Two-Finned Blunas are a very social breed of dragon, living in packs of dragons called “pods.” Blunas are very curious and playful creatures and several dragons in a pod will often “play” with one other, chasing each other around, tossing seaweed back and forth, and riding ocean swells. They are occasionally seen swimming alongside whales and dolphins.

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.

For years, all Elli had to remember her father was the lovely wooden harp he crafted for her as a hatchling. When she would run her tail-fin across the strings, playing the notes to old lullabies and ballads, it was almost as if he was standing beside her, humming the melodies as she played them.

Those moments when she would play her harp were her escape from the pain she suffered at the hands of the same monsters who had taken her father from her. A tribe of vicious trolls, no match for the unsuspecting pod of Two-Finned Blunas, held her captive. They tortured her further, unknowingly, by forcing her to play for them. But each note that escaped the slender chords was meant not for the trolls, but for her father.

She finally gained her freedom years later, but it came at a steep price: the harp was destroyed in the struggle. She has found a new life, but a piece of her will always wish she had never tried to escape so she would still have that small wooden piece of her father's heart.