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.

Inch is a generally social, sweet Common with a knack for making friends. She's a brave, little thing, similar to her grandmother, Stone, and tries to see the best in others, no matter who they are. This applies to her siblings as well, particularly her older brother, Admiral, and sister, Teensy. These two have been at war with one another for years. Admiral, though a younger dragonet in the brood, has always been highly over-protective of the rest of the siblings, but Teensy yearns to be more independent and live by her own rules, so the two have this bitter rivalry. Inch, ever the optimist, tries to act as a mediator or peacekeeper, a position that absolutely takes its toll on her. She tries to end their fights wherever they start, but her siblings fight so frequently, it's impossible for her to even be around for every squabble they get in to. Not to mention neither listen to a word she says anyway and generally just ignore her.