Cavern Lurker Dragons are nocturnal ambush predators. Although small, they are very aggressive and will attack anything weak enough to be overpowered. Their preferred method of hunting is to lie in wait in a cave, burrow, or other small, enclosed space; when any potential prey passes they will lunge out to grab hold of the unsuspecting victim and drag it back into the lair. Cavern Lurkers have an odd aversion to sunlight and almost never venture out during the day. More commonly sighted are the odd piles of bones they stack near the entrance to their dens. Their mating call is a low-pitched bumping noise.

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.

Some believe RiP goes by that name because she is a killer, but that is not the case. Her hobby is weightlifting, and she calls herself RiP because she is totally ripped. Her muscles bulge like boulders, helping her blend into the dark crevices. She keeps trying to talk herself into going to a weightlifting competition, but this would involve a- not trying to eat the other competitors, and b- going outside, probably in the day. These three challenges keep RiP in her cave, rearranging huge boulders all by herself. She keeps accidentally crushing her piles of bones, but she doesn't mind, so long as she is the beefiest cavern lurker in the known universe. So far as she knows (which isn't far, as she stays deep underground and keeps mostly to herself) she is.