Striped Dragons come in a dazzling array of colors complemented by an intricate pattern of stripes. These bright colors and patterns help attract their favorite food, insects. Because their prey is so tiny, striped dragons must spend a large portion of their day eating. The color of the offspring is usually determined by the dragon’s mate.

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.

Shemuel truly enjoys the company of few dragons.  Although she will tolerate their presence to avoid hurting any feelings, she prefers solitude and will be quick to make excuses to be by herself.  Often she can be found wandering the fields around the cave, composing poetry that no one will ever hear because she's simply too uncertain of herself to share and has no intention of doing something silly like writing it down where someone could stumble upon it and see.  That could lead to horrible things.  She would very much like to meet another dragon who would sit with her and compose poetry in their heads without ever asking to share.  Her hopes for this are not very high.  As for her fling with Dukl, what can she say—that dragon has gorgeous scales.