Pargulus Pygmies can often be found tending to plants and foraging for food. They like to care for other living things, be it plant or animal, and will often leave the food from their foraging trips outside the dens of those who need it or even just those they think could use a treat. These colorful little dragons are especially attentive to anyone who might be struggling to find food themselves, such as the elderly, the sick, or the very young. Pargulus pygmies have a surprisingly large range considering their small size. They have been known to travel far and wide to find food to bring back to their friends.

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.

Crocket is one of the Water Laborers of the Karakums, a noble family of Crule. There's more than one definition of "noble", and the family is the sort of noble that means "having money and privileges". His main job is to water the gardens and harvest food, but a recent new responsibility is to bring water to injured family members. They usually get hurt through attempted usurpations of the throne of Crule, which are always thwarted, and a selection of Water Laborers are taught to tend to them with water and medical supplies. Crocket doesn't get paid extra for doing this extra task, but not doing it gets him berated and caned. Sometimes, members of the family will cane him because they don't like his presence at the moment or just want to hit someone and don't feel like their livestock deserve it. Crocket isn't supposed to leave Karakum land, but he can sneak out and visit the few Pargulus Pygmies from other clans, who don't seem to be having a nice time with their employers, either.