Shimmer-scale Dragons are a very beautiful breed with small—but highly reflective—scales that shimmer and shine as the dragon moves through water. They don’t have fins or webbed feet, but their long, eel-like bodies allow them to swim quite fast. They were once rumored to carry large pearls in their claws—causing many to seek them out in search of this fabulous treasure. In reality, the “pearl” is of greater value to the dragon, for the fabled treasure is actually an egg carried by a migrating female.

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.

Meeting this dragon, the Original High, for the first time, not many people understand what his name means. While there is nothing light-minded in it, wise men say it is an experience of something great for the first time, the highs, the milestones of adrenaline. Others spend the rest of their time just trying to recreate that first high. While there is something quite sweet about it, something nostalgic, it is also about living in the past and not moving forward. They write bittersweet songs about this feeling, which any dragon keeper can actually listen to.