Rosebud Dragons are a fun and social breed found most often in the spring. The petal-like feathers that grow on their sides spread their sweet and floral scent. Although they have poor eyesight, they have ribbon-like extensions that extend their olfactory abilities to help create a map of the area around them. When flying, Rosebud dragons tend to hover, using their wings to fan their scent throughout the air. A widespread breed, they go to great effort to visit as many flowery fields as possible.

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 all Rosebuds Vess has terrible eyesight but, unlike most, her sense of smell is not her only compensation. As the child of a Shadowwalker Vess might not be able to enter other dimensions herself but somehow her eyes are able to see just fine in that higher layer of reality if she shifts the focus of her mind just so. So while she stays blind to dead matter such as stone at least she can avoid to run into living dragons, trees, woodland mammals, etc. by staying out of the way of the pulsing golden and green blobs that represent living souls.