It was previously believed that purple dragons were exclusively female, but this is not the case. Recent environmental shifts have revealed the existence of both genders of this breed. Female behavior is well known; they are primarily herbivores but will eat meat during mating season. On the other hand, very little is known about the behavior and habits of male purple dragons.

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.

Keenglide is a very skilled flyer. Due to this, it's almost impossible to get him to land. But if he tries to land he ALWAYS crash lands. Because of this, he crashed into a dorsal dragon by the name of Inkcrest. Insisting that he had to make up crashing into Inkcrest, he decided to follow him until he could think of a way to repay Inkcrest. Eventually, he did forget his "debt" and became close friends with Inkcrest and part of his odd pack. On his journey with his friends, he crash landed into an albino dragoness's garden, which got him and his friends into big trouble. Later, he saved the albino dragoness, Ivoryscreech's, village from a hellfire wyvern. After that, Ivoryscreech developed deep feelings for him and the two eventually mated.