Water Walkers are small dragons that are frequently found around bogs and ponds. While they are flightless, they retain the flight sacs and hollow bones of their airborne cousins. These traits, coupled with their extraordinarily long, webbed toes, allow them to stand on top of calm waters, using their small sails to propel them wherever they please. They spend the majority of their lives on the water, retreating to the tops of lily pads when the waters become too rough to float atop.

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.

Unlike his other, more skittish siblings, Mosquito is bursting with confidence. He struts about his family's lake home as if he owned the place! Like his father, Mosquito is a rather attractive Waterwalker, but it isn't just his looks that make him appealing. Mosquito is a dancer. During the summer, he will skate along the calm water of the lake as if it were ice and put on little shows for the dragons that come by. He has a flare for the dramatic, to be sure, and enjoys putting as much into his performances as he possibly can. Though the most popular of Einhorn and Stretch's offspring, Mosquito is also the least friendly. In conversation, he's rude, obtrusive, and only seems to care about himself. This brings about the idea that Mosquito only performs as he does to fuel his ego and gain attention. Whether or not that is the full truth cannot be said, but that sure is what it feels like. He is at least protective of his siblings and is willing to vouch for them when they aren't brave.