Common Pygmies are sweet in temperament and palate. They spend a fair amount of time foraging for and scavenging food but have a particular fondness for sweet tasting treats, such as honey. When pickings are slim, they can hunt songbirds and small mammals. Common Pygmies stay in large groups, migrating alongside their food supply. Although capable of the same basic vocal sounds of most other dragons, Common Pygmies prefer to communicate through body language. It is perhaps no surprise, then, that Common Pygmy hatchlings are rather affectionate.

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.

Pygmy dragons are the smallest category of dragons, being on the same scale as domesticated animals. They are often found around concentrated populations of dragons, relying on their larger brethren to ward away potential predators and leave scraps. As such, the majority of a pygmy’s diet is scavenged. Due to their tiny size, pygmies do not breed with larger varieties of dragons.

Ziaqui leads the Seabranch Flock, a flock of pygmy dragons that lives across from Dragonhaven Island. Before Norivan and the others arrived, she never really thought much of the island across the water, as it seemed a grueling flight for not much reward. After Norivan let slip that the once-deserted island had been home to magi researchers, she knew she wanted to have nothing to do with it. Norivan could curse himself or set loose something nasty if he wanted to, but she was keeping herself and her flock safe. Over the years, Ziaqui has been persuaded to let a few adventuresome flock members live there full time, as the island has become as much a sanctuary as a place of research, and has even visited a time or two himself, but still thinks everyone there has as poor a sense of self-preservation as notoriously injury-prone Imgli.