Gummy Wyrms are a small species of dragon known for their soft, translucent skin, through which their bones and even organs can be seen. This soft skin heals rapidly from any punctures or tears. They thrive in wet environments, including all sorts of cave systems and underground waterways. During the hot summer, or frigid winter, whichever is more extreme, they hide away and await the rainy spring and fall. Gummy Wyrms are most active in late fall, their breeding season, when they emerge from underground and show off their bright colors and the sparkly scales on their dorsal side in order to choose mates. These small wyrms eat whatever they can find, and are especially fond of sweets, which they have been known to try to pilfer from humans. Their shed skins contain crystallized mana, especially on the glittery scales, and any scavenged sheds are useful for healers and in alchemy. Gummy Wyrm skin imparts a strangely sweet flavor to any potions making use of it.

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.

Pygmy dragons are the smallest category of dragons, being on the same scale as domesticated animals. They are often found around concentrated populations of dragons, relying on their larger brethren to ward away potential predators and leave scraps. As such, the majority of a pygmy’s diet is scavenged. Due to their tiny size, pygmies do not breed with larger varieties of dragons.