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.

Isalba, before coming to Dragontown, largely had to fend for herself—the humans she lived near weren't overly generous with scraps, so she had to hunt to keep herself fed.  As a result, she had no interest in joining the Pygmy Mousers, since she'd had her fill of hunting for a living.  Instead, Isalba noticed Dragontown's need for local mail delivery—skywings were great for carrying messages from town to town, but not so effective at going door-to-door—and set out to fill it.  Today, Isalba is the head of the Pygmy Couriers, a group of pygmy dragons who deliver messages within Dragontown or to some of the outlying settlements, and remains the most active member.  She's dedicated to providing good service, and is very hard on those pygmy dragons she feels are lazy or too slow at delivering messages.