Coastal Waverunners spend most of their time skimming the waves along the coast, snatching up their prey from the shallow waters. They have developed markings along the leading edges of their body that help disguise them as breaking waves. When they are not hunting, they enjoy playing among sand-dunes and shallow tide-pools. These dragons live in small but noisy rookeries. Some stories say Waverunners can fly for days on end without landing.

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.

Merikano was the oldest waverunner in the group, as well as the largest. For those reasons, he has taken it upon himself to be the leader of the pack. More often than not, though, the others don't really listen to him, and he ends up wasting his breath. The other dragons in his pack have a lot of fun messing with him too, and will often tease him while he's trying to be a leader. This frustrates him, but he won't let the lack of respect deter him. At the end of the day they are all family and his fellow waverunners love him as much as he loves them. When he's not trying to organize his pack, Merikano likes to perform aerial tricks and fly endlessly along the sea.