Split Dragons use their sharp teeth and wings to hunt large animals and rarely eat plants. They are intelligent dragons who enjoy mental challenges, preferably alone; Split Dragons are normally solitary except during mating season. When mating, many dragons come together in a group to raise their eggs and hatchlings. These groups tend to be very noisy—reminiscent of a thunderstorm—and last only until the hatchlings are capable of surviving on their own.

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.

Two-headed dragons are unique enough to deserve a separate classification from ordinary dragons. They have two necks, two brains, two mouths, but one stomach and one main body. The two heads usually work together, but there are times when they will fight each other, snapping back and forth. Their unique anatomy prevents them from breeding with single-headed dragons.

Dicronus is an unusual two headed dragon. He has only one name, rather than two like most two headed dragons, because though he may have two heads, and two brains, he has only one personality. His two brains seem to be melded somehow into one mind, so they at least appear to act, speak and think as one. Ironically, though the two minds are virtually the same, the telepathic voices of the two heads are not. One is a higher pitched voice and the other a lower pitched voice. When he speaks, the two minds always speak in unison, which combined with the unnerving symmetry of the heads' movements tend to frighten both humans and dragons alike. To avoid disturbing others, Dicronus chooses to live alone in a relatively small cave high up on a mountain. His is a lonely life, but he endures it as best he can.