Though their goals and ideals vary tremendously, there are a couple of things that are true of dragons in general. All dragons covet wealth, hoarding mounds of coins and gathering gems, jewels, and magic items. Dragons with large hoards are loath to leave them for long, venturing out of their lairs only to patrol or feed. Dragons can live for ages--some of them, a millennium or more. And they are all profoundly magical beings: not only do they have their origins in the primordial magic that brought about the world, but that magic still suffuses them, granting them great power, intelligence, and vitality.