Pillow Dragons are covered in enormous amounts of fur affectionately referred to as fluff. Despite their deceivingly large size, they can still fly even with such tiny wings because their bodies are remarkably light. Pillow Dragons have a habit of sleeping for up to eighteen hours a day, waking only in short bursts. During their few waking hours, they take the time to hunt for prey. Once a pillow dragon becomes an adult, its fur grows very slowly. Pillow dragon fur is used to make very expensive and valuable cloth known as “dragon cashmere.”

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.

Omkring has no parents, despite what his cave's scroll says. He is said to be the singular offspring of Anomaly and Incognito, two dragons whose places are reserved and filled out on the scroll but who simply do not seem to exist. As the story goes, Omkring's egg appeared out of nowhere one day. It was said that Anomaly and Incognito had been bred to produce him, but nobody could believe it. After all, it is still a question as to whether or not Omkring's parents even exist. They are never seen, never heard from, and even their names allude to their oddly enigmatic existences. Poor Omkring has gone his whole life being thought of as a degrading second-gen, not a caveborn, and he has never even met his so-called parents. He has spent his whole life in loneliness, as an orphan, waiting for the day when his parents would step forward and claim him.