Morphodrakes are widespread in jungles, where the varied surroundings satisfy their seemingly endless curiosity. These drakes have a similarly varied diet, munching on anything from plants to carrion. They keep no territories and are solitary except for females raising young. Females are somewhat larger than males and are more aggressive, particularly when caring for young.

Though it may appear at first that dragons and drakes have much in common, the two are completely separate species. Drakes are smaller and less intelligent than their cousin species, though both dragons and drakes sit comfortably near the top of the food chain. They are always found bearing antlers and leathery wings. Drakes share many of the same habitats that dragons do, and typically hunt in packs.

Afiwi possesses insatiable curiosity and no sense of self-preservation. This would be bad enough in an ordinary weyr, but can be downright disastrous in a place like Dragonhaven Island. No matter how many times he gets sworn at, has scrolls thrown at his head, or gets his nose singed by explosions, he never seems to learn caution. Curiosity hasn't killed the morphodrake (yet), but it has left him with some interesting scars.