Common Pygmies are sweet in temperament and palate. They spend a fair amount of time foraging for and scavenging food but have a particular fondness for sweet tasting treats, such as honey. When pickings are slim, they can hunt songbirds and small mammals. Common Pygmies stay in large groups, migrating alongside their food supply. Although capable of the same basic vocal sounds of most other dragons, Common Pygmies prefer to communicate through body language. It is perhaps no surprise, then, that Common Pygmy hatchlings are rather affectionate.

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.

Pygmy dragons are the smallest category of dragons, being on the same scale as domesticated animals. They are often found around concentrated populations of dragons, relying on their larger brethren to ward away potential predators and leave scraps. As such, the majority of a pygmy’s diet is scavenged. Due to their tiny size, pygmies do not breed with larger varieties of dragons.

As a hatchling Sora was very adventurous and constantly getting into trouble. He liked to spend most of his time at the beach, climbing trees and hunting hallucinogenic mushrooms with his friends. His parents constantly worried about him, but as he never seemed to do anything too dangerous, were happy to let him do as he pleased.

This changed when Sora finally learned to fly. One night during a storm he vanished without a word and did not return for nearly two years. His parents, already out of their minds with worry, found their moods did not improve when he explained that he had been off on an adventure with a talking dog and a duck who didn't wear any pants. Not only did they ground him until his own children were grown up, but they forbade him to eat any more of those mushrooms.