Common Pygmies are sweet in temperament and palate. They spend a fair amount of time foraging for and scavenging food but have a particular fondness for sweet tasting treats, such as honey. When pickings are slim, they can hunt songbirds and small mammals. Common Pygmies stay in large groups, migrating alongside their food supply. Although capable of the same basic vocal sounds of most other dragons, Common Pygmies prefer to communicate through body language. It is perhaps no surprise, then, that Common Pygmy hatchlings are rather affectionate.

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.

When Lilly was born, she gave her parents a terrible fright.  The curious little hatchling somehow managed to climb onto the belly of a passing balloon dragon, Aarti, and she weighed so little that at first he didn't even notice her presence.  Hours later, her frantic parents finally found her curled up under his chin, sound asleep, with cheerful Aarti chortling over how the wingless hatchling had found a way to fly.  Her parents never quire forgave Aarti for this, but nevertheless he and Lilly have become fast friends.  Lilly is now excellent at flying, but she still enjoys riding around on Aarti's belly as he gently floats on the wind.