Seasonal Dragons take on the characteristics of the season during which they are born. Thus, eggs that are laid in spring match the pink flowers and green buds of spring, and those that are laid in the summer grow to depict the bright green of the forest trees and the yellow of the sun. Eggs laid in autumn display the bright colors of leaves falling from trees, and those that are laid during winter take on the appearance of the icy snow.

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.

Karikari ochiba loves the sound of crunching leaves as she walks through her forest home. She makes the biggest leaf piles in all of the land and the children from the near by village love to run through the forest and look for these piles because they are just so much fun to jump into. Even Karikari likes to jump into the piles that she makes and then roll around just so she can here the crunch of the leaves as they are crushed by the weight of her body.

Her name means crunchy fallen leaves.