Daydream Dragons are the hosts of daydreams and fantasies. They spend the majority of their time sitting on clouds, dropping daydreams down into the minds of people passing by. Humans who live near Daydream Dragons must be especially careful not to let their thoughts wander, or they could end up spending hours or even days in a trance-like waking dream state.

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.

When Neil came to the clan everydragon wondered how well he hit it off with Alan. On first glimpse there couldn't be two dragons who were more different. Where Alan is loud and gruff, Neil is kind and soft-spoken and where Alan frightens other dragons, they all adore Neil.

There were even those who claimed that Alan was having a bad influence as Neil's first dreams were violent and disturbing. But like Alan Neil hides something beneath the uppermost layer of his daydreams, a sense for poetry and beauty almost never matched by others. After growing older Neil has widened his repertoire of themes and now sends the most varied dreams depending on the recipient, be it hatchling, dragon or human.