Canopy Dragons love to soar above the tropical jungles and other densely forested areas. Their billowing, layered wings create generous lift that allows them to ascend effortlessly over the warm jungle. While their unique wings do not make them the fastest flyers, they are champion gliders. To further this end, dexterity, maneuverability, and grace are all judged by the females when selecting their mates from the males that can accurately complete the exhausting and elaborate courtship dance between the close growing branches of the upper canopy.

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.

A very friendly, tiny creature who enjoys leaping from one place to the next, Hopskip is unusual among canopy dragons in that he doesn't live near a canopy at all. Accidentally shipped away in a box of bananas, he woke up from his comfy nap to find himself in the middle of a luxurious town. However, the elaborate buildings and stately trees serve him well enough as a jungle, and he can often be seen racing happily along in pursuit of pigeons or dropping down to accept fruit offerings from the townsfolk, who find him absolutely adorable. An effort is currently being made to import a female friend for him, and there's hopes that there'll soon be a whole population of suburban canopies there!