Royal Blue dragons are a nocturnal breed who prefer to live high in the mountains near slow-moving water that reflects the night sky. Although quite capable of defending themselves, they are peaceful by nature and will avoid a fight whenever possible.

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.

Jaqul is a subject of the so-called supreme ruler in Crule, called Noodle. Her positive feelings about him outweigh the negative, since she feels killing the shah's entire family was not nice, but she didn't really like the shah's policy on expatriates and other foreigners, and the shah was a bit of a pompous hothead. She enjoys the bread and circuses of the wily Noodle vastly more than the death matches previously held, too. Since Jaqul, like many denizens, wishes for no trouble, she is personally left alone by the supreme ruler, aside from the occasional run-ins where he has fun pronouncing her name in a myriad of ways. Her main chore is to ensure the records are safe from the weather and moisture and from some of those upstarts who wish to take over the region, who really need to find a hobby. She's had this set of tasks so long that it's all second nature to her, and she always has plenty of time at night to admire the sky.