Striped Dragons come in a dazzling array of colors complemented by an intricate pattern of stripes. These bright colors and patterns help attract their favorite food, insects. Because their prey is so tiny, striped dragons must spend a large portion of their day eating. The color of the offspring is usually determined by the dragon’s mate.

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.

Tuggli is full of compassion and caring, though he never received much himself. When he was a baby, he was ignored because a rarer egg was laid as soon as he hatched. The tribe's attention went to the rare egg, and Tuggli just barley made it through his childhood alive. Because of this neglect, he has shown sympathy for unwanted things, his nest is filled with the toys that children reject. He lives near a lake, and in this lake is a incredible amount of common dragon eggs. Dragons that do not want the responsibility or the species of the egg drop them off into the water to die. Tuggli swims to the bottom to retrieve the eggs, arms full, to see if anyone wants to adopt them.  As he is flying to other dragons, the slick eggs fall from his grasp and smash on the ground far below. This has given Tuggli the nickname "Harmful Helper". Sometimes the eggs survive and people find them, very confused at their location. His attempts have also started the legend of the "cuckoo dragon".