Common Pygmies are sweet in temperament and palate. They spend a fair amount of time foraging for and scavenging food but have a particular fondness for sweet tasting treats, such as honey. When pickings are slim, they can hunt songbirds and small mammals. Common Pygmies stay in large groups, migrating alongside their food supply. Although capable of the same basic vocal sounds of most other dragons, Common Pygmies prefer to communicate through body language. It is perhaps no surprise, then, that Common Pygmy hatchlings are rather affectionate.

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.

Pygmy dragons are the smallest category of dragons, being on the same scale as domesticated animals. They are often found around concentrated populations of dragons, relying on their larger brethren to ward away potential predators and leave scraps. As such, the majority of a pygmy’s diet is scavenged. Due to their tiny size, pygmies do not breed with larger varieties of dragons.

In Keskadim's weyr, even pygmy dragons can lead if they prove themselves the best candidate for the job. Her father showed enough affinity for the job to be chosen twice, while her mother only missed out on being leader after him by a very narrow margin ("smaller than a crimson flare's clawtip," as the saying goes). Keskadim is still torn about what she wants to do with her life. On the one hand, leadership runs in the family. On the other hand, she's heard enough stories from her father to be fairly sure that being clan leader would be more hassle than she wants. For now, she helps Votee convince the apathetic or undecided that their opinion truly matters.