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.

Malvegil may be fierce and domineering on his own, but whenever his life-mate, Mordja, shows her fearsome face, he instantly follows her ever whim, accepting her berating comments and insults by groveling and cringing. He is a slave to her every whim despite her apparent distaste for him. Named for his cruel nature and powerful ability when it comes to breathing fire, Malvegil is still feared by many of his cave-mates, though once his back is turned, their wariness often turns to disdain and amusement.