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 red-violet variant is referred to as Almandine. Almandine Pyralspites are more aggressive than others of the same breed, and are very witty and love to mock or insult their opponents. They inhabit mountainous 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.

Even for an Almandine, Morgan is mean and standoffish. She hardly associates with other dragons at all, hulling up high in the mountains like a miser guarding her hoard. Those who come near or, dragods forbid, try to speak to her will be met with vicious torment and fire. Morgan is truly heartless. She is known to steal from the hoards of other dragons in order to feed her own, even take advantage of poorer dragons to do it for her if the threat is great enough. Morgan is a complete narcissist, caring for herself and only for herself. It's absurd to believe she would be related to such a great and justly family. This is probably why she distances herself from them as much as possible.