Gemshard Dragons are small, gregarious, expressive easterns, living in large clans high in the jungle canopy. Their bodies are covered in tiny, gem-like scales that shimmer in direct light, and each dragon has a unique pattern of markings on the forked spade of its tail. Though Gemshard Easterns cannot fly, they often leap from springy branches high into the sky on sunny days and perform acrobatic spins and twirls to entertain themselves. When the weather turns foul, they pile up together on sturdy tree limbs and interlock the forks of their tails with others to keep warm and dry.

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.

Blue is the color of WATER, not trees, and so Eooxwith has always found it very strange that he was expected to live in the leafy canopy instead of frolic in the rivers! So it was that upon reaching adolescence he promptly struck out, making for the nearest waterway and living it up therein. Just as he'd always thought, he turned out to be a natural at swimming, and he now happily spends his days zipping around chasing bugs and catching fish. Yet of late something's beginning to nag him. A coastal dragon recently passing through told him the most wondrous stories of an ocean, a place where some type of critter named a 'dolphin' is apparently as good at flipping and chattering and being adorable as he is. By jove, this might well mean his true calling is not to this water, but to the BIG water! It makes sense, after all; he did always think his belly speckles looked a bit salty...