Split Dragons use their sharp teeth and wings to hunt large animals and rarely eat plants. They are intelligent dragons who enjoy mental challenges, preferably alone; Split Dragons are normally solitary except during mating season. When mating, many dragons come together in a group to raise their eggs and hatchlings. These groups tend to be very noisy—reminiscent of a thunderstorm—and last only until the hatchlings are capable of surviving on their own.

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.

Two-headed dragons are unique enough to deserve a separate classification from ordinary dragons. They have two necks, two brains, two mouths, but one stomach and one main body. The two heads usually work together, but there are times when they will fight each other, snapping back and forth. Their unique anatomy prevents them from breeding with single-headed dragons.

The story goes that the infamous Thyras met a despis who was curious enough and easily accepted her twisted morality. It was this pair who started an experiment: they wanted to see if they could steal a two-headed egg and shape the personalities of the resulting hatching to believe she was two of Thyras's older acquaintances.

The experiment sort of worked. Dakari and Niharia are rather dissimilar to their namesakes. The real Dakari is more level-headed than this two-headed's left head, and the right head succumbs to fits of paranoia wholly unlike the original Niharia. They were eventually abandoned on the northeastern edge of the Drowned Mountains with no explanation for their being. They bicker quite a bit and often find themselves in an almost-soulless lull.