Aria dragons are a brightly-colored and sprightly breed, perhaps most adored for their lyric calls. Their song-like melodies fill the areas they inhabit; their coos resemble those of birds, only more elegant and refined. They have fairly strong magical capabilities, but tend to reserve these strengths for last-minute defense, choosing to live their lives in simple peace. Arias, sticking to the tropics, typically live quite far from human settlements, giving rise to the previously held belief that they had gone extinct.

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.

Barauko was adopted and hand-raised by a mortal named Srenaeb, who claims to have flown from beyond the stars in his flying, metallic engine without wings. Having named her after his people the Bararu, this dragon has flown high over the mountain tops, through the deepest canyons, and across the vast flowered fields of the dragon's cave long before she grew wings of her own. A bit of a spoiled princess, prone to tempers and the sulks, Bararuko often feels she is above other dragons because of her unusual parentage. Her favourite bedtime story as a hatchling was about a little pink dragon with no wings and three horns named Sara, who lived in a land long ago before time, was also very proud of her heritage.