Olive Dragons are a small, forest-dwelling breed, rarely growing much larger than the average sheep. When alarmed, they can erect a long row of venomous spines on their back, serving to warn any potential predators that Olives are not a good choice for a meal. While not strong enough to kill anything larger than a small deer, their venom causes an extremely painful reaction and necrosis at the bite site, sometimes causing the flesh to rot and limbs to fall off.

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.

Olivundine is an antsy and active dragon who likes switching locations in the Flipping Forest every few days. He's risk-averse and polite, and he even takes lessons in healing magic from his mate so anyone he accidentally harms with his spines gets fixed up, so he is considered one of the least dangerous inhabitants of the forest as long as people look where they're going. Due to mostly bad luck, he's wound up in jail or a cage over two dozen times through no fault of his own. When one of his friends or law enforcement free him, he's rather upset about getting imprisoned, but he also forgives quickly when people offer him a gift of sheep jerky.