Magi Dragons are, as their name suggests, primarily magic users. They rarely use physical forms of attack. They eat anything they can kill, which is almost everything. They won’t kill unprovoked except when hunting, although they may kill humans if in danger. Their strong magic makes them one of the most feared breeds of dragons.

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.

Abenyb is an ambassador to a town that historically has had little to do with dragons. She knows she's doing good work, but sometimes wonders if she should have chosen a different assignment. On the one hand, everyone seems very impressed by even the slightest bit of magic (which is fine unless she's trying to get important work done). On the other hand, nobody ever knows what type of dragon she is. Abenyb finally had to start wearing a sign around her neck with her name and breed type so people would stop asking. She's also expanded the sign to list all of the things she definitely won't do, no matter what she gets offered—love potions, curses, hexes, wish-granting, pulling rabbits out of hats, and so forth.