Aether Wyverns have the ability to control winds utilising air mana. During mating season, rival males often attempt to impress females by hanging onto a rock beside the female and letting another Aether Wyvern blast gale-force winds at them. The one to stay on the rock the longest wins, and if the female wins, she will reject both males. These wyverns also use their ability to control winds to blow away intruding dragons or to capture prey, though an Aether Wyvern’s aim is not perfect. As a solution to their imperfect aim, these wyverns will create large winds that often blow away much more than they originally intended to.

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.

If pressed, most community members who know Holdings will grumblingly say he is good-hearted. His desire to protect the innocent is commendable, but he's abrasive and demanding, and he delights in finding violent means of problem-solving using magic. His idea of convincing others of something is to raise his voice and make bigger tornadoes, which never works. Whenever he is out patrolling and spots someone doing bad, he declares that they must die. Or at least be grievously injured. Members of the Watch must patrol in pairs or trios, and most everybody believes Holdings has something to do with that recent rule. The dragons accompanying Holdings often pull him away from baddies and suspicious beings, telepathically telling him "no, don't do this" with tones of urgency. When they do witness someone committing something they consider undoubtedly heinous, the more peaceable associates of Holdings let him go to town while they find somewhere else to patrol.