Shumoga Dragons are a skittish breed, more likely to spit fire at a threat and take to the air than stand and fight. However, if cornered, they will wield their fiery breath and sharp hind claws in lethal defense. Their claws are also a powerful weapon for hunting—they drop down on their prey from above and disembowel it with a swift slash. In the wild, females turn their eggs daily in the nest and will crack the shells with a hind claw to encourage hatching once the egg developed enough to survive. Wild Shumoga Dragons always have dark silver scales and black wings due to this forced hatching, and those that survive to adulthood display these colors proudly as a sign of survival of the fittest. However, the stress of hatching early affects their temperament, and adults tend to be nervous, irritable, and quick to take offense.

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.

Tanja is a sweet, chipper dragon who can see the good in anyone, the only dark-winged shumoga who vocally defends the merits of her lighter brethren. She is adept in magic and tries to use her magical abilities to help rather than harm. The areas around and atop her cave have lush, colorful blooms seen nowhere else in the district, and she's rumored to be wholly responsible for them. Although Tanja is no slouch in healing magic and is happy to perpetuate the rumors, her secret is that she uses the bodies of her slain enemies as fertilizer for her flowers.