Coastal Waverunners spend most of their time skimming the waves along the coast, snatching up their prey from the shallow waters. They have developed markings along the leading edges of their body that help disguise them as breaking waves. When they are not hunting, they enjoy playing among sand-dunes and shallow tide-pools. These dragons live in small but noisy rookeries. Some stories say Waverunners can fly for days on end without landing.

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.

Nobody even knows how old Erat is. If one asks his age, he will never give the same answer twice, or even an answer that is not in the form of a riddle. They say that in his youth Erat flew across the great sea on one breath of air in search for the scrolls of peace that have kept Eglytha safe since before Eglyth's can remember. Now his flying days are over and he spends his days giving advice instead, that is, if they can tear him away from his sandcastles. Rumors are that he has some Willupian blood, which makes him drawn to playing. Others just say he went crazy of old age.