Black Marrows are named for their dark colored hides which are encased in a distinct exoskeleton. Their skull and the top edges of their spine push out from under the skin as they age. As such, their young need excessive amounts of calcium for this armor to develop. The older a Black Marrow dragon is, the more skeletal their appearance. They often use their skeletal looks to lure in foolish scavengers or terrify predators. These vicious dragons love nothing more than to crack open bones with their stony beaks and eat the marrow inside. Voracious scavengers, Black Marrows will swarm and devour corpses both old and fresh, sometimes even dragging larger finds to the water to allow them to “ripen.” Despite their dreadful demeanour and often horrid stench, Black Marrows are devoted mates and parents.

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.

Once, Skella was happy. Once, you couldn't go long without hearing a kind word from her. Those days are gone. Shadowed by blood and pain.

She lost faith in most everyone and everything after her brother, Nytez, was killed. He was an excellent fighter, saving dozens of lives from Creorluna, a rival clan of truly evil dragons. Most of the clan made their disdain for him obvious, but Nytez still had Alursa and his sister. He fought for them, to keep them out of the fight and give them a better future.

The day he died, it was him versus twenty Creor. No one helped; no one even tried. All because of how he looked.

Skella is ignored by her peers. And she is fine with that. Skella has sworn on his death that she will not lift a finger in this conflict. Not even if she was the very difference between victory and defeat.