Blacktip Dragons are a small, shore-dwelling breed that tend to nest on sheer ocean side cliffs. They live in groups under a dominant female, who prevents her subordinates from breeding. During the mating season, a group of Blacktips can be very noisy and smelly indeed; males produce a distinctive musky odor and loud, low-pitched honking noises in an attempt to woo the alpha female.

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.

xBORe is known for being able to talk endlessly on the most inane topics imaginable. She is famous—and not in a good way—for her lectures on watching paint dry and three-hour dissertations on how to count to eight on one's fingers (she would need two more hours to get all the way to ten). Some enterprising students across Seven Questions University are trying to advertise her talks as a cure for insomnia. She likes to hang out with PS—zzz, another infamous lecturer, when he comes into the university from his home in Lloyprij.