Vampire Dragons are members of the undead. They sustain themselves by drinking the blood of others. It is said that they are only “alive” at night, and seem dead or asleep during the day, as they cannot endure sunlight for long periods of time. Vampire Dragons can only reproduce by changing the eggs of other dragons, puncturing the shell with their fangs and injecting venom that kills the baby inside.

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.

Part of Arielle Lemieux's branch of the Immolator vampire clan, Putrid Gold has a masochistic fascination with the oil of turpentine dragons. The worse the burn, the more he enjoys it etching at his skin, and thus can often be seen stroking the wings of turpentine dragons complacent enough to tolerate his presence until his arms are lathered with the substance, only to lounge somewhere and simply indulge in the sensation. Even if pressed he would hardly describe it as a pleasant feeling, but that observation puts no damper on his addiction to it.

Some dragons underestimate him for the hours he wastes in that trance-like state of purely self-inflicted pain, but he's a swift beast and all too keen in sharing the feeling with the victims of his vampirism, caressing their muzzles with oil-covered claws... and occasionally dragging those same claws punishingly through scales, increasing the sting tenfold.