Hellfire Wyverns are so named for their foul tempers and fiery visages. Their social structure places all females above all males, due to superior physical characteristics and violent dispositions. Forced subservience of the males causes them to become vicious, petty, antisocial, and passive-aggressive compared to the aggressive and social females. However, orphaned hatchlings raised by foster parents of another species can develop surprisingly even tempers and mellow dispositions, proving that their defining unpleasant nature is, in fact, a learned behavior.

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.

Sledovat, sick of the petty Hellfire males, broke long family tradition and took an Ember dragon for her mate. She chose Pravomoc as a mate worthy of her rather than one she could dominate, for she wanted none of her children to been seen as less than any other dragonling. Her sons would be just as strong as any other Hellfire's daughters and her daughters would be the strongest any Hellfire had known. In Sledovat's eyes, her children would have no equal.