Ridgewing Dragons live just below the snow level on the upper slopes of mountains. They are a friendly, playful breed and enjoy dancing in wind currents near their homes or plummeting down into valleys from great heights. Their wings, by far their most striking feature, grow in fin-like ridges along their backs. While their bodies lack markings to blend better with their surroundings, a ridgewing’s wings have bright markings in the colors of the flowers that grow in their mountain habitat. Occasionally different-colored individuals can be found, but they are rare because their striking coloring offers little protection.

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.

Verse and Inspiration Flies

Likes to go by Verse for short

And she fervently decries

The use of violence except for last resort.

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Carnivores dislike her pleas

For she struggles to express

She separates necessities

Like hunting from pure violence and killing to excess.

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She hunts, although for insect prey

Has seen whales killed and dressed

Whatever other dragons say

She understands that certain instincts should not be suppressed.

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The need of carnivores for meat

She would maintain in scale

And likewise, honour what they eat:

For ill-kept animals make predators that eat them fail.