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.

Meltwing was found as an egg floating on a small piece of volcanic rock out at sea. When it was rescued, it seemed as if it would not survive, as if the Ocean had damaged it. Even so, Meltwing managed to survive and grow up like any other dragon. Someone had threw him out to sea, expecting him to die. Most Hellfire Wyverns would. Where he came from is unknown, and he will often feel dejected. But he uses the anger he has from being abandoned to aid his strength and thus has become stronger than ever.