Siyat Dragons are extremely smart and have an excellent memory. They are very quick and will often dive through the air making chirps and calls for attention if they feel ignored. Siyat dragons are herbivores and need to eat a lot to make up for all the energy they use with their excitable nature. Groups of Siyat Dragons have a hierarchical structure based on the color of their markings. It is thought that the social status of a dragon is determined by its incubation period—in addition to having different coloration, dragons allowed more time to develop are considered wiser and of higher status.

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.

Eldho works on the set of "Today Beach", a theatrical program. She seems to be the only full-time staffer who has misgivings over So-and-So the Ciriax Lindwyrm night worker. So-and-So is very good at finding new guests for the show, something Today Beach struggled with before he was hired. The other employees sometimes ask about his methods of persuasion, and the heads always answer, "Easy! We find fine young mind in School grounds. We tell prospective guest that appearance on show is worth time. Guest says 'no' never." Eldho has seen him netting new guests by catching them in a net, and he approaches them, bright-eyed, probably slavering like a predator. He will kill someone. He doesn't belong here. Nobody listens to Eldho, and she gets told to shut up a lot, probably because she's a lowly green siyat. In fact, the executive producer has said that if she keeps this up, she'll be fired. Eldho knows she's right, and she's determined to get that gargoyle-faced wretch kicked out.