Vampire Dragons are members of the undead. They sustain themselves by drinking the blood of others. It is said that they are only “alive” at night, and seem dead or asleep during the day, as they cannot endure sunlight for long periods of time. Vampire Dragons can only reproduce by changing the eggs of other dragons, puncturing the shell with their fangs and injecting venom that kills the baby inside.

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.

When the egg that would become Sir Angelus Bloodfang was first punctured by the vicious fangs of a truly evil lady vampire dragon, something strange happened: the hatchling within lost his soul. Without the sense of right a soul provides, Angelus took savage delight in razing the countryside, terrorizing towns and murdering and torturing countless innocents. This went on for a century, until he made the mistake of carelessly draining the daughter of a powerful magi. Enraged, the magi enacted the worst punishment he could conceive: he restored Angelus' soul, and with it the guilt of a century of abominable crimes. Horrified with himself, Angelus (now calling himself Angel) became reclusive and depressed. For a while he became almost self-destructive, but recently he has begun trying to do penance for his past sins by working to help other inhabitants of the cave. A vampire may be immortal, but to Angel, eternity will never be enough to make amends for his wrongs as Angelus.