Canopy Dragons love to soar above the tropical jungles and other densely forested areas. Their billowing, layered wings create generous lift that allows them to ascend effortlessly over the warm jungle. While their unique wings do not make them the fastest flyers, they are champion gliders. To further this end, dexterity, maneuverability, and grace are all judged by the females when selecting their mates from the males that can accurately complete the exhausting and elaborate courtship dance between the close growing branches of the upper canopy.

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.

Forestglider can never sit still. He's practically always flying around in the jungle of Crimson Island, occasionally perching in a fruit tree or hunting a little when he gets hungry. If he's not in the jungle, he's showing off his gliding skills to the young hatchlings. He's not very good at flying or gliding for a Canopy dragon, but he can do it better than any of the hatchlings can, and that's good enough for him.

On some nights, he'll perch atop one of the towers as a sort of 'guard'. He's pretty good at spotting dangers, though fighting them off is another matter. He has no fighting skill and doesn't realize it, so his friends always end up having to fight them off for him.

The only thing in Galsreim that can make him sit still is his mate, Velvetwing. They share a deep bond with each other, and on the nights when he comes to visit her in the desert, nothing can make them stop chatting. Well, almost nothing, considering Rainpearl's storms and Shadehorn's pranks.