Shimmer-scale Dragons are a very beautiful breed with small—but highly reflective—scales that shimmer and shine as the dragon moves through water. They don’t have fins or webbed feet, but their long, eel-like bodies allow them to swim quite fast. They were once rumored to carry large pearls in their claws—causing many to seek them out in search of this fabulous treasure. In reality, the “pearl” is of greater value to the dragon, for the fabled treasure is actually an egg carried by a migrating female.

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.

This fellow's wholly-underwater grotto would be very difficult to locate if it weren't for an otherwise unremarkable stone outside the tunnel with lines of text etched in it:

Shim shimney

Shim, shimney

Shim shim sher-ee

Pretty-please be considerate

Considerate to me

...It's probably text, anyway, and not just a bunch of squiggles that coincidentally follow language laws. Nobody can read the sign except him, apparently. He claims it's a poem about self-worth and judgment of virtue, a piece worth presenting to the world at his entrance-passageway.