- Alas, Poor Villain: Sverin after Caj brings him back from being Nameless is a hollow shell of a once-proud king.
- Catharsis Factor: Halvden getting his tail kicked.
- Fantastic Aesop: Colonialism is Easily Forgiven if your colonizers were fleeing mindless monsters out for their blood.
- Ho Yay: Some moments between Shard and Kjorn make them seem like more than wingbrothers at times.
- Moe: Hikaru, full stop. A rapidly growing, Constantly Curious child dragon.
- Popular with Furries: As with many xenofiction works. Avian and fantasy creature fans form the bulk of the series' small following.
- The Woobie:
- Shard. From suffering from All of the Other Reindeer as he grows up, to finding out he's The Chosen One and being sent on a long, grueling quest across the world and having to leave friends behind wherever he goes, you just want to give him a pet behind the ears.
- Astri. She was already a Shrinking Violet before she loses her mate and is never the same afterward.
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