Balloon Dragons are so named because they are filled with a gas that makes them almost lighter than air, similar to balloons. However, they are not prone to bursting, as they are covered in tough skin and can deflate themselves if necessary. In addition, they generally are slow moving. They use their gas bladders to float to the tops of trees, where food is more abundant. They can shift their weight from their backs to their fronts, allowing them to reach leaves and fruit.

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.

Chimpinlalo tends to be ridiculous. He is a CLOWN! Chimpinlalo will float up to a tree, sit in an inconvenient place and rock back and forth attempting to grab food, when he finally figures things out, he usually just tumbles out of a tree uselessly flapping his wings. He also hates Valentines Day with a deep passion, probably because it means all sorts of feminine harassment. Chimpimpinlalo can get really annoyed with Vermella, in his opinion, Vermella never leaves him alone with her constant blabbering over how much she likes geology. He does not like the way Vermella will only talk to him and will never talk to a girl, he thinks she does not have a social life and needs to get one.