Arsani Dragons place a heavy emphasis on community. They are born with the innate ability to sense the emotions of others in their own species, and therefore take great care to ensure the happiness of their brethren. It’s not uncommon for them to give gifts and affection to those around them without warning. This good-natured giving extends far beyond the reaches of their own kind. Anyone who gains the friendship of a Arsani Dragon is likely to receive food, pretty rocks, and occasionally even flowers at regular intervals. The shared connection of the Arsani Dragons also allows them to draw on each other’s strength when performing feats of magic, making them some of the strongest spell casters yet discovered.

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.

Aleksandra Zaryanova is better known as Zarya to the people who idolize her. She sacrificed personal glory, after getting famous for being an extremely magical dragon, in order to protect her family of Arsani dragons from attack. Together, with her family, they were able to partially fend off the dragons encroaching on her territory, at the cost of sinking back into obscurity.

She doesn't mind any of it, being proud to use her magic for the safety of her family. Many dragons comment on her disappearance from the public eye, causing her still to be famous in lesser circles of magical dragons.

She still serves as one of the most powerful dragons fighting away those still wanting to take her family's small territory as their own, often scaring them away with displays of her strong magic. Zarya says that she owes it all to her family—without their magic, she wouldn't have gotten anywhere.