They are! But definitely not like that. Aelius is spoken about in terms somewhere between amusement, awe, and jealousy. Anywhere from 'do you know how much gold that bastard has it's amazing' to 'oho man one time the humans sent a small army to get to that shit and he slaughtered all of them it was hilarious' to 'gd i want that much gold why's he such a hoarder anyway he doesn't need that much!!!'

Greedy, wily old bastard are the general terms he's thought in, and most dragons would be surprised to learn what's become of him.