Striped Dragons come in a dazzling array of colors complemented by an intricate pattern of stripes. These bright colors and patterns help attract their favorite food, insects. Because their prey is so tiny, striped dragons must spend a large portion of their day eating. The color of the offspring is usually determined by the dragon’s mate.

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.

Tivap doesn't get humans. They want to join in the dragons' games, yet when it comes to yielding to the rules, they protest how the rules should apply to everyone but themselves. They want to learn at the draconic academies, yet when mistakes are pointed out, or methods are explained, the teacher is called a know-it-all fault-finder. When they are asked to abide by the rules and are reminded that "everything worth doing, is worth doing right", they tell the dragons to "chill out" and stop being so "stuck up".

Tivap really, really doesn't get humans. But they are young and sometimes immature, and not all of them are that way, so he hasn't lost hope for the species as a whole yet.