Red Dragons are similar to typical story book dragons. They shoot flames, can fly, etc. However, they aren’t evil creatures as depicted in myths and won’t go around raiding castles, killing knights, or kidnapping princesses. They live in a variety of habitats, from forests to coastlines to abandoned castles, usually in warm climates, and eat whatever living creatures they can find.

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.

Egon greets the morning with a scowl and the evening with a grumble. He never seems to be happy about anything—but he's not actually angry at anything, either. He always has some reason to be at any large gathering, where he complains. Someone who knows him well will eventually realize that he enjoys going places, he enjoys grumbling, and he enjoys looking at the world as a cynic. If something so perfect as to deny his complaining came along, Egon would hate it with all his heart.

Despite the fact that he especially complains about the young, he was assigned to tend eggs due to his natural heat. There, he spent a lot of time with Alinda Shieldtail. The fact of the matter was, he loved her the moment their eyes met. So he griped at her devotedly. When she smiled at him in spite of all he said, his walls shattered like glass. As he relaxed, she seemed to grow to like him, too. And one day, he admitted he loved her. He didn't do it loudly—he still doesn't—but it was enough.