Black Marrows are named for their dark colored hides which are encased in a distinct exoskeleton. Their skull and the top edges of their spine push out from under the skin as they age. As such, their young need excessive amounts of calcium for this armor to develop. The older a Black Marrow dragon is, the more skeletal their appearance. They often use their skeletal looks to lure in foolish scavengers or terrify predators. These vicious dragons love nothing more than to crack open bones with their stony beaks and eat the marrow inside. Voracious scavengers, Black Marrows will swarm and devour corpses both old and fresh, sometimes even dragging larger finds to the water to allow them to “ripen.” Despite their dreadful demeanour and often horrid stench, Black Marrows are devoted mates and parents.

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.

The Witchdoctor lives in the long-emptied skull of an ancient dead dragon (probably an Azure Glacewing), which she fills with various totems and masks she makes with bone fragments. She was never given a true "name" and instead simply goes by the title that suits her profession. She is skilled in forms of dark magics that many creatures would rather avoid, and so most of her customers come to her only as a last resort after all else has failed (or if the safer alternatives were too expensive). While vicious and rather nasty, she isn't malicious; rather she's mostly neutral, and will help others if she gets enough payment. A like-minded but evil Vampire dragon named Za'Kiev often tries to befriend the Witchdoctor, but this more successful witch only finds Kiev to be annoying.