Canopy Dragons love to soar above the tropical jungles and other densely forested areas. Their billowing, layered wings create generous lift that allows them to ascend effortlessly over the warm jungle. While their unique wings do not make them the fastest flyers, they are champion gliders. To further this end, dexterity, maneuverability, and grace are all judged by the females when selecting their mates from the males that can accurately complete the exhausting and elaborate courtship dance between the close growing branches of the upper canopy.

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.

Rain is one of very few Canopy dragons in his territory. He finds the cave to be very stuffy and would much prefer the safety and freedom of his breed's trees. Canopy has never known life outside the cave, however, and can only look outside the cave at the distant trees with longing. Rain desperately desires a mate, a true mate he can be with forever, but so far has only found dalliances with various other dragons. Despite the face that he doesn't love any of the dragons he's mated with, he still loves his children. He was horrified to learn that one of his children was turned into a vampire.