Aria dragons are a brightly-colored and sprightly breed, perhaps most adored for their lyric calls. Their song-like melodies fill the areas they inhabit; their coos resemble those of birds, only more elegant and refined. They have fairly strong magical capabilities, but tend to reserve these strengths for last-minute defense, choosing to live their lives in simple peace. Arias, sticking to the tropics, typically live quite far from human settlements, giving rise to the previously held belief that they had gone extinct.

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.

While sweet and diligent, Hymnody likes sharing opinions, and nobody wants to listen to them. After much consideration, he decided to do something about that and turned to law. For five years, he studied books and cases borrowed from town centers and repositories. Whether they belonged to dragons or humans didn't matter, so Hymnody became knowledgeable about rules written by and governing two species, which helped draw many clients. Six years after swearing the oath of admission to the king, he was appointed a regional judge by the king's cabinet. He now sees about 30 cases a week and often loses sleep over his research and fears of being slain, but he wouldn't leave his job for anything else. Hymnody wouldn't publicly admit it, but he loves writing opinions. It satisfies him when he looks upon his work in the "Opinion of the Court" because it means now people have to listen to his opinions. They're not the same unsolicited opinions he used to give, but opinions are opinions.