Guardian Dragons have large shields on the end of their tails. Although the shields appear to be heavy, they are light, yet nearly unbreakable. Guardian Dragons use their tail-shields, as well as their wings, to deflect attacks and protect others. Often, they will guard the eggs and hatchlings of a nest while others are away. They are generally peaceful, and will not retaliate unless necessary. They have no need to forage or hunt, as they are fed by those they protect.

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.

Wenennefer is an insomniac who studies necromancy in the Dusk Divide Dragon Keep. Usually she is cheerful and bouncy, but that is just her brave face that melts away every night when she looks after her father, the zombie Sarapis. She is pained by the fact that her once loving waterwalker father, killed in a dispute over a lover, now stares past her with rotting eyes. She hunts meat for him to quell his murderous rampages at night and researches on how to bring him back in the day. She has developed a strange bond with the killer of her parents, Ifgharkiel. Mostly she wants to know her mother she cannot remember better, who was once Ifgharkiel's mate.