Split Dragons use their sharp teeth and wings to hunt large animals and rarely eat plants. They are intelligent dragons who enjoy mental challenges, preferably alone; Split Dragons are normally solitary except during mating season. When mating, many dragons come together in a group to raise their eggs and hatchlings. These groups tend to be very noisy—reminiscent of a thunderstorm—and last only until the hatchlings are capable of surviving on their own.

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.

Two-headed dragons are unique enough to deserve a separate classification from ordinary dragons. They have two necks, two brains, two mouths, but one stomach and one main body. The two heads usually work together, but there are times when they will fight each other, snapping back and forth. Their unique anatomy prevents them from breeding with single-headed dragons.

After the Great War, Secondwing and Doublescales was exiled, along with their mate, to the borderlands of the continent, where the new Fallen Weyr for long-lined or inbred dragons was created. Having gotten away with their own life and that of their mate, Twothought and Flytwice, Secondwing and Doublescales came out more on top than many other dragons who lost mates or even hatchlings, for which the Two-Headed dragon is very grateful. A stubborn, willful dragon, Secondwing and Doublescales are one (two) of the strongest voices calling out for a return to the old lands and a second war against King Yule, and while no one is against the idea, it cannot be said that they have enough force to make an attempt anything but a suicide mission. Still, Secondwing and Doublescales hope for the day they'll be able to go back home and reclaim their rightful lands.

Secondwing and Doublescales, along with their mate Twothought and Flytwice, make up one of the more stable families in the Fallen Weyr.