Water Walkers are small dragons that are frequently found around bogs and ponds. While they are flightless, they retain the flight sacs and hollow bones of their airborne cousins. These traits, coupled with their extraordinarily long, webbed toes, allow them to stand on top of calm waters, using their small sails to propel them wherever they please. They spend the majority of their lives on the water, retreating to the tops of lily pads when the waters become too rough to float atop.

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.

The Silence is Golden's golden rule is for every dragon that resides around her to remain as absolutely silent as possible. She has been known to go to various extremes to have her home in perfect tranquility. She has even sent her own offspring into Arakiahoga Forest to become lost in its labyrinth forever because they simply made too much of a racket. No dragon has ever heard her speak, but everyone knows good and well that they ought to steer clear of her because of the sometimes fatal consequences that ensue.

She has chosen one final mate, Crasher Wake, but they have never bred because Wake is afraid that their children would make far too much noise for Silence is Golden to handle. The last thing Wake wants is for his firstborn child to be led mercilessly into the forest to parish under unknown forces.