Mint colored dragons are the most peaceful of all dragons; they only eat plants unless they scavenge meat from an already dead animal. They also have no ways to attack others or defend themselves. They are much smaller than other forms of dragons since they only double in size when they mature. Mint dragons are unable to use magic and cannot fly since they lack wings. Their looks have given rise to the common insult of calling dragons “large lizards.”

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.

Joe DiMaggio was the smallest of his crop of stolen hatchlings, and he was adopted.  These factors, on top of the fact that he is a Mint, have led to him being quite shy and depressed.  His self-esteem was greatly boosted, however, when Arianna, a Pink dragon, began warming up to him, and the two became fast friends.  Arianna was once the only dragon in the cave whom Joe did not fear, but now he counts most of them as family.  Now that Joe has some seniority in the cave, his anxiety has gone down even more.