This breed of dragon results from eggs or hatchlings that have been neglected. They are usually rebellious, not obeying their masters, sometimes even attacking them. However, their neglect as a hatchling leaves them crippled, and they are weak compared to other breeds, causing them to stay with their masters for protection.

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.

Verdigris Thaleron is often ignored by the other neglected, because his origins differ from their own. He, a descendant of a beautiful lineage, was neglected intentionally and then lavished attention upon from the moment he hatched. Pampered, taught Latin, and attempted to have been taught cave-table manners, he represents the attention that the other neglected so craved but never received. They are simply incapable of accepting him as one of their own. Nevertheless, Verdigris is a neglected. He is spiteful and upset about his crippling neglected condition and the constant attention. It makes his pursuit of a mate (he has his eye on Lady Dodger), nearly impossible. After all, no neglected would mate with a 'fake'.