When Water Dragons mature, they lose the ability to survive on land, entering the water permanently. They are adept swimmers and eat whatever fish are in the lake they live in. They tend to inhabit the same lake for their entire lives, although a few live in the ocean and swim all over the world.

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.

Riveras has one goal in life, and much to the disappointment of her mother, it has nothing to do with breeding eggs with the nice male Water Dragon down the way. No, Riveras has decided to travel up and down all the rivers in the world. She loves traveling and seeing new sights. Once she found a particularly nice Water Dragon living in the Amazon rain forest, but he was content to stay in his river. Well, more a lake since a family of beavers made their home there. Well, Riveras will have none of that right now. So far her favorite river has been the Niles, because of the scrumptious crocodiles leaving there.