When Water Dragons mature, they lose the ability to survive on land, entering the water permanently. They are adept swimmers and eat whatever fish are in the lake they live in. They tend to inhabit the same lake for their entire lives, although a few live in the ocean and swim all over the world.

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.

Being of an extraordinarily small size, There's A Dragon In My Bathtub has taken to swimming through pipes of indoor plumbing. Naturally, quite a few children have exclaimed loudly to their mothers "Mommy, there's a dragon in my bathtub!" only to be placated or ignored completely. These are the only words she's heard thus far, and so she responds quite well if you simply state "There's a dragon in my bathtub!"