Ridgewing Dragons live just below the snow level on the upper slopes of mountains. They are a friendly, playful breed and enjoy dancing in wind currents near their homes or plummeting down into valleys from great heights. Their wings, by far their most striking feature, grow in fin-like ridges along their backs. While their bodies lack markings to blend better with their surroundings, a ridgewing’s wings have bright markings in the colors of the flowers that grow in their mountain habitat. Occasionally different-colored individuals can be found, but they are rare because their striking coloring offers little protection.

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.

Ranma frequently visits the desert to mate with a splendid but fearsome dragon named Na'Toth. They have produced several offspring together without raising any of them themselves. He is too prone to roaming far and wide, and she is too fond of her privacy to wish to tend eggs alone. The few times he deigns to visit the mixed adoptive cave where he was raised, he winds up fighting with his former adoptive guardians and leaving again soon after. He wonders if he will ever wish to settle, and if so with whom.