Vampire Dragons are members of the undead. They sustain themselves by drinking the blood of others. It is said that they are only “alive” at night, and seem dead or asleep during the day, as they cannot endure sunlight for long periods of time. Vampire Dragons can only reproduce by changing the eggs of other dragons, puncturing the shell with their fangs and injecting venom that kills the baby inside.

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.

Vlad Tepes is the oldest and cleverest of the JavaTiger Clan vampires, all of whom have sworn fealty to Lady Mina and to house Montague and do her bidding without question. Vlad, for his part, admires the Montagues and their ways and wishes he had been born one himself. He has, over the years, developed a taste for all of the finer things and, as such, he craves riches and power as much as he does blood. Such is his desire for wealth that he will do what he must to either earn or steal what he feels is his. Above all, though, Vlad desires the Lady Mina's favor; so he puts on elegant, refined manners and has learned to be a great connoisseur of blood. As a favorite of Lady Mina, Vlad's status means he invariably leads the others when they are doing errands for their liege lady, and he sometimes goes so far as demanding that the others all address him as 'Count' when he is out of Montague hearing, a habit of his that would surely earn him his lady's wrath if she should ever learn of it.