Nhiostrife Wyverns are one of the few known breeds of wyvern with more than one set of wings. Because of their four wings, Nhiostrifes are very nimble in the air and control their movements with ease. When it’s mating season, males put on a very beautiful and unique air dance in an attempt to charm a female. The amount of stripes on their wings vary, with more stripes being more attractive, although most have only two to four. Their general attitude is very passive and curious—they only fight if they or their families are in danger.

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.

When Comma was a baby, she was carried around and stroked and pampered by her human, named Lyra. The other human was named Dennis, whom Comma liked too, but a little less because he didn't carry her around. She grew too large for Lyra's arms in a few years, and that's just as well since she felt she was old enough to move around the homestead on her own, doing chores and being responsible. Lyra died two decades later, and she left nothing to Comma or anyone else since she was a woman and her husband was still alive. Dennis did give most of the property to Comma upon death, and it wasn't as if she were eagerly waiting for him to die, but she was pretty excited to have this plot of land, like a real dragon territory. Since she never learned to hunt, she gets all her food from the farm and by trading goods with nearby humans. Comma hopes to marry a Nhiostrife, one who does not mind going through the marriage process and who is willing to stroke her, because she misses being stroked.