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.

Flicker is an unusual Hellfire. She is rather friendly and avoids fighting and squabbles, preferring to weave stories and look after hatchlings. But if the eggs or hatchlings are endangered, the true Hellfire in her emerges. Brutal and savage, in these strange moods nothing will stand between her and her target. Luckily, it takes quite a bit to anger her to this point, but the other dragons are still wary around nonetheless. This frustrates Flicker to no end, and is one of the reasons she is so fond of Ice Windfang, as he treats her like any other dragon.