Vampire Dragons are members of the undead. They sustain themselves by drinking the blood of others. It is said that they are only “alive” at night, and seem dead or asleep during the day, as they cannot endure sunlight for long periods of time. Vampire Dragons can only reproduce by changing the eggs of other dragons, puncturing the shell with their fangs and injecting venom that kills the baby inside.

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.

Lekads has a strong hatred for "campires"—his term for vampire dragons who make a mockery of the breed by conforming to ridiculous stereotypes. If he hears of a vampire dragon who recoils in over-exaggerated horror from religious symbols, claims to be deathly afraid of garlic, broods dramatically in graveyards, or drapes themselves in dark fabric, he'll hunt them down and show them what a proper vampire dragon looks like.