Flamingo Wyverns are so named for their resemblance to the tropical birds with whom they often share territory. Their most striking feature is the bony black crest over their faces and snouts, smaller in females, aiding both in digging up food and protection from attack. Females are noticeably brighter than males due to their habit of not straying far from particularly algae-rich feeding grounds.

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.

Plastic Flamingo has little to do every day because she's done her jobs so poorly in the past that the Leader just gave up. Now her main job is to not get in trouble and not break anything. She does a very good job at that because she always wanders into human territory—the dragons don't mind what happens there. Plastic Flamingo's new hobby is standing in front of houses doing nothing else, not even chatting with passersby. People wonder if it's some sort of meditation or if she puts herself in danger so readily because she has some agenda they can't figure out. A few humans have been rubbing their chins and thinking about making fake flamingo wyvern ornaments to decorate the house fronts.