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.

Behold, seeker of the dragon lore, Igni gena of the Hellfire Wyverns. His name means "fire-born" and was chosen for obvious reasons. His behaviour and character generally conform with that typical for males of his breed. The choice of his first mate proves that young adult dragons seem not to be very picky and head more for the available than the suitable. But maybe he also chose a female of a different breed because of the dominance of the females of his own breed. His mate abandoned him and the egg as soon as it was laid, and this was the moment when Igni gena began to show behaviour patterns very uncommon for male dragons, not to speak of the foul-tempered male Hellfire Wyvrens: He took care of the egg, building a nest in his cave for it and breathing fire on it rather tenderly. It remains to be seen whether his attempt at parenting will bear fruit and how he will react to the hatchling that might be born from the egg.