Seawyrm Pygmies are little dragons that live by the ocean, coasting on the winds above and diving down straight into the water whenever they spot a choice fish. Before their wings grow in, they spend the majority of their time in the sea, their tail fin extending over halfway up their bodies and allowing them to maneuver quickly and easily through the reefs. As they age, they give up some of their maneuverability in the water as that fin recedes into a tail fin better suited for flight. When a Seawyrm Pygmy finds a mate, they will perform synchronized dives together before burying their eggs in the shallow sands, where their eggs can hatch protected from larger predators.

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.

Pygmy dragons are the smallest category of dragons, being on the same scale as domesticated animals. They are often found around concentrated populations of dragons, relying on their larger brethren to ward away potential predators and leave scraps. As such, the majority of a pygmy’s diet is scavenged. Due to their tiny size, pygmies do not breed with larger varieties of dragons.

A group of pygmy dragons reside in a secret underground world. Each of the small dragons had once lived with humans, but were discarded for one reason or another. Their existence was undiscovered until Indigo Fringe, while traveling with the nomadic herd he was born into, discovered them by chance. Realizing that they just wanted to be left alone, Indigo Fringe agreed to keep their existence a secret. But the Pygmy clan remain friends with the young Dorsal Dragon.

Scarpspray was born with the very rare gift of a seer. Simply by looking at the way the ocean waters break upon the sand, she is able to know when a danger is approaching, giving fair warning for the other abandoned dragons to hide away. While this gift is greatly beneficial to her friends, it also prevents Scarpspray from fully connecting with them, and she usually keeps to herself.