Red Dragons are similar to typical story book dragons. They shoot flames, can fly, etc. However, they aren’t evil creatures as depicted in myths and won’t go around raiding castles, killing knights, or kidnapping princesses. They live in a variety of habitats, from forests to coastlines to abandoned castles, usually in warm climates, and eat whatever living creatures they can find.

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.

Dr. Whom lives in a small blue-painted weyr that always seems to have more than ample room on the inside—there have been occasions where over a dozen dragons somehow fit inside even though they could circle the outside of the building when standing nose to tail. When not using her unusual home to host events, Dr. Whom lives quietly with her mate, Wibbly Wobbley Viney Winey. She smelts the ore her mate brings up from deep underground into ingots to supply the blacksmiths of the city, and is good friends with Infacras and Psican. She tolerates Wiren, but has been heard advising the rosebud to get a more breed-appropriate job.

Many dragons—and Space Chickens—enjoy Dr. Whom's dramatic retellings of the most outlandish of Psican's short stories, and some wyrmlings mistakenly believe that these tales really happened, despite their utter impossibility.

When there are costume parties, Dr. Whom usually wears her favorite costume—a distinctive scarf, brainy specs, a bowtie and a red fez.