Silver Dragons are arguably one of the most beautiful types of dragons. They live in high altitude habitats such as mountains. Silver females eat meat only when a male dragon brings it to them as part of courtship, though they are typically highly-independent. They possess an almost magical aura that lights up any place they are in, and are looked upon with awe by humans and animals alike.

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.

Cannery enjoys doing something she calls "chinning", while everyone else calls it "please don't assign a word to this dumb activity". In a group of dragons who take as little time as possible going to the outhouse, Cannery takes her sweet time. Chilling while on the can: chinning. She isn't bored—she might pass time by doing a number of things that don't involve being on one's feet, and she gets a lot done while chilling in there; for instance, she can comb through several pages of manuscript without anyone disturbing her and come up with some novel ideas, if she carefully times her visits to the can. She also sometimes records stats and miscellaneous information, such as what extended sitting does to her legs and how to reduce odors and the spread of disease in the outhouse, but nobody ever reads her notes. Chinning is so foreign to the other dragons that they don't bother asking Cannery about it. It's just this very weird thing that this otherwise typical-in-every-way dragon does.