Black Marrows are named for their dark colored hides which are encased in a distinct exoskeleton. Their skull and the top edges of their spine push out from under the skin as they age. As such, their young need excessive amounts of calcium for this armor to develop. The older a Black Marrow dragon is, the more skeletal their appearance. They often use their skeletal looks to lure in foolish scavengers or terrify predators. These vicious dragons love nothing more than to crack open bones with their stony beaks and eat the marrow inside. Voracious scavengers, Black Marrows will swarm and devour corpses both old and fresh, sometimes even dragging larger finds to the water to allow them to “ripen.” Despite their dreadful demeanour and often horrid stench, Black Marrows are devoted mates and parents.

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.

Death Torrent, as his species suggests, exhibits large spines of bony armor he earned as he matured. His bony defenses, undead appearance, and rotting scent aids to why he is both a mostly outcast member of his herd yet also one of the best devoted and powerful defenders of the herd's members. In personality he is confident of his abilities and does not care that others dislike him for his unattractive appearance. Because of his tendency to enjoy eating half-rotten foods and the marrow from flesh-stripped bones, he often feeds off the scraps of others' prey--though they don't mind, for as far as they care, he is cleaning up for them by getting rid of rancid old meals they would prefer not to touch. In these ways Death Torrent is also an important member of the herd by his habit of improving sanitation around others.