Gold dragons are the ones most often killed by humans, who consider their scales to be extremely valuable. These golden scales grant them a high level of protection, similar to armor, and they use this to their advantage in battle.

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 Rum was a young dragon, he fell victim to a trap set by a gang of dragon hunters: a lure of sweet smelling human food and drink. While he was escaping the dragon hunters, he was forever poisoned with the taste for human food and drink.

Being one of the most hunted types of dragons, Rum was in a bad way. He wanted human food, but getting it could be deadly. Luckily for him, one day he found a newly wrecked ship on the coast, and some of its cargo was still good. These days, Rum lives on the coast waiting to raid shipwrecks for their cargo. He'll collect all that he can from the wrecks, including treasures of gold, jewels, silver etc., but his real treasures are the hauls of food and drink. Sadly, many times he finds that the rum is gone.