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.

For years, Ikadu was just one of a flock of pygmy dragons hired to serve as background characters, and treated no differently from all the others.  Then, one day, a particularly observant performer noticed the pygmy dragon who was practically stealing the limelight from the guest dragon, and so a star was born.  Ikadu didn't have an easy time fitting in, especially since he was so much smaller than all of the principal performers (except Raiea), but eventually formed an unlikely friendship with fellow misfit Skaks.  Sarcastic and rather high-strung, Ikadu isn't quite like any of the other performers, though he and Skeks make a great team, and his ability to inject life into a skit has already won him a fair number of fans.