Water Walkers are small dragons that are frequently found around bogs and ponds. While they are flightless, they retain the flight sacs and hollow bones of their airborne cousins. These traits, coupled with their extraordinarily long, webbed toes, allow them to stand on top of calm waters, using their small sails to propel them wherever they please. They spend the majority of their lives on the water, retreating to the tops of lily pads when the waters become too rough to float atop.

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.

Jacana is a wanderer; a sort of 'nomad' of the dragon world, if you please. He has no set 'home'--no cave, no lair, no nest--and (currently) does not belong to any sort of clan or pack. Jacana explores the marshes by day; at night, he settles himself wherever he sees fit at the time (patches of marsh-grasses that appear to have been flattened or sat on usually indicate one of Jacana's former napping places). Generally wary, he keeps his distance with strange discoveries (like other dragons); yet, if no threat is posed, he can become quite curious, and will approach with caution.