Common Pygmies are sweet in temperament and palate. They spend a fair amount of time foraging for and scavenging food but have a particular fondness for sweet tasting treats, such as honey. When pickings are slim, they can hunt songbirds and small mammals. Common Pygmies stay in large groups, migrating alongside their food supply. Although capable of the same basic vocal sounds of most other dragons, Common Pygmies prefer to communicate through body language. It is perhaps no surprise, then, that Common Pygmy hatchlings are rather affectionate.

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.

Pygmy dragons are the smallest category of dragons, being on the same scale as domesticated animals. They are often found around concentrated populations of dragons, relying on their larger brethren to ward away potential predators and leave scraps. As such, the majority of a pygmy’s diet is scavenged. Due to their tiny size, pygmies do not breed with larger varieties of dragons.

There has never been a sweeter dragon than dear Itsilie.  She is delicate and fragile as a dragonfly's golden wings and as enchanting as the sun's first rays of dawn.  However, she is mute.  Never once from her hatching until adulthood has she ever been able to utter a sound.  The other dragons trust her with their secrets because she can tell no one.  Itsilie is a great listener and helps anyone who is in need. Her mate, Salimanth, looks after her constantly because he fears that a large dragon could accidentally crush his dainty and frail sweetheart, who could not make a sound to alert the other dragon of her location.