Brimstone Dragons live in dry arid areas such as deserts where they feed mainly on sheep, goats and the occasional camel. Their favorite habitat is ideally situated close to the wastelands around active volcanoes. This is due to an important part of their diet—sulfur, which they obtain from deposits near volcanic gas vents. Instead of fire, these dragons use the sulfur they ingest to create a noxious gas which they store in their large throat pouches. When in danger, this gas is released in a large cloud. They also eat other mineral rich substances—including charcoal—and will drink the mineral rich (but slightly acidic) water commonly found in deserts and volcanic regions.

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.

Eschewal is, just as her name forebodes, quite jaded against other dragons. She avoids contact with hatchlings at any cost, frozen or not, and is especially prejudiced against non-dragons. Wyverns, drakes, lindwurms, dinos, even her human owner, Drako, are all avoided like the plague. This antisocial behavior upset many at first, especially since she began to display it as early as her hatchling years. Yet, over time, most of the cave got over it. They have found that, no matter how much they wish against it, Eschewal will always be as she is. Though nobody knows the reason why.