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.

All four of June's grandparents wonder what influences her egg may have picked up from the cave where both of her parents live. As a striped dragon, June should be spending her day hunting insects, they think. June, however, loves to shop. Every market day she flies down to the nearest town with several trinkets and shinies and occasionally a dead insect or two. She doesn't usually end up buying anything but goes merely for the experience of spending the day out.