Red Dragons are similar to typical story book dragons. They shoot flames, can fly, etc. However, they aren’t evil creatures as depicted in myths and won’t go around raiding castles, killing knights, or kidnapping princesses. They live in a variety of habitats, from forests to coastlines to abandoned castles, usually in warm climates, and eat whatever living creatures they can find.

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.

Ireden is a highly mysterious dragon. He's much darker red than most of his breed and blends into the back of the cave wall uncomfortably well. Somehow, when he chooses to speak, he seems to know a great deal more than should be physically possible. One of the lesser-known members of Elders swore she saw him walking out of a WALL one day.

The other dragons are freaked out by him and with good reason. Ireden has the ability to talk to the dead and spirits; they can even give him powers for short periods of time (hence the walking-out-of-the-wall experience). He has intentionally isolated himself from the others since he was little, knowing it would be a source of unwanted attention.

Ireden is also surprisingly bright and has been attempting to use his breathless friends to aid his goal: to learn the whole story of Elders and the other Northern Clans. Perhaps this quiet, mysterious scholar will be able to unlock a secret which will finally save them all from the clutches of Creorluna.