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.

This tan and purple ridgewing is from a family of many branches known for their naming scheme "(So-and-so) of (So-and-so)", mainly because every member can be traced to a dragon named Bilbo Baggins of Bag End. Thus, the family tree has Gandalf's Pipe of Pipe-weed, whose name makes the pedants whine that she is "breaking the rules". That is how she likes to live. She finds loopholes and uses careful wording so she is always speaking the truth. When she is alone, which is quite often, she inhales the smoke produced by setting dried bits of leaves on fire while watching the goings-on below her.