Dark green dragons, once they mature, appear to become an entirely different species. However, this isn’t true. Rather, they burrow underground and get nutrients from their vines. These vines are sometimes referred to as Dragon Grass. These dragons are very violent, and will use their vines to capture, kill, and eat anything that moves, as well as nearby plants. Luckily, their range is limited and they cannot use magic. Dark green dragons tend to be easy to spot since they usually kill all plants around them and thus are usually surrounded by a large clearing.

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.

Eighapy was scorned by his nestmates when he was a hatchling. All of his fellow hatchlings were caveborn, and he is inbred. Even a fellow dark green dragon, Loblace, rejected him. Sometimes his thoughts are as tangled as his vines. He often captures young dragons that wander too close to where he is buried, interrogating and threatening to kill them, only to release them suddenly with no explanation. One day he caught a young two-headed dragon this way, named Hue and Cry. In the course of his confused game he discovered that the little split was inbred, like himself, and was similarly an unwilling loner among his peers. Eighapy was moved with compassion for the hatchling, consequentially holding his subject for much longer than usual for their own "protection." When Hue and Cry was finally allowed to go, the young dragon led its nestmates to Eighapy's clearing, who gave them all the fright of their lives. Eighapy and Hue and Cry later became the best of friends.