Magi Dragons are, as their name suggests, primarily magic users. They rarely use physical forms of attack. They eat anything they can kill, which is almost everything. They won’t kill unprovoked except when hunting, although they may kill humans if in danger. Their strong magic makes them one of the most feared breeds of dragons.

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.

Curnsaro was trained from the day he hatched to be the maintainer of Highrock Weyr's spell-shields, and had to take full responsibility when not yet fully grown, when his magi predecessor died.  His sole purpose in life is to keep Highrock Weyr safe at any price, and since the only dragons he came in contact with while growing up were his magi trainer, warped from her long years as spell-maintainer, and Olinbar, fanatically obsessed with keeping encroaching humans out of his weyr by any means necessary, Curnsaro has no qualms about killing other dragons.  His only hope for any sort of normal life is Kazara—now that her magical garden is beginning to resolve the food shortage, she's turned her effort toward trying to find some way to give Curnsaro some connection with everyday dragon life, mainly by telling him stories about Highrock's other residents and dragons she met on her travels.