Pyralspite dragons are small, swift dragons that can breathe an intensely hot flame. They get their name from their resemblance to and affinity for garnets of the pyralspite family—they hoard such gems, preferring garnets that match their variant, and can tell the type of garnet from how it tastes. The orange variant is called Spessartine. These Pyralspites are more fun-loving and mellow than others, and are optimistic as a whole. Their preferred habitat is coastal areas.

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.

Ambryte is a movie star. Not that anyone knows what a "movie" is or how she can be the star of one, but apparently it does give her the celebrity of a noble authority to order other dragons around. Whenever someone complains that she spends most days lounging on her meager hoard composed mainly of stolen objects, doing little more than yelling at her "assistant," she responds with a quick toss of her head and flick of her tail, and her assistant will remind them that Ambryte is "a famous movie star and can hardly be bothered with dirtying her claws." The questioning dragon then walks away in confusion, shaking their head and wondering why they continue to put up with the obviously delusional Pyralspite.

In truth, Ambryte heard "movie star" in passing from an odd nameless Whiptail who briefly stayed with her clan years before, and was intrigued by the foreign term. Not even she knows what it truly means, nor does she care; it gives her an excuse to let others do her work for her.