Desipis Dragons are an extremely dangerous breed, synonymous with the paths of desolation they leave in their wakes. These gargantuan beasts are infamous for their innate ability to control and manipulate the minds of others, which they use to pulverize the sanities of their foes and forge false memories. This power is especially effective on the foolish, and only the strongest-willed individuals have been known to resist a Desipis’s cunning. Most who anger Desipises do not live to tell the tale. Desipis Dragons are especially feared for their uncanny power of absorbing the magic of others with the fire they breathe and converting it into the bright reserves of crystallized mana that decorate their bodies.

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.

Credibility Gap is brutish and mean but not very bright, and he likes to crow about how physically and magically strong he is. Apparently, he has a huge list of plans for the community that involve magic-stealing and mind-mashing and other things that'll make others suffer, and any one of those plans could come to fruition any day now. Fortunately for everyone, he is easily distracted and impressed by mundane things. He'll be in the midst of devising a new step to one of his heinous plans but then become distracted by the movement of squirrels along the front path, or the shape of the Tobola Nursery's Flame-Eater Succulents, or the dancing shadows of the hatchlings playing on the bridge, or the gentle rustle of Old Man Yousuf's lips in the wind. Amazed, he will forget whatever he was doing so he can just stare at the distraction until it passes.