Magma Dragons are capable of withstanding the intense temperatures of their element. They live in volcanic regions, their bodies coated in the red hot magma which clings to their scales. They must leave the lava fields in order to hunt, although they require surprisingly little food to sustain their lumbering mass.

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.

Vulka does not like to think about her family tree—or, at least, not her sire's side. Her own nature runs so contrary to those of her relatives that she denies she even has a father, even when her grandsires send her pearls or roasted finches from the island on which she was born. Instead, she has taken up with an older, handsome red dragon, and lives day to day caring for her own brood—when she's not panicking because her hoard is melting, of course.