Named after their cloudy, ashen scales, Ash Dragons are large, gentle beasts, although their faces can give unaccustomed folk a fright. Their tough scales and sheer size make them infrequent attack targets, traits that explain why pygmy dragons and other small dragon breeds can often be seen riding on their backs, hiding amongst their large spiked scales. Though they tend to be mostly quiet, Ash dragons have a low, deep roar that is typically only used to threaten or call to others of their kind.

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.

Sameness has a collection of her favorite essays, manuscripts, and the like that she carries with her everywhere she goes, as long as the weather permits. They are arranged roughly by type and sit in a makeshift cabinet that fits snugly between a particular row of spikes. The cabinet is usually latched closed, though anyone hitching a ride is free to look through the documents if they're careful with them and know how to work the door mechanism. Any creature who can't treat the cabinet or its contents nicely is ejected.