Paper Dragons are not truly living creatures. They are pieces of parchment enchanted by magic, and as such, are very vulnerable to fire. However, they behave almost like dragons. The only place where their behavior differs is breeding: paper dragons cannot breed.

Thaye Inry is one of the most important dragons of his cave. He's a tracker. Ironically for a paper, his job is to keep track of the Red dragons and who's turn it is to warm the cave's eggs. Theye is the one who will take note of which reds went when and which reds are new or due for their turn. For his own protection, he is routinely covered in a fire-proof substance, though not always completely. Occasionally, a small part of him is missed and a rouge flame ignites it. This causes an emergency dowsing followed by rather disgruntled Paper and the Reds trying their hardest to stifle their laughs.