Ridgewing Dragons live just below the snow level on the upper slopes of mountains. They are a friendly, playful breed and enjoy dancing in wind currents near their homes or plummeting down into valleys from great heights. Their wings, by far their most striking feature, grow in fin-like ridges along their backs. While their bodies lack markings to blend better with their surroundings, a ridgewing’s wings have bright markings in the colors of the flowers that grow in their mountain habitat. Occasionally different-colored individuals can be found, but they are rare because their striking coloring offers little protection.

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.

Tinsel Fourlegs was born a disappointment to her lineage. Coming from a line of glorious male Tan Ridgewing Dragons and female Silver Dragons, she was nothing but a common Purple Ridgewing, and a girl at that. Luckily an over-mothering female Red Dragon, named Firey Claws, found Tinsel Fourlegs' egg cast aside, and brought it back to a warm nest. Tinsel Fourlegs had a completely normal childhood from that point on, and it was as though she had never been abandoned in the first place. Well, until she started hanging around Flippant Kelpie; not only would he insensitively tease her, but he was born to parents in this nest and greatly loved by all. Right when she was angriest with him, he asked her to be his mate. She couldn't believe it!  When she was about to say no, she realized that she was just jealous of him, and that he probably hadn't meant to hurt her feelings on those previous occasions. Enlightened, she said yes, on the condition that he try to be more sensitive.