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.

When Crumbs was a young hatchling, he swiped some crackers off a plate in Lagie's cave. Crackers quickly became his favourite food, sometimes over and above his beloved June bugs. He's not very careful about how he eats his crackers, though, and Lagie is forever finding trails of crumbs along the cave floor. When she follows the trail, she can usually find Crumbs at the end, eating crackers and June bugs.