Black Marrows are named for their dark colored hides which are encased in a distinct exoskeleton. Their skull and the top edges of their spine push out from under the skin as they age. As such, their young need excessive amounts of calcium for this armor to develop. The older a Black Marrow dragon is, the more skeletal their appearance. They often use their skeletal looks to lure in foolish scavengers or terrify predators. These vicious dragons love nothing more than to crack open bones with their stony beaks and eat the marrow inside. Voracious scavengers, Black Marrows will swarm and devour corpses both old and fresh, sometimes even dragging larger finds to the water to allow them to “ripen.” Despite their dreadful demeanour and often horrid stench, Black Marrows are devoted mates and parents.

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.

Meranxe, despite her relatively threatening appearance, is about as harmless as a dragon could possibly get. She's just as devoted of a caretaker as any of her kind, and she can often be found with several hatchlings clambering upon her bony appendages. Meranxe is quite a hit in the clan, however, for keeping a small collection of bones in the corner of her cavern. Whenever Meranxe feeds on a carcass, she lovingly preserves and documents each of the bones, in order to tell exactly what animal they came from as well as what part of the animal they came off of. She takes great pride in her collection, and will let the dragons of the clan view it as long as they are careful to not disturb any of the bones. Woe betide anyone who decides it would be a good idea to try and steal one of the bones out of the pile, however, for they're bound to be due for a nasty verbal lashing from her.