Striped Dragons come in a dazzling array of colors complemented by an intricate pattern of stripes. These bright colors and patterns help attract their favorite food, insects. Because their prey is so tiny, striped dragons must spend a large portion of their day eating. The color of the offspring is usually determined by the dragon’s mate.

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.

Ridiculous Tangy Orangerine possesses a penchant for hyperactivity that could put the hatchlings to shame.  No one is quite sure how the quirky White Stripe managed to woo the strict-like-there's-no-tomorrow Red, Smoldering Lavastone; perhaps her motherly attitude drove her to molly-coddle the male, giving her a chance to grow quite fond of him.

Dragons and humans who've never seen him hunt before always stop and stare, feeling slightly embarrassed for him; squealing like a newborn dragon, only much louder, he tends to leap like a fox at the first flying insect he sees—poor Orangerine usually falls to the ground, empty-clawed, before launching at the next unsuspecting bee or butterfly that dozes by.  When he finally catches something, the excitement seems too much for him to handle, and he keels over, squealing with delight and rolling around like a pile of agitated snakes, before finally munching his snack and starting all over again.