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.

Imma White A Story is always determined to write stories. She comes up with the most excellent ideas and the most interesting characters, all set in the most exquisite worlds, and yet nobody knows what she has written. Instead, she merely stores gigantic volumes of "books" in her large cave, which she does not allow anyone to see. Even so, pygmy dragons have broken in while she sleeps, only to find out that the books are completely empty! For the real reason that Imma White A Story does not allow anyone to see her books is that she has produced nothing visible—literally. The only ink she can make is by using a spell that only accepts her own scales, and on the pale parchment, the white ink is completely invisible. With only white ink on white paper, it truly seems that she will never "White" a story—and so, she toils all day, a prisoner of her scales, fated to never be able to show others her literary talent.