Venturis Dragons are a peaceful breed that reside in cooler regions toward the bases of mountains where they can raise their young without the threat of predators drawing too close. They are known for their ability to sense distress, and use telepathy—coupled with a strong sense of empathy—to solve disputes. It is commonly believed that interacting with a Venturis dragon will bring a future of good fortune. They are also known as Heralds of Tranquility in olden lore. Despite their seemingly elusive nature, Venturis Dragons have often been spotted near villages torn apart by war and destruction.

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.

Second Hand may be well aware of the inevitability of fate, but that doesn't stop him from doing what he can to subvert the inevitable. He has developed a method of loosening the strings of fate that tie one's past, present, and future into a single continuum. This doesn't allow him to stop things from happening, but sometimes, he can pull one of those metaphorical strings out of someone's life and tie an event to itself, so the disaster happens to an alternate version of the victim that doesn't truly exist outside the short period where things went really, really wrong. He learned the techniques after his future self separated him from an incident where Psysaire skinned him alive, only for Thyras to magically regrow his hide and have her vampire assistant repeat the process. The incident still happened, and those hides still exist, but Second Hand never experienced the torture directly and does not bear the emotional trauma it should have caused.