Grave Dragons are not named for their connections to death or burial, but for the grave expression on their faces. This strange expression is used as a defense mechanism that causes fits of panic and terror in potential predators. Since they only eat ash and charcoal, they do not hunt. Grave Dragons are powerful fire-breathers and have been known to burn down forests and villages alike to make meals. It is believed that the markings on each Grave Dragon’s wings are the faces of those who have lost their lives in fires started by that dragon.

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.

War is not desirable, but it is necessary. Child of a father sworn to a most righteous cause, Zaibache has worked from the day she took her first steps to become her sire's most useful tool, training without cease to become brilliant commander and lethal warrior both. These skills are put to use for her father's crusade, a war meant to unlock the power of a civilization both long dead and long cursed. The strength it will yield them will allow the stoppage of all wars, making those they must begin to obtain the pieces of the puzzle well justified. A war to end all wars, after all, is a very holy thing.

While this reasoning and her great love for her troops has earned her their uttermost faith and affection, the view her enemies have of her is quite different. Foreigners spit at the name of the "madman's daughter," and whisper between tavern walls that her true aspiration is to reduce all the world to ash to sate her hunger.