Grave Dragons are not named for their connections to death or burial, but for the grave expression on their faces. This strange expression is used as a defense mechanism that causes fits of panic and terror in potential predators. Since they only eat ash and charcoal, they do not hunt. Grave Dragons are powerful fire-breathers and have been known to burn down forests and villages alike to make meals. It is believed that the markings on each Grave Dragon’s wings are the faces of those who have lost their lives in fires started by that dragon.

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.

Gespenstig does not call any one place home. Wherever she goes, the humans always call her ghostly or eerie. That used to be no big issue because she's aware that she's creepy, but she has since traveled around Galsreim and has been called the same thing in at least 10 languages. That she finds eerie, like the inhabitants all have somehow talked to each other before and agreed upon the same adjective for her. Gespenstig ought not to care so much about what those little creatures say of her, but this is a curiosity. Perhaps she really behaves in the most predictable, stereotypical grave dragon way. Perhaps she ought to do less watching and more burning. Then maybe people might think of other things to call her.