Holiday dragons are a very mysterious breed. They are only seen during winter, and even then it is hard to catch a glimpse of one. They are responsible for the general cheer that spreads during the holidays. In essence, they are the “Spirits of Winter.”

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.

A sudden flutter of gold amidst a blizzard is usually all that is ever seen of Cloudsinger of the Yule, by humans and dragons alike.  Her flighty and skittish personality, developed from meekness rather than nerves or fear, prevents her from getting close to others; only her life-mate, The Yule Song, and her sister, Blizzard Dancer of the Yule, actually believe in her existence -- to others, she is simply an uplifting story of an angel with golden wings to tell on cold, snowy nights.

When she goes for some time without seeing either Yule or Blizzard, Cloudsinger often travels down to snow-free fields, where she has developed a love for stamping patterns into the maize and long grasses in the night when only the gleam from her wings can be spotted.  Farmers who see a sudden streak of gold launching away from their fields chalk it up to 'swamp-gas', although children and the easily-impressionable enjoy sharing tales of these 'lights in the sky'.