It was previously believed that purple dragons were exclusively female, but this is not the case. Recent environmental shifts have revealed the existence of both genders of this breed. Female behavior is well known; they are primarily herbivores but will eat meat during mating season. On the other hand, very little is known about the behavior and habits of male purple dragons.

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.

Violetta of Wyrmwood is one of "the four", the first four eggs who were brought into the deeps of that forest and left there on a small clearing in a nest of soft moss. Those four dragons are today the four leaders of Wyrmwood: Rosa, Ivyric, Violetta and Glasduine. violetta is mother of many dragons of all kinds, for example of Drosera of Wyrmwood and of Lilac. Many of them decided to grow up and live outside of the wood.