Gilded Bloodscale Dragons often spend hours investigating every minute detail of caves, making sure their living spaces are arranged exactly how they like. They crave intellectual stimulation and get bored easily. As such, these dragons prefer to lure in their prey using their sharp minds rather than brute strength, often engaging in battles of wits between their two heads to determine how best to proceed. Seen as eccentric by other dragons, they are often shunned by all but their own kind.

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.

Two-headed dragons are unique enough to deserve a separate classification from ordinary dragons. They have two necks, two brains, two mouths, but one stomach and one main body. The two heads usually work together, but there are times when they will fight each other, snapping back and forth. Their unique anatomy prevents them from breeding with single-headed dragons.

Moriarty and Moran, known widely among the clan as simply 'the professor', appear to be a brilliant bloodscale with an inclination for mathematics. The question has always been if that impression can be trusted. Sherlock and a few others believe that MOST misdeeds among the clan could ultimately be traced back to him, and that if some shimmer princess's jewel hoard has been stolen or anything else important disappears, he may well be responsible. The trick is that he seems always to have an alibi or two, and he and those that follow him NEVER leave a trail. That is why he remains among the clan; most take him for what he appears to be. The truth is, of course, that there is a nearly constant game between him and Sherlock... the one constantly attempting to find proof of guilt, and the other attempting to ensure that that proof is never, EVER found. Despite the threat his fellow bloodscale very obviously is, the Professor harbors a respect for him as a worthy opponent and strong rival.