Ridgewing Dragons live just below the snow level on the upper slopes of mountains. They are a friendly, playful breed and enjoy dancing in wind currents near their homes or plummeting down into valleys from great heights. Their wings, by far their most striking feature, grow in fin-like ridges along their backs. While their bodies lack markings to blend better with their surroundings, a ridgewing’s wings have bright markings in the colors of the flowers that grow in their mountain habitat. Occasionally different-colored individuals can be found, but they are rare because their striking coloring offers little protection.

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.

Violet is often described by her peers as a "Bloodscale mind in a Ridgewing body". The long stretches of the day when she has finished hunting for food and has nothing pressing to do, she almost always spends contemplating riddles or problems, mostly of mathematical nature. Her favorite part of the months is when one of the friendly Nhiostrifes brings around letters and copies of papers from Delirium's Academy. She can't wait to learn what great minds like Noether or Goedel came up with now.