Harvest Dragons are a large, flightless breed most often found in heavily forested mountains. Normally shy, these omnivorous dragons keep to themselves in remote regions, but in the fall they descend from their high territory to search for food—and lots of it. During the autumn months, harvest dragons will eat whatever they can find, from large and small animals to nuts and fruit. In the winter they retreat into large caves and hibernate until spring, living off the fat they have built up.

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.

Hatched from a "corrupt" speckled egg patterned ominously with the number 13, this dragon has never known her parents.  Cast out when her egg was laid, she was taken in by the human Lorraine and warmed to hatching by red dragons Warm Lover and Warm Mistress, who know what it means to be an outcast.  Though she loves her adoptive parents, Hero Born often dreams at night about what life would be like if her shell had not been flawed.