Black Capped Teimarr are a small and sociable breed of dragon with an appetite for seafood. They can commonly be seen flitting around sand dunes and tidal marshes, searching for crabs and other aquatic invertebrates, or cavorting in tidal pools in hopes of finding landlocked fish. Because of their large wing-to-body size, they are excellent long distance fliers and are known to migrate hundreds of miles along coastlines, or even across open sea to outlying islands in search of seasonal delicacies such as bird eggs, fledglings and schooling bait fish. The males are easily distinguished by their large jousting horns and their extendable neck frill, which they show off to the females through enthusiastic head bobbing.

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.

Exodus is a healthy Black Capped Teimarr dragon that has dedicated herself to predicting the coastal weather patterns. She can tell when storms or tsunamis are coming, but no one pays much attention to her studies, as the weather doesn't have a massive effect on their lives. Her human owner and dragons that plan to fly overseas find her work useful sometimes, so no one in Ironsong has made fun of her for doing this. She is well liked by Trinh, the Ironsong alpha. They mated once during mating season a few years ago, leaving her son, Zenvelem, with a possibility of being the next alpha.