Aria dragons are a brightly-colored and sprightly breed, perhaps most adored for their lyric calls. Their song-like melodies fill the areas they inhabit; their coos resemble those of birds, only more elegant and refined. They have fairly strong magical capabilities, but tend to reserve these strengths for last-minute defense, choosing to live their lives in simple peace. Arias, sticking to the tropics, typically live quite far from human settlements, giving rise to the previously held belief that they had gone extinct.

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.

Agnes is a bit of a grump and seldom has anything nice to say. Few of her kins-dragons meet with her approval, and it is a rare occasion that she will even mate.  Mac Dragan clans-members have learned to keep gossip far from Agnes' ears, for what she repeats is often worse than what she hears. "Never let the truth get in the way of a good story" appears to be her motto. This has left her living mostly in seclusion and apart from most clan activities, but that seems to be the way she likes it.