Aria dragons are a brightly-colored and sprightly breed, perhaps most adored for their lyric calls. Their song-like melodies fill the areas they inhabit; their coos resemble those of birds, only more elegant and refined. They have fairly strong magical capabilities, but tend to reserve these strengths for last-minute defense, choosing to live their lives in simple peace. Arias, sticking to the tropics, typically live quite far from human settlements, giving rise to the previously held belief that they had gone extinct.

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.

Sha're is a very calm, quiet dragon. She enjoys accompanying Emmaline on her rounds of the cave each day, checking on each dragon, hatchling, and egg. When Emmaline brings back an egg taken from the cave of wild dragons, Sha're steps in as surrogate mother and helps take care of the orphan eggs and hatchlings, and is also more than willing to mother even those with their own parents in the cave. So although she has relatively few biological children compared to some of her cavemates, she has so many adopted children that she is really the most popular mother in the cave!