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.

Winning hearts while he tears out throats (never at the same time, of course), Voltaire has never once cursed the bite that changed him in the egg. In fact, he considers it his greatest blessing. From the day he hatched, the young Vampire showed a remarkable, not to mention highly unexpected talent- singing. First it was the simple lullabies from the nursery, then all sorts of melodies, until he finally started to come up with his own songs. His humor is often dark, one of his more famous songs inspired by Zombie dragons and their rumored fondness for brains, while others deal with more philosophical aspects he picked up from humans.

  Like many dragons raised by his caretaker, Voltaire left the cave once he grew up. Partially to share his talent and win a few meals from it, but his true motivation came from stories he heard as a hatchling. That he was not the first vampire hatched in that cave, there was another long before him. A female, one of the first vampire dragons ever born...