Electric Dragons wield electricity with great prowess. Bright sparks race across these dragons’ bodies in a dazzling dance of light, complemented by the blindingly radiant sparks on their tails. Using their bellies and manes as stores for this electrical energy, Electric Dragons wield crackling magic, stunning and electrocuting their prey with a whip of their tail. During mating season it is typically those with the most brilliant sparks—an indicator of strength and hunting ability—that are drawn to each other.

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.

LightStryke is an Electric dragon, and, rather strangely, never a danger to any creature but himself. He is quite capable of producing powerful electric jolts- enough to stun even a Stone dragon. But the only one he seems capable of zapping is himself. When he hatched, the babysitters, having learned from previous experience, ran for cover. But the hatchling simply crawled out of his shell, looked around pathetically, took a few steps and fell over. LightStryke had managed to shock himself for the first time. As every move he made at first seemed to generate electricity, the young dragon spent most of his time sitting very still. But one of the family's leaders, Glacioulnesse the Winter and her friends Kelarine the Mint and PearlWave the Water soon trained him to keep his power in check. Now he spends a lot of time with them and another Electric, ZappZirae, though this actually means that he still gets zapped anyway- by her!