Heartstealing Dragons are an unusual breed, named for their mating rituals. These dragons use their long, slender bodies to sneak into both human and dragon holds to steal things over the year. Then, when the right season hits, they give away their entire hoard as gifts, leaving things in the homes of other dragons to attract them. When these gifts are found, however, the recipients can’t always tell who gave the gifts. This receiver often assumes the source of the gift was the original owner, causing them to form friendly bonds with other dragons in the area, spreading peace—and sometimes even sparking love. The only way to know if a gift is from a Heartstealing Dragon is to find one of their wafer-thin scales at the scene.

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.

Ribix Lux likes to steal awful art. She gathers the most horrendous paintings, sculptures, and whatever else someone might call 'art' that nobody in their right mind would want to admire from their rightful owners. She amasses them in an old, hollowed out tree, then gifts them all to O'Zezl around mid-February. His collection of awful art is so large that most of what Ribix steals is actually his in the first place. She pretends that she hasn't already secured him as a mate and needs to impress him with these gifts. She likes to flaunt how stealthy she is that she can acquire such vast quantities of doggerel, though usually she gets away not because of sneakiness but because the work she takes is so bad that nobody cares if they never see it again. On the few occasions she has actually gotten something half-decent, she returns it to the owner in exchange for something more ugly.