Harvest Dragons are a large, flightless breed most often found in heavily forested mountains. Normally shy, these omnivorous dragons keep to themselves in remote regions, but in the fall they descend from their high territory to search for food—and lots of it. During the autumn months, harvest dragons will eat whatever they can find, from large and small animals to nuts and fruit. In the winter they retreat into large caves and hibernate until spring, living off the fat they have built up.

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.

Shy Harvest is a harvest dragon. He is calm, but he has a short temper and can easily be angered and provoked. He is often found caring for newborn hatchlings, and he likes to entertain the older hatchlings of his clan. Every autumn, he likes to go on a rampage through the countryside, taking all the food he can get and hoarding it in his clan's food storages, which often causes havoc among the other harvest dragons in the area, who often struggle to find food after he has taken most of it. Sometimes, he accidentally takes food from other clan territories, and this often results in his clan having to rescue him from angry border patrols.