Pargulus Pygmies can often be found tending to plants and foraging for food. They like to care for other living things, be it plant or animal, and will often leave the food from their foraging trips outside the dens of those who need it or even just those they think could use a treat. These colorful little dragons are especially attentive to anyone who might be struggling to find food themselves, such as the elderly, the sick, or the very young. Pargulus pygmies have a surprisingly large range considering their small size. They have been known to travel far and wide to find food to bring back to their friends.

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.

Once every two years in the Needleleaf Network, there are competitions held to determine the masters of various trades, and by the end of the event, there's a Queen of each sector. Adelani travels a lot and has a lot of region-specific knowledge of many consumable goods, particularly grains. She surprises herself when she demonstrates her ability to answer a lot of technical questions about farming, gathering, and preparation. One year, she was nominated as and then crowned the Malt Queen, a title she held for 28 years. During those years, she gave a lot of advice to other individuals who prepare malts and cook malt-based food and drink. In her 15th competition, she lost the title of Malt Queen, though many people say she lost on purpose because she didn't want to be "greedy" or wanted to move on to something different.