Copper Dragons are masters of stealth, slipping silently and swiftly through the forests and jungles where they live. Often hunting in groups, their prey rarely know they are being stalked until the dragon’s at their throat. In the air they are agile and skilled. Copper Dragons prize family groups, spending large amounts of time teaching their young skills. So great is their love of life and family that they will sometimes adopt orphaned dragons of other breeds to raise.

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.

Once seen, an ocean stained with light is a sight few ever forget. This is why masses of people flock to the coast of the country of Acadia, where the sand is particularly soft and the sun particularly bright. But those who come to relish the sunset on the shores find another is already there, waiting.

None know his name (and none dare ask, for a dragon of his size is not lightly trifled with), but he is always there, day and night, staring out over the sea as if awaiting something. While this is interesting enough in itself, the true legend of the dragon centers around his habit of disappearing as night falls. Not simply departing, it must be noted, but truly and surely fading out of sight. This has alarmed many, for good reason, and most label him either ghost or spirit and stay well out of his way. But those who dare linger after dark say they see him still, a shadow under the moon, dancing in the shallow water.