Spirit Ward Dragons are a special breed that ward off evil spirits—at least, that’s what the legends say. During nighttime festivals, people love to see these dragons, because they believe that the dragons guard against evil spirits. The dragons are dark-colored, but glow with a flame-colored internal light that has an intensity that they control.

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.

Fascalhearth once lived in a village deep in the forests of Galsreim. Her egg hatched in the dead of night many years ago in the huge hands of a human blacksmith, who gave her a warm smile that she would never forget. In that human village, she was docile and spoiled. Many of the villagers believed it was her presence that stopped the return of the locusts that had always decimated their crops and eaten their children every seven years and would clothe the dragon in necklaces and crowns made of flowers in thanks. Children would come to the blacksmith's home to take her out on a romp through the forest, the dragon's natural mana protecting them, long through the night.

One of the children, called Link, always had a special bond with her. He had always been fascinated by dragons and was the blacksmith's apprentice. One day, he learned that she hungered for the company of other dragons, and left to retrieve an egg. She now wanders in search of him, for he has not returned in fifty years.