When Water Dragons mature, they lose the ability to survive on land, entering the water permanently. They are adept swimmers and eat whatever fish are in the lake they live in. They tend to inhabit the same lake for their entire lives, although a few live in the ocean and swim all over the world.

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.

The trickling of water reaches your ears, and you glance down from the ledge on which you are standing. The sight makes you uneasy, a vast distance down which you may fall if you make a single misstep. Your dizziness, however, forces the inevitable. Stepping back, you trip, and suddenly the underwater lake that you'd been eying before is flying up towards you at a rate impossible to fathom. You fear the worst, when the icy impact finally hits. The lake, though, is deep, and though freezing cold, it brakes your fall. Stunned, you manage to push yourself back up to the surface. Seconds later, you're looking straight into the pale, iris-less eyeball of what appears to be a giant, faded blue serpent. His body undulates in the water, and the massive ridges, that same pale shade you see within his eye, shine eerily in the darkness. Riptyde analyzes you swiftly, and faster than you imagine possible, shoots off into the depths of the lake; his home, his life, his passion.