Bleeding Moon Dragons are mostly nocturnal creatures. When outside in the sun, the small red spatters on their back grow and spread, making the dragons appear to “bleed.” It is said that the darker the shade of red, the more aggressive the dragon. Their tail barbs contain a powerful neuro-toxin which they use to subdue their prey. They are solitary creatures except when mating, preferring to dwell in the caves in mountains or other high places. Their large wingspan makes them fast flyers as well as fast runners, but they prefer to glide instead. Males are very competitive and will try almost everything to impress females, who will choose their mates based on speed and performance. Juveniles tend to form bachelor groups once fledged.

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.

When many think of a typical dragon, they think of a dragon like Sharpclaw. Sharpclaw Eclipsed is a dragon who was guarded and cagey from a young age, standoffish toward any dragon larger than himself, and is without a doubt dangerous. All of this aggression, however, is driven by something much less malicious: fear. Fear is what lead Sharpclaw to seclude himself in a cave near the very top of High Peak. The only dragons who know of Sharpclaw's true nature are the naturally curious Pygmies who live in the kapok tree above Sharpclaw's lair. These dragons are small and extraordinarily nonthreatening, leading Sharpclaw to confide in the few Pygmies who are brave enough to snoop around in his cave uninvited. He in truth admires them for it. He's promised himself that he will use his gargantuan size and razor sharp teeth for the Pygmies' sake should harm ever come their way, and thinks of himself as the protector of the kapok tree.