Blue-Banded Dragons are found primarily in mountainous regions with lots of precipitation. Although terrestrial, they are most often sighted near running water and feed mostly on fish. Females are very social and form tight-knit family groups, while males are strictly solitary and will fight any other dragons that enter their territory outside of breeding season. For this reason, females tend to drive males away when they are not ready to mate, or when they are caring for hatchlings. The amount of striping varies greatly from individual to individual, with some dragons having only faint dark streaks on their sides and others appearing to be almost entirely dark blue with paler markings.

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.

Tabb is not the smartest individual in South Aquebecker and especially has difficulty determining cause and effect. The few dragons who don't look down upon him say he's admirable for dreaming big and always looking on the bright side of things. His biggest dream is to be an "Evil Overlord". He doesn't know how people become Evil Overlords, but he does know that they are respected and listened to. When Tabb was a hatchling, his mother relayed stories his father told her about his homeland, which had an Evil Overlord. The Evil Overlord had a lot of friends, and he was praised by his friends while he helped them a lot in turn. The Evil Overlord's favorite food was all sorts of river fish, and he never went hungry, a fact that intrigued Tabb. He figures that perhaps the way to become an Evil Overlord is to get really good at fishing. Once he gets to be an Evil Overlord, he will probably make a lot of friends.