Plated Colossus Dragons are one of the largest dragon species. These huge brutes are notorious bullies—they prefer to steal food from other dragons rather than finding it for themselves. As their thick hides are impervious to most forms of physical attack, Plated Colossi simply ignore the other dragons’ protests, or lash the offending dragon with their club-like tail, which can easily break a limb. Plated Colossi have slow metabolisms and do not need to eat often, but they may consume nearly half their body weight in one feeding. These dragons are not incredibly clever and any discussion with them will often center around eating.

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.

Smuroff may be intimidating when he is among Brosco's entourage -- blending into the small crowd and allowing their scathing attitudes to become his own -- but alone he is truly as ridiculous as his name sounds. He has a heavy accent that makes everything he says sound like a hilarious tongue-twister, and the creativity of a rock when it comes to witty remarks and jokes in general. He finds the strangest things funny, and when he tries to share these moments of hilarity to his friends, he is usually met with blank stares. Not that he notices; he is too busy rolling on the floor, roaring with laughter.

Brosco only tolerates Smuroff because his size alone adds to his threatening facade, but privately he and his other friends think Smuroff is a giant joke. But Smuroff is far from being dumb. He knows full well what they think of him and it hurts deeply to be treated like the village idiot, but having grown up with them, they are the closest he has to family.