Flamingo Wyverns are so named for their resemblance to the tropical birds with whom they often share territory. Their most striking feature is the bony black crest over their faces and snouts, larger in males, aiding both in digging up food and protection when fighting for mates. Males are duller in color than females due to their habit of wandering from nest to nest and picking from less algae-rich feeding grounds.

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.

Adopted by dragonkeeper Kumiho after being rejected by his parents, Phoenix was found still as an egg lying in the salty marshes behind his mistress's property, days after his original weyr had left for richer feeding grounds. A very frail hatchling, he was hand-raised with the help of Spark and Libera, the two oldest dragons in the clan, and learned from them the love of knowledge and the importance of kindness towards others, as well as a refined taste for music and poetry. Grown to become a large, majestic young adult, he displays a rather mischievous nature, always playing jokes on his fellow dragons, and has even tried—and succeeded on—tricking his keeper on some occasions. As much as he might be frisky, though, he is also very kind-hearted, especially towards hatchlings and juveniles, as well as ferociously protective of his mate and children.