Pumpkin Dragons are a very small breed, named after their affinity for pumpkins. They are always found living inside hollowed-out pumpkins, and are only seen during the harvest season. Young children often hollow out and decorate their pumpkins in the hope that a Pumpkin Dragon will make it his or her home.

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.

No one knows what Pipimpkin is really thinking as she lies in her dirt pile, looking at some point in the sky. She might not be thinking anything at all. She's never talked before, and other dragons speaking via telepathy get no response. It's rumored that she is not a dragon who hatched from an egg but a pumpkin that was turned into a pumpkin dragon by a zap of magic. It would explain her silence and why some folks feel an inexplicable urge to scoop out her innards and bake them in a pie. Though they've honestly informed Pipimpkin that they feel this way, at most she has cocked her head in response and resumed lying in the garden looking at the sky.