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.

Blursed is considered ordinary, even dull, by his friends. To acquaintances and outsiders, he's a mystery. One day, he's a soft agony aunt to his friends, and another day, he's perpetuating vicious rumors about them. He's done things that ended up putting himself through anguish, such as engaging in negotiations that ultimately polluted his pond and made it uninhabitable. Other dragons have observed Blursed's behavior and wondered, frustratedly, what his motivations are. His friends, who themselves aren't the nicest, say he's the most interesting and likable when he does something unpredictable, even if the goal is to hurt them. They would do the same for him.