Red Dragons are similar to typical story book dragons. They shoot flames, can fly, etc. However, they aren’t evil creatures as depicted in myths and won’t go around raiding castles, killing knights, or kidnapping princesses. They live in a variety of habitats, from forests to coastlines to abandoned castles, usually in warm climates, and eat whatever living creatures they can find.

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.

Gakadi is always hungry and hunts as much as he can. The only time he isn't hunting, he is sleeping, which is about a third of a day. From early morning, when he leaves his cave, he goes hunting (usually for mammals) and eats them the moment they are killed. Usually, the prey caught on evenings are considered as leftovers and are dragged back to his cave for snacking at night.

Though Gakadi eats a lot and isn't keen on sharing, he still gives some meat to dragons that just weren't successful at hunting that day or to those who have too many hatchlings to take care of. Gakadi is well informed of dragons around his hunting parts and knows almost all of their names. He is like an uncle to hatchlings that always ask for food when they see him. Of course Gakadi doesn't have the wish to disappoint little ones and gives some scraps or freshly caught little mammals to them.