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.

Nder was a special little Canopy from birth—she took significantly longer to come out of her shell than normal hatchies. Her egg was isolated from others, and no one was allowed to so much as see it. Shortly before dying of loneliness and malnourishment, she heard voices saying things like "Go greener!" and "Too long". She hatched, finally feeling the tender care she never had in her shell. As she grew, she met a beautiful but reclusive dragon named Little Ajus Taield. After hearing his tale, she finally understood what happened. And strangely, she liked it. Ajus had a beauty to him normal dragons didn't. Nder went in to find a suitable mate, but she had no intentions of having normal hatchlings. Oh, no. Her offspring would all be special.