Pumpkin Dragons are a very small breed, named after their affinity for pumpkins. They are always found living inside hollowed-out pumpkins, and are only seen during the harvest season. Young children often hollow out and decorate their pumpkins in the hope that a Pumpkin Dragon will make it his or her home.

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.

Cucurbita is a shy dragon with a strange weakness: she is drawn to flame, the flickering light mesmerizing and hypnotizing her. This compulsion of hers has gotten her into trouble many times, as she's climbed into houses to sit by fireplaces and liberated lamps from their posts in an attempt to bring some fire home with her. Her caretaker has tried to offset Cucurbita's habits by supplying her with tea lights; luckily, this seems to have worked. Now, at night, if you're walking by the right pumpkin patch, you might see a pumpkin that appears to be glowing. That's Cucurbita, cultivating her flame, staring into the flickering light, at peace.