Common Pygmies are sweet in temperament and palate. They spend a fair amount of time foraging for and scavenging food but have a particular fondness for sweet tasting treats, such as honey. When pickings are slim, they can hunt songbirds and small mammals. Common Pygmies stay in large groups, migrating alongside their food supply. Although capable of the same basic vocal sounds of most other dragons, Common Pygmies prefer to communicate through body language. It is perhaps no surprise, then, that Common Pygmy hatchlings are rather affectionate.

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.

Pygmy dragons are the smallest category of dragons, being on the same scale as domesticated animals. They are often found around concentrated populations of dragons, relying on their larger brethren to ward away potential predators and leave scraps. As such, the majority of a pygmy’s diet is scavenged. Due to their tiny size, pygmies do not breed with larger varieties of dragons.

Pip spends most of his time in Delirium's Academy working as Clothahump's famulus, bringing the Magi dragon everything he needs, finding stuff for him and all around working his tail off.

It's not that he's exceptionally diligent or likes the old Magi all that much—Clothahump treats him really badly—but they have a contract guaranteeing Pip that Clothahump will use his magic to turn him into an Ember dragon once he has served him faithfully for ten years and ten days. It's the only way Pip can ever hope to mate with Aggoqua—a dragoness he has worshipped from afar ever since he first saw her—so he keeps his snout firmly shut and works hard, knowing it will all be worth it one day.