Coastal Waverunners spend most of their time skimming the waves along the coast, snatching up their prey from the shallow waters. They have developed markings along the leading edges of their body that help disguise them as breaking waves. When they are not hunting, they enjoy playing among sand-dunes and shallow tide-pools. These dragons live in small but noisy rookeries. Some stories say Waverunners can fly for days on end without landing.

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.

Polyrhythmic is an excellent and agile flier who enjoys chasing fast fish that are difficult to catch. She has received a lot of attention from other Coastal Waverunners for her superior flying ability, but because she is shy she does not really enjoy all of this attention and so will move around a lot, never staying in one rookerie for long. She is very curious about Deep Sea dragons because they are similar to Coastal Waverunners in that they rely on the ocean for survival but at the same time are very different because of where they live in the ocean. She as spotted quite a few Deep Sea dragons in the far distance as they surfaced during the breeding season, but was always too shy to approach them, and because Deep Sea dragons avoid the coastline and other shallow waters, Polyrhythmic has never had a chance to talk to one. She enjoys playing in the tide pools with a few of her close friends but she can sometimes be aggressive when other unfamiliar Waverunners try to join in.