Royal Crimson Dragons are so named due to their massive size and confident, regal bearing. Most of the time they are laid back, ignoring non-prey creatures smaller than themselves, although they will occasionally take fresh kills from other dragons as a reminder of their place in the social order. Although there are few other dragons large enough to pose a threat to Royal Crimsons, they have little tolerance for potential rivals and will fiercely defend their territory from such intruders.

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.

The way of the temple is not always easy. Born into one of the most infamous cults to ever appear within the highland country, this female spent her childhood in darkness, killing and eating her countless brethren to prove to the adults that she was strong, that she was worthy of life. Arising first of her brood among only a dozen survivors, she is now one of the cult's top priestesses, offering up sentient sacrifices to her god without a hint of pity and forcing her own children, sired by the cult's head priest, to partake in the same gristly rites of passage as she.

But recently something has changed. The highlands have received a new king, and a potent one--a threat to the cult's existence. So it was that her lover and her lord commanded her to go forth, win the love of the king and then kill him, taking his throne for her own. It was a task she set forth to with pride. But now, a year after her marriage to the king, a year of his kindness, she has begun to falter in her faith...