Shimmer-scale Dragons are a very beautiful breed with small—but highly reflective—scales that shimmer and shine as the dragon moves through water. They don’t have fins or webbed feet, but their long, eel-like bodies allow them to swim quite fast. They were once rumored to carry large pearls in their claws—causing many to seek them out in search of this fabulous treasure. In reality, the “pearl” is of greater value to the dragon, for the fabled treasure is actually an egg carried by a migrating female.

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.

It is said that upon hatching, one of Temujan's paws was stained a dark crimson, almost hinting at the bloody path he would follow. As a hatchling, he would wander away from the group until he found himself alone in the vast grassland where his clan made its home, his mind filled with scenes of battles long past, imagining himself among them. But instead of fighting the other clans that shared the plains, he longed to unite them and take the entire world under his control. He joined the warriors of his clan and soon found that the other clans were tired of a constant battle and were more than willing to join him. His army became known as the Horde for its power and ferocity, and destroyed anything that stood in its way. But when the war was over and the plains were finally his, he realized he had no idea how to rule his new empire. But rather then try and fail, he faked his death and left his grandson to rule, retreating to his homeland to live in solitude as his ancestors had.