Magi Dragons are, as their name suggests, primarily magic users. They rarely use physical forms of attack. They eat anything they can kill, which is almost everything. They won’t kill unprovoked except when hunting, although they may kill humans if in danger. Their strong magic makes them one of the most feared breeds of dragons.

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.

One winter night, not long before the wrapping-wing dragons threw their first Yuletide parties, Kenal was visited by four apparitions—the ghost of his former hunting partner and three unearthly spirits, all bearing warnings and visions of what had been, what was, and what might be. Before that night, he'd been cold and curmudgeonly, no friend to either fellow dragons or the local humans, but the following morning saw him a changed dragon. He'd not lost his love for gold or jewels, but there was new room in his heart for kindness and affection. Kenal's account of his experience captured the imagination of dragons everywhere, eventually becoming a beloved Yuletide tale.