Royal Crimson Dragons are so named due to their massive size and confident, regal bearing. Most of the time they are laid back, ignoring non-prey creatures smaller than themselves, although they will occasionally take fresh kills from other dragons as a reminder of their place in the social order. Although there are few other dragons large enough to pose a threat to Royal Crimsons, they have little tolerance for potential rivals and will fiercely defend their territory from such intruders.

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.

He craved knowledge the way other minds craved gold, but he took it the same way: with swiftness and violence. The screams and cries of the suffering meant nothing to him, and he forced his way deep into the sacred places of the ancients, plundering priceless scrolls and tomes of wisdom, stealing the spells of the great, torturing the wise until they told him all their secrets. Athramiden, the Red Squall! All cursed that name and hated it. But years pass more slowly for dragons than for men, and he now spends most of his time brooding and silent on his hoard of stolen knowledge, falling quietly out of the thought of the world. But every now and then, when the whisper of new secrets in the earth awakens his thirst afresh, all receive a blazing reminder of his existence.