Coastal Waverunners spend most of their time skimming the waves along the coast, snatching up their prey from the shallow waters. They have developed markings along the leading edges of their body that help disguise them as breaking waves. When they are not hunting, they enjoy playing among sand-dunes and shallow tide-pools. These dragons live in small but noisy rookeries. Some stories say Waverunners can fly for days on end without landing.

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.

Arlen of the Crashing Waves was born into the Water of Wings tribe, near the Eastern Abyss. He was banished from the tribe when he failed to claim his Tribe Fish, which signals that the dragon who catches it is officially accepted into the tribe. After flying aimlessly for many days, he was found huddled under a cliff by Zump1, who nursed him back to health. The two soon became fast friends.