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.

Hottz is an angry dragon, angry at the fact that his was raised without a father. He was at first angry at Redloum for abandoning him and his mother, but as he grew up, he spoke to the other dragons of "Sharz Cavern" and learned of the truth. His mother was desperate and forced Redloum to have him. Enraged by this information, he attacked his mother, and left the cavern. He regularly visits his parents, but keeps his distance from his former home.