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.

Before Torpid was turned, she was a sleek Black dragon full of grace and energy. She had always abhorred Vampire dragons, because they stood outside of time. Torpid firmly believes in the linear nature of time, and the idea that everything must die. In nature it is only natural for animals to be born, to live, to breed, and to die. Survival of the fittest, natural selection, and evolution were all things she firmly knew about.  But to be outside of all that...that is just unnatural. Vampires especially, they don't breed, mate, are not born, and do not die. But irony must be in Torpid's name, since she is now what she most vehemently hates. She tries to mesh her opinions and her reality together, but it is like trying to make a square into a circle.