Royal Blue dragons are a nocturnal breed who prefer to live high in the mountains near slow-moving water that reflects the night sky. Although quite capable of defending themselves, they are peaceful by nature and will avoid a fight whenever possible.

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.

Aquaphobia was taken away from her mother as a very young egg. When she hatched, Needle in a Haystack was the first dragon the hatchie saw. For some strange reason no one can fathom, she immediately  attached herself to Needle and refused to go far from her side, even to go to Nug's class. As such, the large, and often grumpy ember was forced to endure each and every one of Nug's lessons so her young barnacle, as she had taken to calling Aquaphobia, would sit through them as well.

As she grew older, Aquaphobia noticed her own kind frolicking in the streams and rivers near Kanaye's cave but as Needle avoided any body of water larger than a puddle, so did Aquaphobia. Now as an adult, she no longer spends every second of her time in Needle's presence, much to the older dragon's relief, but she still won't go near water. Some Royal Blues suspect the worst, that the once casual avoidance has developed into a full blown phobia.