Magelight Pygmy Wyverns make their homes deep under the earth, and produce a flammable, oily secretion from the tips of their tails to make light. The substance is long-burning, and brooding mothers douse their eggs in the oil while they incubate. Hatchlings’ tails subsequently catch fire at birth after coming into contact with their burning shells. Magelights are useful to human miners, as they are docile and easily trained to alert to the presence of methane damps, caved sections of tunnel, and proximity of nearby dragons to ensure the safety of crews.

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.

Pygmy dragons are the smallest category of dragons, being on the same scale as domesticated animals. They are often found around concentrated populations of dragons, relying on their larger brethren to ward away potential predators and leave scraps. As such, the majority of a pygmy’s diet is scavenged. Due to their tiny size, pygmies do not breed with larger varieties of dragons.

Gashrin is strange, even by the absurd standards in Recila's Cave. This is not due to some bizarre quirk or ability—no, Gashrin is strange by way of showing simply sympathy towards the interviewer and his apprentice. Most dragons have ceased to worry about either of them; Javier and Falhal always seem alright by the end of the day... or whenever they get back. But Gashrin frets over them endlessly. Because of this, he's most often seen tending to their most recent traumas, and doing his best to help the two.

Falhal is often annoyed by the attention—he usually just wants to sleep off whatever just happened—but Javier is pleased by it, and isn't above asking favors of Gashrin to make his own life easier.