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.

Xavier Moonquake was born amid the chaos and destruction of the largest earthquake in living memory, and those powerful rumblings have set the tone of his life. Powerful and intelligent, with a lively sense of humor, Xavier shakes things up wherever he goes, whether he means to or not. There are those who believe the earthquake he was born in gave up part of it's essence to the hatching egg, and the chaos left in his wake, good and bad, are the results of that passed essence.