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.

This dragon lives between a veterinarian and a graveyard.  Though he has a constant food source that he can dig up on one side, he prefers the fresher treats he gets from the other side.  Anytime the veterinarian has an animal that dies, it is dragged to a depression in the field behind the vet's office.  Vettepette happily tackles the abandoned carcasses, devouring them quickly.  

When particularly hungry, Vettepette peeks in the examination room windows to glare at the sick animals; often, this frightens the animal to death.  If the pet owner is elderly, he might glare at them instead.  After all, fresh meat on the other side of where he lives is tasty to him too.