Aria dragons are a brightly-colored and sprightly breed, perhaps most adored for their lyric calls. Their song-like melodies fill the areas they inhabit; their coos resemble those of birds, only more elegant and refined. They have fairly strong magical capabilities, but tend to reserve these strengths for last-minute defense, choosing to live their lives in simple peace. Arias, sticking to the tropics, typically live quite far from human settlements, giving rise to the previously held belief that they had gone extinct.

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.

Most dragons think Freeker By The Speaker Dorkface is an old matron who never mated or had eggs, but this is not true. Freeker had a passionate love affair once, which produced a beautiful silver egg. This was her pride and joy, and Freeker was devastated when she woke one morning to find that the egg had been stolen. Freeker searched for centuries, but she never found her lost child.

Eventually she gave up and found a nice forest to retire to. She kept to herself for the most part, but when an acquaintance brought a disabled hatchling to her, Freeker's maternal instincts turned on full-force. She's spent the last several hundred years serving as foster-mother and guardian to lost or injured hatchlings.