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.

Val is moody, aggressive, rude, and volatile. His belligerent behaviors led to his mother and father disowning him. In other words, he's the direct opposite to his sister Rive. In every way. He is very impulsive and gets into numerous fights, never considering how dangerous that is. He was born with an affliction similar to his father. His claws have an almost hemophilic property to them. The Elders wisely spelled them so they would always be blunt, which prevents him from breaking skin with them and therefore has saved a lot of dragons from dying a slow death.

Here's the trick though: he's inverse to Rive in EVERY way. Including the "extra-curricular activities" his elder participates in with Creorluna, Elder's evil rivals. He refuses to deal with the snakes. But he knows that Rive does and he'll stop at nothing to prove it.

But it's easy to discredit an outcast. He hasn't earned their trust; so despite the truth in his words, they fall upon deaf ears.