Aria dragons are a brightly-colored and sprightly breed, perhaps most adored for their lyric calls. Their song-like melodies fill the areas they inhabit; their coos resemble those of birds, only more elegant and refined. They have fairly strong magical capabilities, but tend to reserve these strengths for last-minute defense, choosing to live their lives in simple peace. Arias, sticking to the tropics, typically live quite far from human settlements, giving rise to the previously held belief that they had gone extinct.

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.

Rovana, a bright pink dragon, had always felt out of place with her siblings. While her brothers and sisters are a delicate, pale shade of pink, she is a 'hideous shade that clashes with everything around her', as her siblings put it. This seems a bit mean, as their mother is the same bright pink as Rovana. Her mother and several other dragons have told her that her color is nothing to be ashamed of, as it means she is very special and won the genetic lottery. Though Rovana does not know what that means, she is confused that it is getting harder and harder to find other dragons of the same hue as her.