and she has inherited her mother's soft, gentle disposition. Her father, who is the oldest male in the clan, is a fierce ruler. She tries to advise him to the best of her ability, and often Starry becomes a more compassionate and just ruler when she helps him make his decisions. Slowly, she has gained her father's respect and is now considered the equivalent of a princess by all the dragons in the clan. While many powerful males respect and desire her, she has decided to mate with a low-ranking whiptail dragon named Fast Like a Comet whom she is deeply in love with. Some of the more powerful males who fancied her believe that she made this decision partially because she wanted to aggravate her father.