Flamingo Wyverns are so named for their resemblance to the tropical birds with whom they often share territory. Their most striking feature is the bony black crest over their faces and snouts, larger in males, aiding both in digging up food and protection when fighting for mates. Males are duller in color than females due to their habit of wandering from nest to nest and picking from less algae-rich feeding grounds.

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.

Mister Russo has got it into his little Wyvern head that Flamingos should dance. None of his clanmates has any idea how he came to that conclusion, and his explanation that a female briar told him only furthers the confusion.

The human caretaker seems to be more amused than anything by his behaviour and smiles knowingly at the mention of "briar" but she refuses to solve the riddle for the other dragons. Instead she regularly brings several sheets with dancing steps for Mister to study. Silently giggling when she sees the Wyvern trying to adept "the dance of the finished queue" for Wyvern purposes might seem a bit mean-spirited to some, but really Mister doesn't mind as long as she then joins in with "the dance of shared accomplishment and pride".