Striped Dragons come in a dazzling array of colors complemented by an intricate pattern of stripes. These bright colors and patterns help attract their favorite food, insects. Because their prey is so tiny, striped dragons must spend a large portion of their day eating. The color of the offspring is usually determined by the dragon’s mate.

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.

Chuang is a small business owner. Standing at less than three feet from digits to wing-tip, he's tiny for a striped but not to be trifled with. The ferocious dragon is the heir of an iron company—empire, really—and has only increased the business' profits many times over since the old human founders died. Every day, his minions give him a box of bugs to eat so he wastes no time catching them himself. Greedy and difficult, Chuang finds no joy in food, family, sex, or hobbies. All he cares about is acquiring shiny riches, and most of it from sales go to him. One may ask what a dragon would do with tons of metal and jewels—Chuang stores it in an enormous underground hall and lies on top of it, of course.