Copper Dragons are masters of stealth, slipping silently and swiftly through the forests and jungles where they live. Often hunting in groups, their prey rarely know they are being stalked until the dragon’s at their throat. In the air they are agile and skilled. Copper Dragons prize family groups, spending large amounts of time teaching their young skills. So great is their love of life and family that they will sometimes adopt orphaned dragons of other breeds to raise.

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.

Skadvinge's egg was damaged when she was still in it, which led to her having a deformed wing. Her parents shunned her and left her to fend for herself. During the time when she was alone, she developed an excellent running skill since she wasn't able to fly.

Skadvinge's life as a hatchling consisted mainly of running away from predators until one day when she was about to give up on life and jump off a cliff, a mysterious dragon with blue stars on her wings saved her and flew her to MidnightCthulhu's dragons. They took Skadvinge in while the blue-starred dragon quietly flew away.

The dragons gave the poor flightless dragon the name Skadvinge, which means "hurt wing".

As Skadvinge grew, she became more friendly and happy, and got along quite well with the other dragons. But she never forgot how the dragon with the blue stars saved her. MidnightCthulhu told her that the dragon's name was Rymienna, and so Skadvinge set out on a quest to find her.