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.

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.

Wrongness seems to never be right about anything he says—anything that has factually correct answers, anyway. If he states an idea or assumption, sooner or later, he'll discover he's wrong. He's aware enough of his errors that he's occasionally tried to "trick" himself by saying the opposite of what he thinks, and what he thinks will turn out to actually correct. This was the case when he "lied" to his wife that the ground beneath them cannot slowly shift on its own without the aid of magic, despite believing the opposite. Over the next 40 or so years, studies of Valkemare's geological history were discovered or published, and Wrongness was satisfied that he was right but couldn't prove it. Along with his mate, he resides in a network with a mixed-breed group of easygoing dragons, most of whom are convinced that if he's left alone for more than a day, he'll get himself killed. Some are trying to figure out a way to take advantage of Wrongness being wrong a lot to predict the future.