Black Marrows are named for their dark colored hides which are encased in a distinct exoskeleton. Their skull and the top edges of their spine push out from under the skin as they age. As such, their young need excessive amounts of calcium for this armor to develop. The older a Black Marrow dragon is, the more skeletal their appearance. They often use their skeletal looks to lure in foolish scavengers or terrify predators. These vicious dragons love nothing more than to crack open bones with their stony beaks and eat the marrow inside. Voracious scavengers, Black Marrows will swarm and devour corpses both old and fresh, sometimes even dragging larger finds to the water to allow them to “ripen.” Despite their dreadful demeanour and often horrid stench, Black Marrows are devoted mates and parents.

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.

Skeletal Click is an old dragon, and lost track of his own age a long time ago. His appearance is almost completely skeletal, so many dragons who meet him for the first time mistake him for one of the old corpses his kind tend to keep around, and are usually shocked to find out he is in fact alive. He is the oldest of a flock of Black Marrows whose feeding strategy is to follow warring dragons and clean up after the battles.

He has a tendency to adopt any lost or orphaned hatchlings he comes across, including a Vampire he originally mistook for a corpse. He is a caring and affectionate father to these adoptees, and does his best to cater to their feeding requirements to keep them healthy.