Common Pygmies are sweet in temperament and palate. They spend a fair amount of time foraging for and scavenging food but have a particular fondness for sweet tasting treats, such as honey. When pickings are slim, they can hunt songbirds and small mammals. Common Pygmies stay in large groups, migrating alongside their food supply. Although capable of the same basic vocal sounds of most other dragons, Common Pygmies prefer to communicate through body language. It is perhaps no surprise, then, that Common Pygmy hatchlings are rather affectionate.

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.

Pygmy dragons are the smallest category of dragons, being on the same scale as domesticated animals. They are often found around concentrated populations of dragons, relying on their larger brethren to ward away potential predators and leave scraps. As such, the majority of a pygmy’s diet is scavenged. Due to their tiny size, pygmies do not breed with larger varieties of dragons.

Sigi Tane, though not bound to the other pygmies in the cave by blood, still serves well as one of Berie's loyal warriors. Sigi is a dedicated, self-motivated dragon; he constantly observes other dragons to help improve his own fighting style, if he is not practicing by his favorite brook. He hopes to someday become a good enough fighter to become a match even for larger dragons, through use of his more agile body, but he acknowledges that he still has a ways to go before he can take on a foe much larger than him. For now, Sigi defends Berie against threats his own size, including a nearby nest of rogue pygmies that has declared war upon Berie's tiny kingdom.