Gold-horned Tangars are a brightly colored tropical breed. They are primarily herbivores, and eat a wide variety of fruits and flowers in addition to the occasional bird. Tangars are well suited to life in the trees; their slender bodies make them light enough to be supported by thinner branches and agile enough to avoid obstacles while flying. Their brightly colored horns, found in both males and females, are used to attract mates.

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.

Possessing a great memory and a parrot-like capacity for mimicking sounds, this female enjoys scaring the living daylights out of any human who blunders into her jungle. Sick and tired of watching the little things chop down her trees, she whispers ominous messages in their own voices from just out of sight. Such forbidding warnings as "leave now, lest your butt become most itchy" and "the warty pygmies are coming, the warty pygmies are coming!" usually suffice to terrify the intruders into leaving... although it's debatable whether it's the messages themselves or simply the sound of their disembodied voices that does the trick.