Dark Lumina Dragons received their names from their highly reflective scales, which—at times—seem to glow. They are vain, always strutting about and preening incessantly; if one of their scales has so much as a scratch or a defect, they’ll remove it. Luckily, their scales grow back quickly, and each new growth is more beautiful than the last. These narcissistic dragons live in small groups and prefer to surround themselves with beauty. The males guard their territory and eggs while the females search for meat to eat. Dark Lumina Dragons are much meaner than their cousins.

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.

Most of the old local humans recognize Throat Chop as "the nasty lass who'll cut your throat", due to an unpleasant habit she had as a hatchling. Her reasoning went:

1. They think they can boss her around just because they call themselves adults, whatever that means.

2. They boss her around by moving their mouths and making ape noises.

3. If she can disable their noisemakers, they can't boss her around.

Thus, Throat Chop learned to—as her nickname suggests—target people's necks to shut them up. She always used the back of her paws, figuring that she'd be in way more trouble if she seriously hurt one, but it didn't stop them from spreading half-serious rumors that the little monster could one day slash their throats. Throat Chop left the town when she was a few decades into adulthood, having never figured out whether people cared for her out of the goodness of their hearts or had other plans. Many youngsters in her current flock like to listen to her mostly-true tales of the humans.