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.

Orava was bitten by Wismar soon after he joined Grauens' clan, and so she grew up within the clan. However, upon becoming a matured hatchling, she decided that the clan members' easy life and lack of hierarchy was not for her, and so she slipped out in the dead of night. She had wild nightmares for several weeks about some of the more powerful males coming after her and fighting her, but they were never realized for none of the clan really cared where she went. She lives and hunts alone and isn't abnormally bloodthirsty or anything, preferring to sneak in and snatch eggs from the main cave to prey upon.