Split Dragons use their sharp teeth and wings to hunt large animals and rarely eat plants. They are intelligent dragons who enjoy mental challenges, preferably alone; Split Dragons are normally solitary except during mating season. When mating, many dragons come together in a group to raise their eggs and hatchlings. These groups tend to be very noisy—reminiscent of a thunderstorm—and last only until the hatchlings are capable of surviving on their own.

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.

Two-headed dragons are unique enough to deserve a separate classification from ordinary dragons. They have two necks, two brains, two mouths, but one stomach and one main body. The two heads usually work together, but there are times when they will fight each other, snapping back and forth. Their unique anatomy prevents them from breeding with single-headed dragons.

Epaka and Alpha live in a small, remote settlement on a grassy plain. Together, they run a family business: raising chickens for meat and eggs. They have a rather foreign way of respecting the dead: Though done swiftly and purposfully, no life taken is without regret. The birds they kill, they sell as much of it as they can and then bury the remains facing East. Each funeral, as trivial as it may seem to others, is treated as though it is that of a loved one, tears shed, gifts to aid with the path to the afterlife.

Since they are essentially twins sharing the same body, Epaka and Alpha have learnt to coordinate their movements to utmost perfection. Still, they can't exactly split up work between them and be in two places at once. Fowl need feeding, pests need deterring, breaking fences need fixing, it's a surprisingly busy life for the pair. It should be no surprise that chickens sometimes escape, winding up goodness knows where and leaving eggs in the most unexpected locations.