Black Marrows are named for their dark colored hides which are encased in a distinct exoskeleton. Their skull and the top edges of their spine push out from under the skin as they age. As such, their young need excessive amounts of calcium for this armor to develop. The older a Black Marrow dragon is, the more skeletal their appearance. They often use their skeletal looks to lure in foolish scavengers or terrify predators. These vicious dragons love nothing more than to crack open bones with their stony beaks and eat the marrow inside. Voracious scavengers, Black Marrows will swarm and devour corpses both old and fresh, sometimes even dragging larger finds to the water to allow them to “ripen.” Despite their dreadful demeanour and often horrid stench, Black Marrows are devoted mates and parents.

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.

It's the darnedest thing. She's got the name; her species eats bone marrow, for goodness sakes! Samaira should be scary, dang it! She tries so hard, and she actually pulls it off at first, until you see the gaggle of adorable woodland creatures that follow her everywhere she goes. To her left there's Bambi in all his woodland glory. (She can't even get him to put those horns to good use. Believe her, she's tried. He just looked at her stupidly and LICKED her.) Running around her tree trunk legs are ten squirrels and Thumper with his bunny buddies like Fox and Coon. Hovering around her head is a swarm of butterflies spawned out of the ether just for little old her, and birds gather between the bony ridges of her back, tweeting loudly so she can't sneak up on ANYONE! She's tried so many violent means to get rid of them. It's enough to make a pacifist white want to see blood. But no matter what she does, they always come back.