Stone Dragons have a tough outer covering made of a stone-like material. They eat rocks, using the minerals they contain for nourishment and to keep up their stone outer shell. They rarely move, and are the heaviest of all types of dragons. Although they have wings, indicating flight ability, no one has ever seen a stone dragon flying.

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.

Desert Samarkand had a hard life and has seen terrible things. In her younger days she was more adventuresome and motivated, but as the years took their toll she retreated away from the trivialities of life to explore those questions and memories that haunt her. She spends her days completely immobile, lost in contemplation. She has become so absorbed in her own thoughts that she even forgets to get up and eat. If not for her much younger mate, Mongol Horde, she would have died of starvation long ago. He goes out every day and brings back the choicest rocks and minerals for her to eat. Even though he gets only the best of the best for her, he often has to coax her for hours before she will even look at the food, much less eat it.