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.

RGC is in clear denial of reality. Brought up by her loving father among the civilised Hellfires of the clan, she grew up as a well-mannered and bright young dragoness, open and friendly and always believing the best of others. Most of the times this works great, but some dragons (i.e. her mother) simply are nothing but mean-spirited and evil and RGC has no concept on how to deal with it. So she doesn't.

When her mother leads some poor male dragon on, making him fall for her and throwing him away afterwards like used tissues, she clearly just wanted to teach that dragon a harsh but needed lesson about self-reliance. When Ruby kills more prey than she can possibly need, it has nothing to do with bloodlust but is done purely out of consideration for the overall health of the prey population. Well at least, that's what RGC tells herself each and every day, justifying her mother's behaviour and her own love for her.