Common Pygmies are sweet in temperament and palate. They spend a fair amount of time foraging for and scavenging food but have a particular fondness for sweet tasting treats, such as honey. When pickings are slim, they can hunt songbirds and small mammals. Common Pygmies stay in large groups, migrating alongside their food supply. Although capable of the same basic vocal sounds of most other dragons, Common Pygmies prefer to communicate through body language. It is perhaps no surprise, then, that Common Pygmy hatchlings are rather affectionate.

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.

Tiatne was never daunted by her small size, even compared to the massive bulk of the other dragons. When she was just out of her egg, her mother told her a life lesson: "a dragon is determined by her spirit, courage, kindness, and will, not by the size of her body or the colors of her scales." Tiatne took this lesson to heart and grew up a courageous small dragon; she would constantly meet new dragons, learn about the breeds, and try to make her life impact others. With the long years of discrimination and taunts behind her, Tiatne now takes to the skies with dragons cheering her on. She says that she is content with her life, but her dream is to find a mate, settle down with a clutch of her own, and teach her children what she has learned.