Deep Sea Dragons, as their name suggests, spend most of their time in the darkest depths of the sea. They have a bioluminescent dorsal spine that serves to attract prey and communicate with their own kind. As with many deep sea animals, they generally eat whatever they can manage to bait. They rarely leave the ocean floor, surfacing only during breeding season. When they do choose to travel to the shallower depths, they avoid bright lights and will only come up far away from shore.

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.

In the soft, twilight wonderland of the loch, there is a small, shivering twinkle of lights, like underwater fireflies glittering in the murky depths. Slipping through the ribbons of silky green light that filter in from above, something long and sinuous slides through the clouded water. Something that might have been a ridge of barnacle encrusted rocks, only wasn't. The little lights flicker, and the head of the creature cleaves apart the water, finally breaching the surface. Oraense, the dragon, turns his head from side to side, and looks out to the craggy, crumbling ridge of mountains beyond. But his presence here is a mystery. An ocean dragon like him is not meant to dwell in such close proximity of land. He dips back underwater, and seeks that familiar cold current that will lead him back out to sea. Silently, he disappears, leaving hardly a ripple in his wake.