Magi Dragons are, as their name suggests, primarily magic users. They rarely use physical forms of attack. They eat anything they can kill, which is almost everything. They won’t kill unprovoked except when hunting, although they may kill humans if in danger. Their strong magic makes them one of the most feared breeds of dragons.

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.

Ms Orm teaches magic to the human inhabitants of a remote island. She's the only dragon on the island, but the humans display a remarkable lack of curiosity about her. Perhaps they find her as dull as she finds them. As best she can tell, the only thing to set them apart from any other isolated human community is their insistence on keeping birth names a secret. Instead of using her proper name, they insist on calling her by their word for dragon—Orm. Ms Orm tried to show them how ridiculous this was by giving them names like "Bald Man," "Old Woman," and "You There," but the islanders were too set in their ways to change. The best she could do was convince them to call her Ms Orm, as that was at least more respectful.