Desipis Dragons are an extremely dangerous breed, synonymous with the paths of desolation they leave in their wakes. These gargantuan beasts are infamous for their innate ability to control and manipulate the minds of others, which they use to pulverize the sanities of their foes and forge false memories. This power is especially effective on the foolish, and only the strongest-willed individuals have been known to resist a Desipis’s cunning. Most who anger Desipises do not live to tell the tale. Desipis Dragons are especially feared for their uncanny power of absorbing the magic of others with the fire they breathe and converting it into the bright reserves of crystallized mana that decorate their bodies.

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.

Robert Mugabe could enter a competition for Most Harmless-Looking Despicable Desipis and would likely place among the top five, while his territory would place first for Most Badly Managed. Much of the once-rich environment is a wasteland because he seized it with a promise to transfer it to his poorer subjects, and he instead gave it to his cronies, who had no idea what to do with it. He doesn't understand what's wrong with his awful policies, insisting that it's always someone else's fault when things go awry. Mugabe lives in luxury while his subjects starve—not all of them, of course; he does need guards and law enforcement to help keep him in power. Anyone he doesn't like is killed, sometimes tortured first. Outsiders who enter the territory to protest his behavior tend to disappear as well. Removing Mugabe from his throne appears to be impossible: most people who attempt to don't get past his supporters, and those who succeed usually "change their minds" before they reach him.