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.

Cobion, a pygmy dragon, is very determined and curious. Much of Cobion's time is spent spying on and learning things from other dragons. One of his greatest mysteries is where he came from. He was always confused as to why he could not find his parents or any siblings, unlike the other dragons in the tribe which had a rich history in their family. Cobion has found a few other dragons in the tribe that have no knowledge of prior family, and he is good friends with them. It also confuses him why most family-less dragons are rare and unusual in breed, and he is a mere pygmy dragon. An old and wise red dragon passing through once called Cobion 'caveborn', but Cobion ignored him, because the dragon was quickly becoming senile in his late years.