Common Pygmies are sweet in temperament and palate. They spend a fair amount of time foraging for and scavenging food but have a particular fondness for sweet tasting treats, such as honey. When pickings are slim, they can hunt songbirds and small mammals. Common Pygmies stay in large groups, migrating alongside their food supply. Although capable of the same basic vocal sounds of most other dragons, Common Pygmies prefer to communicate through body language. It is perhaps no surprise, then, that Common Pygmy hatchlings are rather affectionate.

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.

Pygmy dragons are the smallest category of dragons, being on the same scale as domesticated animals. They are often found around concentrated populations of dragons, relying on their larger brethren to ward away potential predators and leave scraps. As such, the majority of a pygmy’s diet is scavenged. Due to their tiny size, pygmies do not breed with larger varieties of dragons.

Sunsand's Golden is a Common Pygmy, but he regards Pygmies as rare dragons because the only other Pygmy that Sunsand has ever met is Violesmyst. Unlike Violesmyst, Sunsand prefers to spend his time being still—he likes to bury himself in sand to hide himself. He doesn't like the desert and the beach is a little too hot for him, but there are sand pools just lying around which Sunsand buries himself in. But Sunsand and Violesmyst do share a vicious streak, and Sunsand is pretty sure that he can bite harder than a female Hellfire Wyvern.