Magi Dragons are, as their name suggests, primarily magic users. They rarely use physical forms of attack. They eat anything they can kill, which is almost everything. They won’t kill unprovoked except when hunting, although they may kill humans if in danger. Their strong magic makes them one of the most feared breeds of dragons.

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.

Hopelessly idealistic Hathenlieu is one of the writers for Roaring Lion Productions, levitating quill to parchment to produce one new play after another.  He can be so prolific because his stories are all much the same—music-filled plays of the "here's a deserted meeting place—let's put on a show" variety, where a group of plucky young dragons overcome obstacles and melt the hardest of hearts through song and smiles.  The plays are so interchangeable that the actors frequently call each other by the wrong character name and even the director often can't remember whether that week's play is "Life's a Song" or "Sing a Song of Life."  Though formulaic to a fault, Hathenlieu's plays are both popular and cheap to produce, and thus staples of the Roaring Lion repertoire.  Hathenlieu himself is much as one would expect, based on his literary output—cheerful, naive, and optimistic, with a tendency to always believe the best of everyone that frequently gets him into trouble.