Bleeding Moon Dragons are mostly nocturnal creatures. When outside in the sun, the small red spatters on their back grow and spread, making the dragons appear to “bleed.” It is said that the darker the shade of red, the more aggressive the dragon. Their tail barbs contain a powerful neuro-toxin which they use to subdue their prey. They are solitary creatures except when mating, preferring to dwell in the caves in mountains or other high places. Their large wingspan makes them fast flyers as well as fast runners, but they prefer to glide instead. Males are very competitive and will try almost everything to impress females, who will choose their mates based on speed and performance. Juveniles tend to form bachelor groups once fledged.

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.

This vicious and scheming dragoness is the Queen of Luna. (Luna is a contingent of Bleeding Moon dragons who split from their owner's main cave a few centuries ago that settled in the rocky wastelands to the north, and have been mostly left to themselves during that time.) It is rumored, however, that Queen Levana has now set her sights on the main cave and has plans to rule both it and the land of Luna under her iron claws. She believes that she is the rightful ruler of Luna after a suspicious fire occurred nearly two decades ago, killing her older sister and young niece, who both happened to be ahead of her in line for the Lunar crown. No one could find any solid evidence that she was responsible, so the fire was written off as a tragic accident. Unbeknownst to her, however, a group of rebels rescued her niece, Princess Selene, smuggling her into the main cave and bringing her back from the brink of death, in the hope that she will one day overthrow her tyrant aunt.