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.

This little dragon scavenges for food through what other dragons leave behind.  She finds it a rather mucky, smelly necessity; once her belly is full, she strives to get clean.  She clambers into running water to rinse off the worst of it, then sets in the sun to dry.  While sunning, she works over her scales, making sure they are as polished as possible, free from any of her meal grime.

     Her mate loves to tease her, but he has learned to never, ever toss dirt on her again while she is preening in the sun.  Instead, he waits to have fun with her in aerial chases once she is done cleaning up.  Thus she spends her happy life.