Shimmer-scale Dragons are a very beautiful breed with small—but highly reflective—scales that shimmer and shine as the dragon moves through water. They don’t have fins or webbed feet, but their long, eel-like bodies allow them to swim quite fast. They were once rumored to carry large pearls in their claws—causing many to seek them out in search of this fabulous treasure. In reality, the “pearl” is of greater value to the dragon, for the fabled treasure is actually an egg carried by a migrating female.

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.

Kyouko is a lighthearted, carefree dragon. She loves to imitate sounds and will often hide in the mountains near her home and pretend to be an echo. Of course, if she is searched out after echoing someone from far away, she will gladly play with them. She met her mate, Uboa, when returning from cheerfully echoing someone. He popped out of an adjacent dimension as soon as she entered, and instead of panicking as many others might, she greeted him cheerfully. The two are quite close, and are one of the most loving couples among those dragons recorded by their mutual scrollkeeper. She doesn't even mind his occasional flings with other females on the scrollkeeper's request, because she knows he'll always come back to her twice as eager to cuddle.