Gold dragons are the ones most often killed by humans, who consider their scales to be extremely valuable. These golden scales grant them a high level of protection, similar to armor, and they use this to their advantage in battle.

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.

This strange creature wanders lands filled with the dead, from villages devastated by plague to fields piled high with men killed in war. Those who dare to approach the golden phantom can observe two things: that she is eating her fill from the corpses, and that she wears a curious black rosary around her neck. Most doubt such a beast would have any religious affiliation, and so most speculate that it's either a trinket pilfered from the dead, or a gift from someone she treasured.