Water Walkers are small dragons that are frequently found around bogs and ponds. While they are flightless, they retain the flight sacs and hollow bones of their airborne cousins. These traits, coupled with their extraordinarily long, webbed toes, allow them to stand on top of calm waters, using their small sails to propel them wherever they please. They spend the majority of their lives on the water, retreating to the tops of lily pads when the waters become too rough to float atop.

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.

Maiha, the first child of Ama and Ayumu, is one of the few hatchlings to not have a clutch which she hatched with. Because of this, as well as her innate shyness, she spent much of her time with her parents. As an adult she has found that her parents don't always wish her company, and so she is often alone. She loves to dance across the top of the waves, but is beginning to realize that even that can get boring when there is nobody to share it with.