Carmine Wyverns are active predators found most commonly in tropical regions. They have a poor sense of smell and are primarily dependent on sight and sound to hunt. These dragons are lightweight and quick, and tend to flee from rivals rather than attempt to fight. When a confrontation does occur it usually involves large amounts of posturing and displaying to make the wyverns appear larger and stronger than their opponents, and one will often surrender and leave without a fight ever actually occurring. They are dedicated parents and usually mate for life, though the degree of loyalty to a partner varies between individuals and within individual pairings.

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.

Carmint often hangs out in the backyard of 31 Variable Lane. The humans think she's a nice dragon who just took interest in their property for some reason, but they know now that she's not interested in eating them. She's not yet ready to tell anybody that they are in her territory because she's afraid of what they might do in response. She only left this section unattended for a week, two weeks, maybe a year, tops! Now, there are humans on it, and it's likely they will expand. Carmint has heard stories throughout childhood of how nasty and unforgiving these creatures can be, and they're incapable of telepathy so there's probably no reasoning with them. As a hatchling, when Carmint hit her sister, her sister would hit her back twice as hard. Their parents warned that humans are like that: if she hits one, they will band together and kill her. Still, this backyard is her territory, so she'll keep visiting it, human presence or no.