Ridgewing Dragons live just below the snow level on the upper slopes of mountains. They are a friendly, playful breed and enjoy dancing in wind currents near their homes or plummeting down into valleys from great heights. Their wings, by far their most striking feature, grow in fin-like ridges along their backs. While their bodies lack markings to blend better with their surroundings, a ridgewing’s wings have bright markings in the colors of the flowers that grow in their mountain habitat. Occasionally different-colored individuals can be found, but they are rare because their striking coloring offers little protection.

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.

Joieaux is a lover of lightheartedness, living an astonishingly carefree lifestyle even for one of his species. He finds nothing frightening and thinks nothing of danger--not that many dangerous situations have ever happened to him. He spends his days soaring lazily over the mountaintops and diving into towns and villages, talking with the humans he meets as if he were one of them, although they don't particularly appreciate it. While he is very much in love with Lexida, he's not always very good at showing it, and has been known to have liaisons with other females.