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.

Ripper's dripping claws shine in the dull light. Her cold, calculating eyes stare blankly. 'How did this come to be...' She thinks. 'Why am I such a monster...' Her brain is flooding with thoughts, but are soon replaced by pure insanity. She's been crazed like this for years. Nothing could cure her, aside from destroying others. She loves the feel of fighting another dragon, the feel of victory after her mission is complete... Ripper loves and hates what she does. She's a monster and a trapped little girl at the same time. Yet she loves that. She loves it so. The beast in her is shown every day. And soon, it becomes her.