Fire Gem Dragons are a colorful, flamboyant breed often found in hot climates, particularly around active volcanoes. Their broad tails store the flames they breathe, which are colored by the heavy amount of minerals in the water they drink. These dragons come in a variety of colors, and will collect shiny trinkets and stones that match their own coloration. Despite their hoarding tendencies, though, Fire Gem dragons are social and will often congregate in groups and show off their collections while fawning over the stones their friends and rivals have gathered, occasionally arranging trades.

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.

Intercut is great at keeping secrets. He is so, so trustworthy. If someone tells him something important or interesting and says it's a secret, he will be the best keeper and never forget it (except when he does). He carefully tells this important or interesting thing to someone else and adds that it's a secret so they know how important it is and shouldn't tell anyone. Sometimes they do tell other people, but that's not Intercut's responsibility because he can't police other people and what they say. He's a good secret keeper, but it seems nobody wants to tell him their secrets these days. People just don't give this wonderful secret-keeping dragon the respect he deserves.