Coastal Waverunners spend most of their time skimming the waves along the coast, snatching up their prey from the shallow waters. They have developed markings along the leading edges of their body that help disguise them as breaking waves. When they are not hunting, they enjoy playing among sand-dunes and shallow tide-pools. These dragons live in small but noisy rookeries. Some stories say Waverunners can fly for days on end without landing.

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.

SkyWatcher's parents had thought he would follow his father's footsteps and protect the Clan while they were feeding. But, when SkyWatcher was a young hatchling, he became sick and his mother had the slightest idea what to do. She tried to protect him from harm and hoped his sickness would cease, but it grew worse. Eventually, SkyWatcher's sickness grew so bad, he was unable to breathe. It was the night his mother assumed to be his last that a mortal slipped a Berry down his throat that cured him, but SkyWatcher's mother had a strong sense of smell. The nanosecond of contact with the skin of a mortal downed SkyWatcher a reject. He hated his mother from that moment on, and may seem arrogant and selfish to other dragons.