Gold dragons are the ones most often killed by humans, who consider their scales to be extremely valuable. These golden scales grant them a high level of protection, similar to armor, and they use this to their advantage in battle.

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.

Bound by affection as well as by necessity of magic to Kotanechiku, Moshirechiku—also known as 'the Gold Demon'—is fiercely protective over her soulmate. Separated, the two are wholly ordinary dragons, if that—but they've delved deep into symbiotic magic arts and discovered ways to excel at the craft as long as they have each other's company. Chiefly stretching and constricting the flow of time, the true capabilities of the two dragons tend to go unnoticed—mistaken at one extreme for teleportation and as twin lives paused on the other. With their heartbeats long since synchronised, the two dragons are often seen together, slowing time for themselves to watch mountains melt, enjoying the beauty of the natural world that goes unseen by others for the timescales involved, little more than mere statues for passersby to ponder the purpose of.