Frilled Dragons are smaller than most other breeds, but when threatened, they stretch out their wings and frills to appear larger. They generally do not like to fight and prefer hiding to confrontation. Frilled dragons live in small groups and often band together to scare off potential threats. Males also use their frills as a way to attract mates, with those displaying the “best” frills being more likely to breed.

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.

As a relative of an officer, Unobservant was automatically enrolled in a group called the Grimacing Upstarts. They have goals and various ways of reaching them. Some of those actions aren't or haven't been very nice, but it's all for the Greater Good. If Unobservant is tasked with doing something, the longer the task takes, the greater the odds of him going off-road and winding up doing something different. As part of the jungle division of the Grimacing Upstarts, he was supposed to compose and send a hostage letter to the Lomo aristocrats demanding mana lest their hostage be killed, but he forgot what he was writing about halfway through, and the notice became an advert for a tent and lounge chairs. To the surprise of the rest of the division, the Lomo clan sent more than the ransomed amount, so the Upstarts returned their member and threw in the advertised products.