Flameback Dragons are found in hot, dry environments. They are most commonly seen soaring high in the air, watching for prey or for rival dragons entering their territory. They are very nimble and fast when flying and can breathe fire from a young age, which they use both to hunt and as a defense mechanism. As long as prey is plentiful, they can go months without drinking water. Flameback Dragons are generally solitary except during the breeding season and when raising young.

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.

Every time someone yells, "Fire Something!", Fire Something's prankster neighbor loads and shoots an object out of her Scrappy Earthen Cannon. Thus, he's nicknamed F. Some or Mister S. in informal circumstances. F. Some likes all of his neighbors, even the prankster, and whenever he comes home, he greets them all warmly and asks for the news. He doesn't interact with many beings and isn't very good at remembering social mores, and his strange phrasing and inflection are excused. Whenever F. Some is in the area and an accident occurs due to the Cannon going off, he cheerfully, uncomplainingly heads to the site of the mess to clean it up, even if he had nothing to do with its firing.