The Freckled Dragon is a small, cunning breed known for their obsessive hoarding habits. Males and females are visually identical, but one can tell the difference between genders depending on what they collect—males only collect green-colored items, while females only collect red-colored items. Though their wings are too small to sustain flight, these dragons can glide for a short distance. Instead of flying, Freckled Dragons travel by running at swift speeds for long distances. They are typically docile, but can become violent if their treasure is threatened.

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.

Elf Dreck is no elf and hopes she's no dreck. Energetic and talkative, she is friendly to every non-food person she meets, unless they try to steal from her. She's taken a liking to a sheep that must've lost its mother and wandered down the mountain. Elf Dreck would normally dine on a prey animal without much thought, but this one was young and not a worthy meal, so she kept it around to let it grow, protecting it like she protects her hoard. Unfortunately, it escaped after a couple of years. Elf Dreck is on—probably—her thirtieth sheep now. Every time, she would say, "Oh, the little thing must've lost its mother and wandered down the mountain. It's too small to be worth eating, so I'll just put it in this pen and wait until it's big enough." When it reached maturity, somehow, despite Elf Dreck's security measures, it would always escape. Every time Elf Dreck brings back a lamb, no one believes that she had chanced upon it and instead had taken it to be her pet.