Magi Dragons are, as their name suggests, primarily magic users. They rarely use physical forms of attack. They eat anything they can kill, which is almost everything. They won’t kill unprovoked except when hunting, although they may kill humans if in danger. Their strong magic makes them one of the most feared breeds of dragons.

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.

Lydia's main goal in life has been to perfect a tonic that can heal just about anything, as her father's remedies are supposed to (but don't), and bring joy and energy to the masses, like her mother's famed drink, kafe. After decades of research and experimentation, she's finally perfected an herbal compound that's efficacious in every case. The problem is that, thanks to the magic that sloshes through every dose, in a very few cases the outcome isn't what was desired. Dragons with mild speech impediments have permanently lost their voices, broken limbs have vanished entirely, and one dragon who took it to reverse the effects of age turned back into an egg. These failures are greatly outnumbered by her successes, but of course the spectacular disasters are all anyone remembers. If she ever catches up with the human singers who wrote an entirely too catchy humorous song about her medicinal compound, she'll pour the latest batch down their throats until something interesting happens.