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.

Though Flame did not grow up around other Hellfire Wyverns, he still has a snappy disposition and a sharp tongue to match his searing-hot, untouchable scales. He's as hot- headed as he is scalding, and burns more than the volcano he was found near. No one had been able to touch him, making his longing for a lifetime mate sorrowful. Eventually, a younger dragon by the name of Purest approached him. Her healing magic was unconventional, always seeming to flow through her blood and keep her from harm; she was easily able to embrace him, and liked to watch him sing out to sea every morning. The day she joined in on his song, was the day he found his mate. They have been happy ever since, with more than five dragonets to their name. Two of their sons live in the lair as of September.