Canopy Dragons love to soar above the tropical jungles and other densely forested areas. Their billowing, layered wings create generous lift that allows them to ascend effortlessly over the warm jungle. While their unique wings do not make them the fastest flyers, they are champion gliders. To further this end, dexterity, maneuverability, and grace are all judged by the females when selecting their mates from the males that can accurately complete the exhausting and elaborate courtship dance between the close growing branches of the upper canopy.

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.

Like a typical Canopy dragon, Rowanclaw enjoys flying and gliding over the treetops. However, he's extremely vain to the point of obsessiveness, so when he isn't in the air, he's fastidiously preening his wings and scales. The only other dragons that can stand him are the other Canopies that live in his same cave. One of them, Juniperwing, is constantly fawning over him, but he is loathe to return the affection because he truly likes her, but is actually too shy to tell her so.