Frilled Dragons are smaller than most other breeds, but when threatened, they stretch out their wings and frills to appear larger. They generally do not like to fight and prefer hiding to confrontation. Frilled dragons live in small groups and often band together to scare off potential threats. Males also use their frills as a way to attract mates, with those displaying the “best” frills being more likely to breed.

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.

Bo Wen Ta (Ripple Pagoda) became the darling of Lao Tai's nest as soon as he hatched. He was more interested in staying in the safety of the nest than leaving the cave, so he spent his time entertaining the other hatchlings and even his elders, either through normal hatchie play or by fanning and unfanning his frills in a complicated order. Even after he matured he would tease the hatchies by sneaking up on them and closing all his frills at once with a snap, making them jump so that the nest would ring with laughter. After the evening meal he liked to use that snap to accompany the nest's evening songs, like a living drum.