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.

Despite being the offspring of the two great leaders of the Pygmy Mousers, Seraph Core is different from his parents. Instead of being bold or inquisitive, he is withdrawn and tends to observe from the sidelines. However, he has a tenacious will, honed from his days of scavenging off the human streets like a common house rat. It had been shameful, but it had also been crucial for his survival.

Abandoned as an egg, he was raised in a separate clutch, a mixture of cast offs like him. It took weeks for him to trust in his new family after the trauma, but now that he is part of it, he is determined to make his name in the world, prominent enough to protect every last one of them.