Vampire Dragons are members of the undead. They sustain themselves by drinking the blood of others. It is said that they are only “alive” at night, and seem dead or asleep during the day, as they cannot endure sunlight for long periods of time. Vampire Dragons can only reproduce by changing the eggs of other dragons, puncturing the shell with their fangs and injecting venom that kills the baby inside.

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.

Tar the Bitten finds the other vampires in the cave boring, what with their near worship to Midas Dorkface just because he is famous. He spends his time instead hunting and helping out the cave.

He sees his vampirism as a blessing, because now no dragon will wonder why he won't take a mate. Tar the Bitten is homosexual and though he doesn't flaunt it, some paranoid dragons suspect that he is not 'normal' other than his vampirism. He spends more time around male dragons, mock fights, hunting, you name it. His crushes are never there long, here one minute and gone the next. One week he was hanging around Red Hot the Loud, the next he's hanging around Tanned of the Ridge. His tastes are always changing, but he is a good dragon and acts as a father figure to hatchlings that come into the cave with no parents.