Vampire Dragons are members of the undead. They sustain themselves by drinking the blood of others. It is said that they are only “alive” at night, and seem dead or asleep during the day, as they cannot endure sunlight for long periods of time. Vampire Dragons can only reproduce by changing the eggs of other dragons, puncturing the shell with their fangs and injecting venom that kills the baby inside.

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.

Among the many things that Agazhad find frustrating is commonly-held misconception that garlic is inherently fatal to vampires. Actually, over the course of many hundreds of years and scores of carefully executed studies, he's found that the aversion to the plant is a hereditary allergy to the component of garlic that causes severe swelling and indigestion. He's tried to get his studies published, but so far the Academy of Vampire Research and Instruction has ignored him, the Vampire Science Foundation refuses to take him seriously, and the Legion is completely unresponsive.