Speckle-Throated Dragons are an active, playful breed. They are easily excited and rarely remain still, spending much of their time in the air. Living in groups of up to sixty dragons, they nest in open plains and at the bases of mountains. Their speckled throats are their most distinctive feature, as well as the loud, echoing call they produce to communicate with one another. Female Speckle-Throats are slightly smaller than males and lack a head crest. However, they are swifter and more agile and prefer to hunt in small groups in order to take down prey.

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.

Aiddla always seems to have patience to spare. Calm and collected, she rarely loses her temper even with things that would send most dragons over the edge. Except when it comes to her mate, Gravelin.

She loves him dearly but he is so different that she, like most, has a hard time understanding him. His mind works in ways hers never could, making connections that make no sense to her and to Aiddla this is a thick, transparent albeit impenetrable wall that she cannot hope to comprehend. And his unique way of speech--- projecting images and thought patterns directly into the mind of the dragon with which he is conversing rather than using words--- only separates them farther. The very fact that she cannot truly understand the dragon she loves the most angers her to no end. So much so that she has given up out of frustration; instead she simply pretends.

Gravelin himself has tried to see things her way in attempt to breech this wall, but in giving up, Aiddla has unknowingly shut him out.