Cavern Lurker Dragons are nocturnal ambush predators. Although small, they are very aggressive and will attack anything weak enough to be overpowered. Their preferred method of hunting is to lie in wait in a cave, burrow, or other small, enclosed space; when any potential prey passes they will lunge out to grab hold of the unsuspecting victim and drag it back into the lair. Cavern Lurkers have an odd aversion to sunlight and almost never venture out during the day. More commonly sighted are the odd piles of bones they stack near the entrance to their dens. Their mating call is a low-pitched bumping noise.

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.

A loud and aggressive female, this creature tolerates no intrusion into her territory, and has been known to even attack invaders many times her own size, clawing at eyes and faces until they move off. No one much wants to deal with such a savage creature, and thankfully they usually don't have to; the small dragon is very vigorous in marking the boundaries of her territory, leaving deep claw marks etched into the trees that mark the edges of her land, and so avoiding her is as easy as avoiding the claw marks.