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.

Eighteen-ninety is presumably her keeper's favourite pet, and is regularly seen perched upon her shoulder. This is no surprise do to her mellow disposition, plus the fact that she can be carried in a jacket pocket.

Because she has no children of her own Eighteen-ninety dotes on the frozen pygmy hatchlings, who have since accepted her as their foster parent. However, this mother hen does not approve of troublemaker Bilo or his friend Biggles. At separate moments they had both been smitten by her, but she outright refused. Her spinsterhood is sure to continue unless either of them gets their act together, but that is unlikely: the vice of 'nip is widely perceived as being difficult to quit.