When Water Dragons mature, they lose the ability to survive on land, entering the water permanently. They are adept swimmers and eat whatever fish are in the lake they live in. They tend to inhabit the same lake for their entire lives, although a few live in the ocean and swim all over the world.

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.

Roaringburn has two drastically different personalities that are separated by very thin lines. He can be a very sweet, kind, calm dragon, but when that fragile line is crossed, he will transform into a violent, angry, squalling brute. No one has quite yet figured out everything that makes him go berserk, but they have compiled a list: being offended, being threatened, being ordered around by anyone but his clan leader and his parents, his family in pain, losing an argument, rainy days, snowy days, stormy days, (in short, any day except a sunny one), annoying hatchlings that think they can swim but can't, which they find out when they leap in the pond and begin to sink rapidly, causing Roaringburn to have to rescue them... A very long list. Included on that list is feeling weak, but every dragon, human, or anything that takes in air must feel like that sometimes.