Aria dragons are a brightly-colored and sprightly breed, perhaps most adored for their lyric calls. Their song-like melodies fill the areas they inhabit; their coos resemble those of birds, only more elegant and refined. They have fairly strong magical capabilities, but tend to reserve these strengths for last-minute defense, choosing to live their lives in simple peace. Arias, sticking to the tropics, typically live quite far from human settlements, giving rise to the previously held belief that they had gone extinct.

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.

As Irkle's mate, Maralyn hangs around the castle a lot. Gentle as a mother, she cares for the sick castlefolk. She has built up immunities to everything from the common cold to polio. She glows slightly in the dark, so it's not uncommon to see the treasury spill orange light in the night. When there isn't a bug going around, she flies home to her clan to talk to her old friends and enjoy the spice unique to the clan's island.