Vampire Dragons are members of the undead. They sustain themselves by drinking the blood of others. It is said that they are only “alive” at night, and seem dead or asleep during the day, as they cannot endure sunlight for long periods of time. Vampire Dragons can only reproduce by changing the eggs of other dragons, puncturing the shell with their fangs and injecting venom that kills the baby inside.

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.

Twikby is so compulsively tidy that she will sneak into messy caves to clean them up while the occupants are asleep. For generations, dragons have warned their hatchlings to clean up their mess or Twikby will get them, and there's a grain of truth to this threat. She's not especially vicious or cruel, but the way to earn her wrath is to consistently live like a slob. Twikby has never killed anyone, but being shaken by the scruff of the neck is even more painful when the dragon doing so has fangs. As in certain vampire legends, one way to distract Twikby is to throw a handful of seeds in front of her, though she doesn't stop to count them, but to clean them up.