Horse Dragons have equine-shaped bodies and hooves instead of claws, which allow them to be fast runners. They specialize in running takeoffs, which are quicker than taking off from a stand-still. Horse dragons are able to stalk their prey from the ground then quickly execute an aerial attack for the kill.

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.

Being the first born child of Nineckq and Wipquil, and possibly the last, Spiveight has learned her judgemental family's past and prejudice. She refuses to take any part of it. As a youth, her grandparents approached her with an offer to join their clan, Valor Caliber with the one major rule that she must find a mate the same type as she. Not knowing their past, she agreed just so she would get to know her grandparents. Her mother thought she had ran away or was kidnapped. It was only a few years later that she realized what had happened and learned of their neglect of their son and granddaughter, her own mother. She ran away from the clan and returned to her mother. She has her own family now and longs to forget that she has such arrogant great grandparents that have tried to seperate her from her mother and father.