Red Dragons are similar to typical story book dragons. They shoot flames, can fly, etc. However, they aren’t evil creatures as depicted in myths and won’t go around raiding castles, killing knights, or kidnapping princesses. They live in a variety of habitats, from forests to coastlines to abandoned castles, usually in warm climates, and eat whatever living creatures they can find.

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.

Bankaz is proud of being the dragon to introduce Kafeva's special drink, kafe, to humans. He can't grind the berries without pulverizing them, but he's found different ways to boil water or heat milk to make the kafe more bearable to delicate human tongues. The humans will insist on calling kafe "coffee," a perfectly ridiculous name, but one can't expect humans to fully appreciate the finer points of draconic culture. As Bankaz is a rather common name, he's been forced to add his job description—complete with the incorrect name for kafe, so that the humans can at least pronounce it correctly—to his name, so that he can't be confused with dragons like Bankaz Wolftamer or Bankaz Castleguard.