Nocturne Dragons are a strange breed. Whenever light strikes their bodies, they are frozen in whatever position they were in. This leaves them vulnerable and they rely on camouflage to keep themselves safe. They are often mistaken for statues when in this frozen state, but Nocturne dragons do not actually turn into stone. Rather, they merely idle until the sun goes down. At night, these dragons come to life, proving themselves to be powerful fliers, although little else is known about their true behavior.

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.

Ariadne loves words. She loves the sound of unusual words. She loves the feeling in her mouth as she (tries to, usually quite unsuccessfully) pronounce each syllable. She's never been successful at anything more than partial syllable mimicry, and never uses it to communicate—she has better ways to say things than with her tongue! To her, speech is more like music. The percussion and rhythm of language excites her. When she first met a human of another tongue, her eyes bulged out and for the next five hours she was buzzing with excitement, unable to be separated from the new sounds coming from the foreign one's mouth.