Named after their cloudy, ashen scales, Ash Dragons are large, gentle beasts, although their faces can give unaccustomed folk a fright. Their tough scales and sheer size make them infrequent attack targets, traits that explain why pygmy dragons and other small dragon breeds can often be seen riding on their backs, hiding amongst their large spiked scales. Though they tend to be mostly quiet, Ash dragons have a low, deep roar that is typically only used to threaten or call to others of their kind.

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.

Peacetime may loathe violence and warfare, but that doesn't mean he's averse to any sort of conflict. He'll gladly speak his mind and voice support opposition to matters, and he's particular about how others are permitted to behave. He goes out of his way to help smaller dragons and, sometimes literally, get them back on their feet. He's righteous, but he's not always right, and it's those times he's factually incorrect that he's also most vehemently insufferable.