Holiday dragons are a very mysterious breed. They are only seen during winter, and even then it is hard to catch a glimpse of one. They are responsible for the general cheer that spreads during the holidays. In essence, they are the “Spirits of Winter.”

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.

Iirve cannot stand to speak in prose

She coughs and sputters when she cannot sing

As if she's snorted coffee up her nose

Somehow reminiscent of death-throws

With a spastic squirming of her wing.

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She fears prosaic speech to such extent

That she becomes a garish drama-queen

To squeeze away lest some unsought event

Should chance to force unrhyming words to vent

From herself—for Iivre does not mean

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To seem eccentric; her supreme pet peeve

Harasses her like some persistent sneeze

Or some incessant itch she can't relieve.

It makes some others want to cleave

her throat—yet it spreads like some disease.