Common Pygmies are sweet in temperament and palate. They spend a fair amount of time foraging for and scavenging food but have a particular fondness for sweet tasting treats, such as honey. When pickings are slim, they can hunt songbirds and small mammals. Common Pygmies stay in large groups, migrating alongside their food supply. Although capable of the same basic vocal sounds of most other dragons, Common Pygmies prefer to communicate through body language. It is perhaps no surprise, then, that Common Pygmy hatchlings are rather affectionate.

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.

Pygmy dragons are the smallest category of dragons, being on the same scale as domesticated animals. They are often found around concentrated populations of dragons, relying on their larger brethren to ward away potential predators and leave scraps. As such, the majority of a pygmy’s diet is scavenged. Due to their tiny size, pygmies do not breed with larger varieties of dragons.

This was the first Pygmy ever to find his way to this particular cave, and thus did not have to share or fight for the food he found or for his nesting place—anything he wanted was too small for any of the other dragons so no one objected to him having it. This lazy, carefree life allowed him to keep being as good-humoured and trustful as on the day he hatched, but as he was never required to use his wits or get out of any difficult situation, he never learned to use his brains. This is why, to this day, he thinks that his name is "Where's the Dragon", because this is the sentence he hears most often (usually shortly before one of the bigger dragons accidentally sits on him).