Copper Dragons are masters of stealth, slipping silently and swiftly through the forests and jungles where they live. Often hunting in groups, their prey rarely know they are being stalked until the dragon’s at their throat. In the air they are agile and skilled. Copper Dragons prize family groups, spending large amounts of time teaching their young skills. So great is their love of life and family that they will sometimes adopt orphaned dragons of other breeds to raise.

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.

Sunsong dragons are found exclusively in humid tropical environments, and to connoisseurs of the breed that mainly meant they would never breed red hued copper dragons in the wild. It was a simple fact, and so other than occasional wistful thinking most breeders thought little of that most impossible dream--of a wyvern that shone in the sun, wild and free, living in the heart of the jungle.

...And then they found one.

A young hatchling, stumbling along cheerfully after his parents, and impossibly--not showing the green hues that any copper born in a humid environment should display. The researchers were baffled. The parents were amused. And the tiny dragon got a pleasant stroking of his vanity. Now an adult and cheeky as ever, he enjoys giving those who still chase after the cause blatant lies and pun-filled jokes about his origins, seeing as telling them the truth never did any good anyway. This has led some of the more bitter to mutter maybe he was just adopted...