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.

Pterodana was raised within the Clan after her abandoned egg was given to surrogate caretakers. Not much is known of her origins except that she came from a distant land that was ruined by a hurricane, leaving many eggs like hers lost from their nests. She is a friendly (although chatty) and graceful, artistic creature; she has better agility and flexibility than most, leaving her to happily claim jagged, rocky hunting grounds that others not dare trespass. She lives with her mate Milidon in their nest along the sea cliffs, and though Milidon likes the nest to have few neighbors, Pterodana is much more social and often seeks crowds to squawk with. She has a habit of giving each of her children a small necklace of seashells as a heirloom when they leave the nest.