Vampire Dragons are members of the undead. They sustain themselves by drinking the blood of others. It is said that they are only “alive” at night, and seem dead or asleep during the day, as they cannot endure sunlight for long periods of time. Vampire Dragons can only reproduce by changing the eggs of other dragons, puncturing the shell with their fangs and injecting venom that kills the baby inside.

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.

The day Beech's mother laid her egg, fathered by some Brute she met a week prior, it was taken to a Vampire to be bitten. Fearing a failed transformation the mother fled, not staying to watch as the egg was successfully turned. The vampiric dragon took the egg to a community nursery to be taken care of instead of going to her clan, were the hatchling grew up somewhat normally. Beech was accepted into the Deadly vampiric clan for a short period, though left at a young age when her father came down from the mountains searching for his offspring. Radaran taught his daughter how to fly and hunt as best he could despite her oddness. As she reached adulthood, they were both ready for her to leave though Beech decided that she'd do so tomorrow before pushing it back another day. It got to the point where they both understood that she wasn't going to leave her father, so they both accepted that they would live together on their own mountain.